Today in Military History June 27

June 27 1580 Duke of Alva's army occupies Portugal

June 27 1693 1st sea battle of Lagos: a French fleet under Anne Hilarion de Tourville defeated an Anglo-Dutch fleet under George Rooke

June 27 1743 In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.

June 27 1759 British general James Wolfe begins the siege of Quebec.

June 27 1760 Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina during the Anglo-Cherokee War.

June 27 1806 British forces take Buenos Aires during the first of the British invasions of the River Plate.

June 27 1862 Battle at Garnett's/Golding's Farms, Virginia

June 27 1862 Battle of Gaines's Mill, VA (Cold Harbor, Chickahominy Bluffs) Day 3

June 27 1863 Skirmish at Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia

June 27 1864 Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War.

June 27 1905 During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.

June 27 1940 Soviet Army attacks Romania

June 27 1941 German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa.

June 27 1950 The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.

June 27 1950 US sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam

June 27 1988 The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people
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June 27 1991 Slovenia, after declaring independence two days before is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft starting the Ten-Day War.

June 27 2007 The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.