Today is Friday, June 27, the 179th day of 2008. There are 187 days left in the year.
1693 - First woman's magazine ``The Ladies' Mercury" published (London)
1929 _ First color TV demo (NYC)
1950 _ U.N. Security Council calls on members for troops to aid South Korea
1950 _ President Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict
1950 _ U.S. sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam
1954 _ First atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia)
1955 _ First automobile seat belt legislation enacted (Illinois)
1986 _ World Court rules U.S. aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal
1986 _ In referendum, Irish uphold ban on divorce
1990 _ Salman Rushdie, condemned to death by Iran, contributes $8600 to help their earthquake victims