On This Day for 6/27 - Jack Lemmon dies, Greece declares war on the Central Powers, and more

To view this email as a web page, click [here.]( On This Day June 27 Biography of the Day [Jack Lemmon in Mister Roberts (1955), for which he won the Oscar for best supporting actor.]( [Jack Lemmon]( Adept at both comedy and drama in a career that spanned more than 50 years, American actor [Jack Lemmon]( who died on this day in 2001, won two [Academy Awards]( including best actor for his performance in Save the Tiger (1973). On This Day [One-thousand-yen banknote from Japan (obverse).]( 1871: Yen made official monetary unit of Japan First minted in 1869, the [yen]( was adopted as Japan's official monetary unit on this day in 1871, when the government suspended the exchange of clan notes, money issued by feudal lords that had circulated since the 16th century. More Events On This Day 2007: After having served as chancellor of the [Exchequer]( (1997–2007), British [Labour Party]( politician [Gordon Brown]( became prime minister of the United Kingdom. 1977: gained its independence from France. 1930: [Ross Perot at the second U.S. presidential debate of 1992.]( businessman and philanthropist [Ross Perot]( who was an independent candidate for [U.S. president]( in 1992 and 1996, was born. 1917: During [World War I]( Greece declared war on the [Central Powers](. 1862: [Ruins of Gaines's Mill, near Cold Harbor, Virginia, photograph by John Reekie, April 1865.]( the first [Battle of Cold Harbor]( in the [American Civil War]( Confederate General [Robert E. Lee]( attacked Union troops, driving them back in disorder and forcing them to withdraw to the south side of the Chickahominy River. 1846: [Charles Stewart Parnell]( Stewart Parnell]( Irish nationalist and leader in the struggle for [Irish Home Rule]( was born in Avondale, County Wicklow. 1844: [Joseph Smith]( founder of the [Mormon]( church, was murdered by an armed mob in Carthage, Illinois. 1787: [Edward Gibbon, oil painting by Henry Walton, 1774; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.]( historian [Edward Gibbon]( completed The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. [Home]( [Advocacy for Animals]( [Newsletters]( [Feedback]( [Help]( Please note that if you do not open or click on any On This Day email during any consecutive 30-day period, we reserve the right to remove your address from the active mailing list. This policy does not apply to RSS feeds. Follow: [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( This email was sent by: Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois, 60654, United States To Unsubscribe, [click here](. © 2018 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. [Privacy Policy]( — [Help](