In the first major offensive ordered for U.S. forces in Vietnam,
3,000 troops of the 173rd Airborne Brigade—in conjunction
with 800 Australian soldiers and a Vietnamese airborne unit—
assault a jungle area known as Viet Cong Zone D, 20 miles
northeast of Saigon.

The operation was called off after three days when it failed to
make any major contact with the enemy. One American was
killed and nine Americans and four Australians were wounded.

The State Department assured the American public that the
operation was in accord with Johnson administration policy
on the role of U.S. troops.

On June 28, 1997, Mike Tyson bites Evander Holyfield’s ear
in the third round of their heavyweight rematch.

(June/July 1986)

On June 27, 1950, President Harry S. Truman announced he is
ordering U.S. air and naval forces to South Korea to aid the
democratic nation in repulsing an invasion by communist
North Korea.

In addition to ordering U.S. forces to Korea, Truman also deployed
the U.S. 7th Fleet to Formosa (Taiwan) to guard against invasion
by communist China and ordered an acceleration of military aid
to French forces fighting communist guerrillas in Vietnam.

The total U.S. dead in the Korean War
numbers 36,516.

After 59 years, the iconic Route 66 enters the realm of history
on June 27, 1985, when the American Association of State
Highway and Transportation Officials decertified the road
and voted to remove all its highway signs.

Measuring some 2,200 miles in its heyday, Route 66 stretched
from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California, passing
through eight states.