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678 – Pope Agatho, later venerated as a saint in both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, began his reign as Pope. | lead too short |
1358 – The Republic of Ragusa, a maritime republic centered on the city of Dubrovnik in Dalmatia, was founded. | multiple issues |
1898 – Canadian-American seaman and adventurer Joshua Slocum completed the first solo circumnavigation of the globe sailing on his refitted sloop-rigged fishing boat Spray, a distance of more than 46,000 miles (74,000 km). | refimprove |
1967 – The world's first electronic cash machine was installed in Enfield Town, London, by Barclays Bank. | unreferenced section |
1971 – After only three years in business, rock promoter Bill Graham closed the Fillmore East, the "Church of Rock and Roll", in New York City. | refimprove |
1976 – Air France Flight 139 ( Tel Aviv– Athens– Paris) was hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda. | appears on July 4 |
1980 – Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 suffered an in-flight explosion due to unknown causes while en route from Bologna to Palermo, Italy, killing all 81 people on board. | needs more footnotes |
1991 – Yugoslavia invaded Slovenia, two days after the latter's declaration of independence from the former, starting the Ten-Day War. | needs more footnotes |
June 27: Mixed Race Day in Brazil; Independence Day in Djibouti ( 1977)