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Hurricane Georges hit Louisiana in 1998, doing $30.1 million in damage and causing three deaths. Attaining a peak intensity of 155 mph (250 km/h) on September 20, the storm tracked through the Greater Antilles and later entered the Gulf of Mexico. Half a million residents in Louisiana evacuated from low-lying areas before the Category 2 storm made landfall on the 28th in Mississippi. Many homes outside the levee system were flooded by the storm surge, and 85 fishing camps on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain were destroyed. An estimated 160,000 residences were left without power; beaches were severely eroded by the slow-moving storm. Precipitation in Louisiana peaked at 2.98 inches (75.69 mm) in Bogalusa, and wind gusts reached 82 mph (132 km/h). In the wake of the hurricane, the Federal Emergency Management Agency opened 67 shelters across the state, and covered insurance claims totalling $14,150,532, including from Puerto Rico and Mississippi. The Clinton administration appropriated $56 million in disaster relief to regions in Louisiana for recovery from Tropical Storm Frances and Hurricane Georges. (Full article...)

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In an opinion authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy (pictured), the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of recognizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
A heat wave in Pakistan kills more than 1,200 people.
In golf, Jordan Spieth wins the U.S. Open.
In cycling, Simon Špilak wins the Tour de Suisse.
Twenty-two crewmen are released from a Malaysian tanker that was hijacked nine days earlier.
The opposition bloc led by Lars Løkke Rasmussen wins the most seats in the Danish Folketing.
Pope Francis releases the encyclical Laudato si', in which he calls for action on environmental degradation and climate change.

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On this day...

June 27: Mixed Race Day in Brazil; Independence Day in Djibouti (1977); Armed Forces Day in the United Kingdom (2015)

678 – Pope Agatho, later venerated as a saint in both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, began his reign as Pope.
1743 – War of the Austrian Succession: In the last time that a British monarch personally led his troops into battle, George II and his forces defeated the French in Dettingen, Bavaria.
1899 – A. E. J. Collins scored 628 runs not out, the highest-ever recorded score in cricket.
1905 – The crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin (pictured) began a mutiny against their oppressive officers.
1952 – The Congress of Guatemala passed Decree 900, redistributing unused lands of sizes greater than 224 acres (0.9 km²) to local peasants and having a major effect on the nation's land reform movement.

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The San Francisco Ferry Building is a terminal for ferries, incorporating a food hall and offices, located on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, California. Designed by architect A. Page Brown and completed in 1898, the building saw decreased use after bridges across the San Francisco Bay were built. It underwent a major restoration in 2002, which included the refurbishing of the Great Nave and the addition of a marketplace. The building is a designated San Francisco landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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