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In California, NASA launches a space probe to observe the Sun; the probe is referred to as the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS
More Notable Events on June 27: 2008 Bill Gates resigns from Microsoft to focus on his charity work
1986 In referendum, Irish uphold ban on divorce
1985 Route 66, Chicago to Santa Monica, is decertified
1979 Muhammad Ali retires as boxing champ
1962 Ross Perot begins Electronic Data Systems, EDS
