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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_27" title="June 27">June 27</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_Arafah" title="Day of Arafah">Day of Arafah</a></b> (Islam, 2023)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1571" title="1571">1571</a> – Queen <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I" title="Elizabeth I">Elizabeth I</a> issued a royal charter establishing <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_College,_Oxford" title="Jesus College, Oxford">Jesus College</a></b>, the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestantism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Protestantism in the United Kingdom">Protestant</a> college at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">University of Oxford</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1800" title="1800">1800</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Second_Coalition" title="War of the Second Coalition">War of the Second Coalition</a>: French forces won a victory at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Neuburg_(1800)" title="Battle of Neuburg (1800)">Battle of Neuburg</a></b>, ending Austrian control over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube" title="Danube">River Danube</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1869" title="1869">1869</a> – The military phase of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_Restoration" title="Meiji Restoration">Meiji Restoration</a> in Japan was completed with an imperial victory in the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boshin_War" title="Boshin War">Boshin War</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954" title="1954">1954</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobo_%C3%81rbenz" title="Jacobo Árbenz">Jacobo Árbenz</a></b> resigned as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Guatemala" title="President of Guatemala">President of Guatemala</a> following <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1954 Guatemalan coup d'état">a CIA-led coup</a></b> against his administration.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008" title="2008">2008</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mugabe" title="Robert Mugabe">Robert Mugabe</a> was <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Zimbabwean_general_election" title="2008 Zimbabwean general election">re-elected</a></b> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Zimbabwe" title="President of Zimbabwe">President of Zimbabwe</a> with an overwhelming majority after his opponent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Tsvangirai" title="Morgan Tsvangirai">Morgan Tsvangirai</a> withdrew, citing violence against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_for_Democratic_Change_%E2%80%93_Tsvangirai" title="Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai">his party</a>'s supporters.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_I_of_Rennes" title="Conan I of Rennes">Conan I of Rennes</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 992); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenia_Washington" title="Eugenia Washington">Eugenia Washington</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1838); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_McAleese" title="Mary McAleese">Mary McAleese</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1951); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Manekshaw" title="Sam Manekshaw">Sam Manekshaw</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2008)</p>