Portal:Current events/2004 June 27
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June 27, 2004 (Sunday)
- Fahrenheit 9/11 breaks the record for highest opening-weekend earnings in the United States for a documentary, earning US$23.9 million. (Box Office Mojo).
- In the 2004 Serbian presidential election, Boris Tadic defeats Tomislav Nikolic in the run-off, with 53.7% to 45.0% of the votes. (ABC).
- In the 2004 Lithuanian presidential election, Valdas Adamkus wins in the run-off against Kazimiera Prunskiene, with 52.1% to 47.8% of votes (BBC).
- The Taliban kill 16 Afghans after stopping a bus and forcing the sixteen to alight, possibly to get the victims' voter registration cards for elections scheduled in September of this year. (PakTribune) (NYT)
- Iraq Occupation and resistance:
- Iraqi insurgents kidnap three Turkish citizens and threaten to decapitate them. (NYT) (BBC)
- Palestinians detonate 150 kg (330 lb) of explosives placed in a 300-meter (1000 ft) long tunnel against an Israeli army position in the Gaza Strip. 2000 Palestinians rush into the streets of Gaza City to celebrate. (Guardian)
- Gay pride celebrations, parades and protests are held globally, marking the 35th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the traditional birth of the modern LGBT civil rights movement. (Salt Lake Tribune)
- Patrick Dempsey races a Panoz GTS at the second race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
- Colombian Soccer Team Independiente Medellín beats their rival and city's other major club Atlético Nacional in the finals of the 2004 Copa Mustang I.
- Muse holds a headlining concert in Glastonbury.