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Historical events & facts — June 27
What happened on June 27?
On June 27, 1967, Barclays Bank installed in Enfield, London, the world's first cash machine (ATM) — an invention by Scotsman John Shepherd-Barron, who according to legend was inspired by chocolate vending machines. The first customer was actor Reg Varney. ATMs revolutionised banking services: there are now more than 3 million worldwide.
On June 27, 1880, Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama — who at 19 months became deaf and blind following an illness. Thanks to her teacher Anne Sullivan, she learned to communicate and became the first deafblind person to earn a university degree (1904). Helen Keller was a political activist, writer and universal symbol of overcoming disability. Her story was immortalised in the play "The Miracle Worker".
On June 27, 1950, US President Harry Truman authorised US military intervention in the Korean War, two days after North Korea invaded the South. The decision, taken without a formal congressional declaration of war and backed by a UN resolution, was the first major conflict of the Cold War. The US led a coalition of 16 countries fighting under the UN flag.
Notable birthdays — June 27
Famous people born on June 27
Paul Mauser
Peter Paul von Mauser was a German weapon designer, manufacturer, industrialist and politician.
Guilhermina Suggia
Guilhermina Augusta Xavier de Medim Suggia Carteado Mena, known as Guilhermina Suggia was a Portuguese cellist. She studied in Paris with Pablo Casals, and built up an international reputation. She spent many years living in the United Kingdom, where she was particularly celebrated. She retired in 1939, but emerged from retirement to give concerts in Britain.
John Alexander Moore
John Alexander Moore was an American zoology professor.
Martinus J. G. Veltman
Martinus Justinus Godefriedus "Tini" Veltman was a Dutch theoretical physicist. He shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics with his former PhD student Gerardus 't Hooft for their work on particle theory.
David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead
James Arthur David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead is a retired Scottish judge who served as the Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General, Scotland's most senior judge, and later as first Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2009 until his retirement in 2013. He had previously been the Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.
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