So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

June 27th


- Armed Forces Day, formerly Veterans' Day (United Kingdom)
- Canadian Multiculturalism Day (Canada)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Djibouti from France in 1977
- Mixed Race Day (Brazil)
- National HIV Testing Day (United States)
- Seven Sleepers Day or Siebenschläfertag (Germany)

June 27th


- 2007 - The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.
- 1991 - Slovenia, after declaring independence two days before is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft starting the Ten-Day War.
- 1989 - The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, ILO 169 convention, was adopted.
- 1982 - Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.
- 1977 - France grants independence to Djibouti.
- 1976 - Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
- 1974 - U.S president Richard Nixon visits the U.S.S.R..
- 1973 - The President of Uruguay dissolves Parliament and heads a coup d'état.
- 1967 - The world's first ATM is installed in Enfield, London.
- 1954 - The world's first nuclear power station opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
- 1950 - The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
- 1941 - Romanian governmental forces, allies of Nazi Germany, launch one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history in the city of Ia?i, (Romania), resulting in the murder of at least 13,266 Jews.
- 1941 - German troops capture the city of Bia?ystok during Operation Barbarossa.
- 1923 - Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH-4B biplane
- 1905 - Battleship Potemkin uprising: sailors start a mutiny aboard the Battleship Potemkin, denouncing the crimes of autocracy, demanding liberty and an end to war.
- 1899 - A. E. J. Collins scores 628 runs not out, the highest-ever recorded score in cricket.
- 1898 - The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
- 1895 - The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
- 1844 - Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are murdered by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
- 1806 - British forces take Buenos Aires during the first British invasions of the Río de la Plata.
- 1759 - General James Wolfe begins the siege of Quebec.
- 1743 - War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Dettingen: On the battlefield in Bavaria, George II personally leads troops into battle. The last time that a British monarch would command troops in the field.
- 1709 - (O.S.) – Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
- 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded

June 27th


- 1996 - Tanay Chheda, Indian actor
- 1991 - Madylin Sweeten, American actress
- 1990 - Aselin Debison, Canadian singer
- 1990 - Taylor Phinney, American cyclist
- 1989 - Matthew Lewis, English actor
- 1989 - Bruna Tenório, Brazilian model
- 1988 - Stefani Bismpikou, Greek gymnast
- 1988 - Matthew Spiranovic, Australian footballer
- 1988 - Kate Ziegler, American swimmer
- 1987 - Ed Westwick, English actor
- 1987 - India de Beaufort, British actress
- 1986 - Drake Bell, American actor and musician
- 1986 - LaShawn Merritt, American sprinter
- 1985 - Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russian tennis player
- 1985 - James Hook, Welsh rugby player
- 1985 - Nico Rosberg, German race car driver
- 1984 - Rocío Guirao Díaz, Argentinian model
- 1984 - Gökhan Inler, Swiss footballer
- 1984 - Khloe Kardashian, American reality television star
- 1984 - D.J. King, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 - Emma Lahana, New Zealand actress
- 1984 - Julie Ordon, Swiss model
- 1983 - Alsou, Russian singer
- 1983 - Dale Steyn, South African cricketer
- 1983 - Evan Taubenfeld, American musician
- 1981 - John Driscoll, American actor
- 1981 - Andrew Embley, Australian rules footballer
- 1980 - Jennifer Goodridge, American musician (Your Enemies Friends)
- 1980 - Kevin Pietersen, English cricketer
- 1980 - Craig Terrill, American football player
- 1979 - Kim Gyu-ri, South Korean actress
- 1979 - Benjamin Speed, Australian musician and film composer
- 1979 - John Warne, American musician (Relient K; Ace Troubleshooter)
- 1978 - Courtney Ford, American actress
- 1978 - Anna Kumble, British singer, also known as Lolly
- 1977 - Raúl, Spanish footballer
- 1977 - Arkadiusz Radomski, Polish footballer
- 1976 - Johnny Estrada, American baseball player
- 1976 - Leigh Nash, American musician (Sixpence None the Richer)
- 1975 - Ace Darling, American professional wrestler
- 1975 - Sarah Evanetz, Canadian swimmer
- 1975 - Tobey Maguire, American actor
- 1975 - Daryle Ward, American baseball player
- 1974 - Christian Kane, American actor and singer
- 1973 - Abbath Doom Occulta, Norwegian black metal musician/songwriter (Immortal)
- 1972 - Dawud Wharnsby, Canadian poet and singer/songwriter
- 1972 - Tony McCarroll, British drummer
- 1971 - Kieren Keke, Nauruan politician
- 1971 - Yancey Arias, American actor
- 1971 - Jo Frost, English nanny and television host
- 1970 - John Eales, Australian Rugby Player
- 1970 - Jim Edmonds, American baseball player
- 1969 - Viktor Petrenko, Ukranian figure skater
- 1968 - Pascale Bussières, French-Canadian actress
- 1967 - Sylvie Fréchette, French-Canadian synchronized swimmer
- 1966 - J. J. Abrams, American television writer and producer
- 1964 - Stephan Brenninkmeijer, Dutch film producer and director
- 1964 - Chuck Person, American basketball player
- 1963 - Paul Roos, Australian rules footballer
- 1963 - Johnny Benson, American racing driver
- 1962 - Michael Ball, British singer
- 1962 - Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Hong Kong actor
- 1961 - Meera Syal, British-Indian comedienne and actress
- 1960 - Craig Hodges, American basketball player
- 1959 - Dan Jurgens, American comic book writer
- 1959 - Lorrie Morgan, American country music singer
- 1958 - Lisa Germano, American singer, songwriter and musician
- 1958 - Brian Helicopter, British musician, bass guitarist (The Shapes, HellsBelles, Rogue Male)
- 1958 - Magnus Lindberg, Finnish composer
- 1958 - Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Gun Club) (d. 1996)
- 1956 - Heiner Dopp, German field hockey player
- 1956 - Brad Childress, American football coach
- 1956 - Scott Cunningham, American Wicca and occult author (d. 1993)
- 1956 - Ted Haggard, American evangelical preacher
- 1955 - Isabelle Adjani, French actress
- 1952 - Madan Kumar Bhandari, Nepalese politician (d. 1993)
- 1951 - Mary McAleese, President of Ireland 1997-present
- 1951 - Julia Duffy, American actress
- 1949 - Vera Wang, American fashion designer
- 1948 - Camile Baudoin, American musician
- 1944 - Patrick Sercu, Belgian cyclist
- 1943 - Rico Petrocelli, American baseball player
- 1943 - Kjersti Døvigen, Norwegian actress
- 1942 - Bruce Johnston, American musician (The Beach Boys)
- 1942 - Frank Mills, Canadian pianist and composer
- 1941 - Krzysztof Kie?lowski, Polish film director (d. 1996)
- 1941 - Bill Baxley, American politician
- 1941 - James P. Hogan, British science fiction author
- 1941 - Avi Lerner, Israeli-born American film producer
- 1939 - Rahul Dev Burman, Indian composer and actor (d. 1994)
- 1938 - Tommy Cannon, British comedian
- 1938 - Shirley Anne Field, British actress
- 1938 - Kathryn Beaumont, British voice actress
- 1938 - Bruce Babbitt, American politician and Secretary of the Interior
- 1937 - Kirkpatrick Sale, American author
- 1936 - Lucille Clifton, American poet
- 1935 - Laurent Terzieff, French actor
- 1935 - Ramon Zamora, Filipino martial arts actor (d. 2007)
- 1932 - Anna Moffo, American soprano (d. 2006)
- 1932 - Eddie Kasko, baseball player
- 1932 - Magali Noël, French actress
- 1931 - Charles Bronfman, Canadian industrialist
- 1931 - Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1930 - Ross Perot, American businessman and politician
- 1929 - William Afflis, American wrestler (d. 1991)
- 1928 - Rudy Perpich, American politician (d. 1995)
- 1927 - Bob Keeshan, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1926 - Frank O'Hara, American Poet (d.1966)
- 1925 - Doc Pomus, American blues singer/songwriter (d. 1991)
- 1924 - Rosalie Allen, American singer and disc jockey (d. 2003)
- 1924 - Bob Appleyard, English cricketer
- 1923 - Jacques Berthier, French composer (d. 1994)
- 1921 - Muriel Pavlow, British actress
- 1915 - Grace Lee Boggs, American anti-racist and feminist activist
- 1914 - Robert Aickman, English author (d. 1981)
- 1914 - Giorgio Almirante, Italian politician (d. 1988)
- 1913 - Willie Mosconi, American billiards player (d. 1993)
- 1908 - João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian writer (d. 1967)
- 1907 - John McIntire, American actor (d. 1991)
- 1905 - Armand Mondou, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)
- 1899 - Juan Trippe, American airline entrepreneur (d. 1981)
- 1892 - Paul Colin, French poster designer (d. 1985)
- 1888 - Antoinette Perry, American theater director (d. 1946)
- 1888 - Lewis Bernstein Namier, English historian (d. 1960)
- 1885 - Guilhermina Suggia, Portuguese cellist(d. 1950)
- 1884 - Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and poet (d. 1962)
- 1882 - Eduard Spranger, German philosopher and educator (d. 1963)
- 1880 - Helen Keller, American deaf and blind activist (d. 1968)
- 1869 - Kate Carew, American caricaturist (d. 1961)
- 1869 - Emma Goldman, Lithuanian/American anarchist and feminist (d. 1940)
- 1869 - Hans Spemann, German embryologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1941)
- 1865 - Sir John Monash, Australian military commander (d. 1931)
- 1850 - Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-born author (d. 1904)
- 1850 - Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician (d. 1919)
- 1846 - Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish independence fighter (d. 1891)
- 1838 - Paul von Mauser, German weapon designer (d. 1914)
- 1717 - Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (d. 1799)
- 1696 - William Pepperrell, British colonial soldier (d. 1759)
- 1550 - King Charles IX of France (d. 1574)
- 1462 - King Louis XII of France (d. 1515)
- 1350 - Manuel II Palaiologos, Eastern Roman Emperor (d. 1425)
- 1040 - King Ladislaus I of Hungary (d. 1095)
- 862 - Hindu saint Manikkavacakar