What happened on July 27? There are more than 293 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About July 27
July 27 is the 209th day of the year 2024. There are 157 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday. This day falls under the 30th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Bellmawr, New Jersey 08031 sunrise occured at 05:53 AM and sunset occured at 08:19 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Leo. The modern birthstone for this month is Ruby while the mystical birthstone is Ruby.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 186 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For July 27
- 1054Siward, Earl of Northumbria invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland somewhere north of the Firth of Forth.
- 1189Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš, the capital of Serbian King Stefan Nemanja, during the Third Crusade.
- 1202Battle of Basian.
- 1214Battle of Bouvines: in France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
- 1302Battle of Bapheus: decisive Ottoman victory over the Byzantines opening up Bithynia for Turkish conquest.
- 1549The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier’s ship reaches Japan.
- 1663The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports.
- 1689Glorious Revolution: the Battle of Killiecrankie ends.
- 1694A Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England.
- 1720The Battle of Grengam marks the second important victory of the Russian Navy.
- 1778American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant – British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
- 1789The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
- 1794French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 “enemies of the Revolution”.
- 1862Sailing from San Francisco to Panama City, the SS Golden Gate catches fire and sinks off Manzanillo, Mexico, killing 231.
- 1865Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
- 1866The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart’s Content, Newfoundland.
- 1880Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand – Afghan forces led by Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
- 1900Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, “Hun” would be a disparaging name for Germans.
- 1914Felix Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo with the Philippine government.
- 1917The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
- 1919The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
- 1921Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
- 1928Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before the end of July.
- 1929The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
- 1940The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
- 1941Japanese troops occupy French Indo-China.
- 1942World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
- 1949Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
- 1953Fighting in the Korean War ends when the United States, the People’s Republic of China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
- 1955The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends.
- 1964Vietnam War: 5,000 more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
- 1974Watergate Scandal: the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
- 1976Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in connection with the Lockheed bribery scandals.
- 19816 year old Adam Walsh, son of John Walsh is kidnapped in Hollywood, Florida and is found murdered two weeks later.
- 1981British television: on Coronation Street, Ken Barlow marries Deirdre Langton, which proves to be a national event scoring massive viewer numbers for the show.
- 1983Black July: 18 Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
- 1987RMS Titanic, Inc. begins the first expedited salvage of wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
- 1990The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempt a coup d'état in Trinidad and Tobago, occupying the Trinidad and the studios of Trinidad and Tobago Television, holding Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson and most of his Cabinet as well as the staff at the television station hostage for 6 days.
- 1990The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union. Until 1996 the day is celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a referendum held that year the celebration of independence is moved to June 3.
- 1995The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
- 1996Centennial Olympic Park bombing: in Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics. One woman (Alice Hawthorne) is killed, and a cameraman suffers a heart attack fleeing the scene. 111 are injured.
- 1997About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
- 2002Ukraine airshow disaster: a Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 85 and injuring more than 100 others, the largest air show disaster in history.
- 2005STS-114: NASA grounds the Space Shuttle, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank. During ascent, the external tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery sheds a piece of foam slightly smaller than the piece that caused the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; this foam does not strike the spacecraft.
- 2006The Federal Republic of Germany is deemed guilty in the loss of Bashkirian 2937 and DHL Flight 611, because it is illegal to outsource flight surveillance.
- 2007Phoenix News Helicopter Collision: news helicopters from Phoenix, Arizona television stations KNXV and KTVK collide over Steele Indian School Park in central Phoenix while covering a police chase;
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Who Were Born On July 27?
- 1452Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1508)
- 1667Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1748)
- 1733Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779)
- 1740Jeanne Baré, French explorer (d. 1803)
- 1752Samuel Smith, American politician (d. 1839)
- 1768Charlotte Corday, French aristocrat who killed Jean-Paul Marat (d. 1793)
- 1773Jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (d. 1844)
- 1777Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, British peer and soldier (d. 1853)
- 1777Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (d. 1844)
- 1781Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (d. 1828)
- 1784Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (d. 1839)
- 1812Thomas Clingman, American Confederate general (d. 1897)
- 1824Alexandre Dumas, fils, French author (d. 1895)
- 1833Thomas George Bonney, English geologist (d. 1923)
- 1835Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1907)
- 1848Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist (d. 1919)
- 1848Thomas Herbst German painter (d. 1915)
- 1853Vladimir Korolenko, Ukrainian-Russian writer (d. 1921)
- 1857José Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rican politician (d. 1921)
- 1866António José de Almeida, Portuguese politician and 6th President of Portugal (d. 1929)
- 1867Enrique Granados, Spanish composer (d. 1916)
- 1870Hilaire Belloc, English writer (d. 1953)
- 1877Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian composer and conductor (d. 1960)
- 1879Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1960)
- 1881Hans Fischer, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1945)
- 1882Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer (d. 1965)
- 1886Ernst May, German architect (d. 1970)
- 1889Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1972)
- 1891Jacob van der Hoeden, Dutch-Israeli veterinary scientist (d. 1968)
- 1896Henri Longchambon, French politician (d. 1969)
- 1896Sir Robert George, British RAF officer and Governor of South Australia (d. 1967)
- 1903Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek politician (d. 2002)
- 1903Nikolay Cherkasov, Russian actor (d. 1966)
- 1905Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)
- 1906Herbert Jasper, Canadian physiologist and neurologist (d. 1999)
- 1906Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish writer and activist (d. 2000)
- 1908Joseph Mitchell, American writer (d. 1996)
- 1910Julien Gracq, French writer (d. 2007)
- 1911Rayner Heppenstall, British novelist (d. 1981)
- 1912Vernon Elliott, British bassoonist, conductor and composer (d. 1996)
- 1913Gérard Côté, Quebec marathon runner (d. 1993)
- 1913George L. Street III American Navy Submariner (d. 2000)
- 1915Josef Priller, German fighter pilot (d. 1961)
- 1915Mario Del Monaco, Italian tenor (d. 1982)
- 1916Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic and novelist (d. 2007)
- 1916Keenan Wynn, American actor (d. 1986)
- 1916Skippy Williams, American jazz tenor saxophonist and musical arranger (d. 1994)
- 1917Bourvil, French actor (d. 1970)
- 1918Leonard Rose, American cellist (d. 1984)
- 1921Émile Genest, Quebec actor (d. 2003)
- 1922Adolfo Celi, Italian actor (d. 1986)
- 1922Norman Lear, American television writer and producer
- 1923Masutatsu Oyama, Japanese Kyokushin founder (d. 1994)
- 1924Otar Taktakishvili, Georgian composer, teacher, conductor, and writer on music (d. 1989)
- 1924Vincent Canby, American film critic (d. 2000)
- 1927Sat Mahajan, Indian politician
- 1928Karloff Lagarde, Mexican lucha libre wrestler (d. 2007)
- 1929Harvey Fuqua, R&B singer, songwriter, & record producer (d. 2010)
- 1929Jack Higgins, British novelist
- 1929Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher (d. 2007)
- 1929Marc Wilkinson, Australian composer and conductor
- 1930Shirley Williams, British politician
- 1931Jerry Van Dyke, American actor
- 1931Khieu Samphan, Cambodian politician
- 1932Forest Able, American basketball player
- 1933Nick Reynolds, American folk singer
- 1933Ted Whitten, Australian rules footballer (d. 1995)
- 1935Billy McCullough, Northern Irish footballer
- 1936J. Robert Hooper, American politician
- 1937Don Galloway, American actor (d. 2009)
- 1938Gary Gygax, American role-playing game creator (Dungeons & Dragons) (d. 2008)
- 1938Isabelle Aubret, French singer
- 1939Michael Longley, Northern Irish poet
- 1940Pina Bausch, German dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
- 1941Christian Boesch, Austrian baritone
- 1941Johannes Fritsch, German composer (d. 2010)
- 1942Édith Butler, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1942Dennis Ralston, American tennis player
- 1942John Pleshette, American actor
- 1944Barbara Thompson (musician), English jazz saxophonist, flautist and composer
- 1944Bobbie Gentry, American singer and songwriter
- 1944Jean-Marie Leblanc, French cyclist
- 1944Tony Capstick, English comedian (d. 2003)
- 1946Peter Reading, English poet (d. 2011)
- 1946Rade Šerbedžija, Croatian actor
- 1947Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (d. 2008)
- 1948Betty Thomas, American actor and film director
- 1948Henny Vrienten, Dutch composer of TV and film scores, former bassist
- 1948Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek musician, singer and song writer (d. 1990)
- 1948Peggy Fleming, American figure skater
- 1949André Dupont, Quebec ice hockey player
- 1949Maureen McGovern, American singer
- 1949Maury Chaykin, American-born Canadian actor (d. 2010)
- 1949Robert Rankin, English novelist
- 1949Rory MacDonald, bassist (Runrig)
- 1950Simon Jones, English actor
- 1952Hannu-Pekka Hänninen, Finnish sports commentator
- 1952Roxanne Hart, American actress
- 1953Yahoo Serious, Australian comedian
- 1954G. S. Bali, Indian politician
- 1954Philippe Alliot, French race car driver
- 1955Allan Border, Australian cricketer
- 1955Cat Bauer, American novelist
- 1956Carol Leifer, American actress
- 1957Allan Simmons, British Scrabble player
- 1957Bill Engvall, American comedian
- 1957Matt Osborne, American professional wrestler
- 1958Christopher Dean, English figure skater
- 1959Hugh Green, American football player
- 1959Joe DeSa, American baseball player (d. 1986)
- 1959Yiannos Papantoniou, Greek politician
- 1960Conway Savage, piano, organ, backing vocalist (Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds)
- 1962Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (d. 2005)
- 1963Donnie Yen, Hong Kong film actor
- 1963Karrin Allyson, American Jazz vocalist
- 1964Rex Brown, American bassist (Pantera)
- 1965José Luis Chilavert, Paraguayan footballer
- 1967Craig Wolanin, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1967David Chacón Perez, Venezuelan award-winning producer and artistic director
- 1967Juliana Hatfield, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (Blake Babies, Some Girls)
- 1967Kellie Waymire, American actress (d. 2003)
- 1967Neil Smith, English cricketer
- 1967Sasha Mitchell, American actor
- 1968Cliff Curtis, New Zealand actor
- 1968Julian McMahon, Australian actor
- 1968Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian actress
- 1968Ricardo Rosset, Brazilian Formula One driver
- 1968Tom Goodwin, American baseball player
- 1969Giannis Milonas, Greek basketball player
- 1969Jonty Rhodes, South African cricketer
- 1969Timo Maas, German electronica DJ
- 1969Triple H, American professional wrestler
- 1970Nikolaj Coster Waldau, Danish actor
- 1972Jill Arrington, American sports reporter
- 1972Maya Rudolph, American actress and comedian
- 1972Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Malaysian astronaut, the first Malaysian in space
- 1972Takako Fuji, Japanese actress
- 1973Abe Cunningham, American drummer (Deftones)
- 1973Cassandra Clare, American author
- 1973Erik Nijs, Belgian long jumper
- 1973Gorden Tallis, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1974Eason Chan, Hong Kong singer
- 1974Pete Yorn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1975Alessandro Pistone, Italian footballer
- 1975Alex Rodriguez, American baseball player
- 1975Fred Mascherino, American guitarist (Taking Back Sunday)
- 1975Shea Hillenbrand, American baseball player
- 1976Scott Mason, Australian cricketer (d. 2005)
- 1977Foo Swee Chin, Singaporean comic book artist
- 1977Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Irish actor
- 1978Diarmuid O'Sullivan, Irish Hurler
- 1979Jorge Arce, Mexican boxer
- 1979Shannon Moore, American professional wrestler
- 1979Sidney Govou, French footballer
- 1980Allan Davis, Australian cyclist
- 1980Nick Nemeth, American professional wrestler
- 1981Christopher Weselek, German rugby player
- 1981Collins Obuya, Kenyan cricketer
- 1981Susan King Borchardt, American basketball player
- 1982Neil Harbisson, British-born Spanish artist
- 1983Blair Redford, American actor
- 1983Goran Pandev, Macedonian footballer
- 1983Lorik Cana, Albanian footballer
- 1983Martijn Maaskant, Dutch cyclist
- 1984Iekeliene Stange, Dutch high fashion model
- 1984Kenny Wormald, American dancer and actor
- 1984Taylor Schilling, American actress
- 1984Tsuyoshi Nishioka, Japanese baseball player
- 1985Benedita Pereira, Portuguese actress
- 1985Lou Taylor Pucci, American actor
- 1985Matteo Pratichetti, Italian rugby player
- 1986Courtney Kupets, American gymnast
- 1986Ryan Griffen, Australian rules footballer
- 1987Jacoby Ford, American football player
- 1987Jordan Hill, American basketball player
- 1987Marek Hamšík, Slovakian footballer
- 1988Adam Biddle, Australian footballer
- 1989Charlotte Arnold, Canadian actress
- 1989Mohamed Bangura, Sierra Leonean footballer
- 1990Cheyenne Kimball, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Gloriana)
- 1990Indiana Evans, Australian actress
- 1990Nick Hogan, American reality TV star
- 1994Spencer Achtymichuk, Canadian actor
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Who Died On July 27?
- 432Pope Celestine I
- 1101Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (b. 1074)
- 1276King James I of Aragon (b. 1208)
- 1365Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (b. 1339)
- 1656Salomo Glassius, German theologian (b. 1593)
- 1675Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (b. 1611)
- 1759Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician (b. 1698)
- 1770Robert Dinwiddie, British colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1693)
- 1841Mikhail Lermontov, Russian writer, poet and painter (b. 1814)
- 1844John Dalton, English physicist and chemist (b. 1776)
- 1863William Lowndes Yancey, American Confederate leader (b. 1813)
- 1876Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-American religious leader (b. 1811)
- 1883Montgomery Blair, American politician (b. 1813)
- 1917Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, Nobel laureate (b. 1841)
- 1924Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist (b. 1866)
- 1931Auguste-Henri Forel, Swiss entomologist (b. 1848)
- 1934Hubert Lyautey, French army general and marshal (b. 1854)
- 1941Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand artist (b. 1858)
- 1946Gertrude Stein, American writer (b. 1874)
- 1948Joe Tinker, American baseball player (b. 1880)
- 1948Woolf Barnato, British racing driver (b. 1898)
- 1958Claire Chennault, American military leader (b. 1893)
- 1962James H. Kindelberger, American aerospace pioneer (b. 1895)
- 1962Richard Aldington, English poet (b. 1892)
- 1965Daniel-Rops, French writer and historian (b. 1901)
- 1968Babe Adams, American baseball player (b. 1882)
- 1970António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese statesman (b. 1889)
- 1971Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1924)
- 1978Bob Heffron, Premier of New South Wales (b. 1890)
- 1978Willem van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer (b. 1907)
- 1980Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Pahlavi Shah of Iran (b. 1919)
- 1981Adam Walsh, American kidnap and murder victim and son of John Walsh (b. 1974)
- 1981William Wyler, German-born American film director (b. 1902)
- 1984James Mason, English actor (b. 1909)
- 1985Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball player (b. 1889)
- 1986Nikos Nikolaou, Greek artist (b. 1909)
- 1987Travis Jackson, American baseball player (b. 1903)
- 1988Frank Zamboni, American inventor (b. 1901)
- 1990Bobby Day, American singer (b. 1928)
- 1991John Friedrich, German-Australian engineer and conman (b. 1950)
- 1992Max Dupain, Australian photographer (b. 1911)
- 1992Tzeni Karezi, Greek film and theatre actress (b. 1932)
- 1993Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (b. 1965)
- 1994Kevin Carter, South African photographer (b. 1960)
- 1995Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-born American composer (b. 1907)
- 1995Rick Ferrell, American baseball player (b. 1905)
- 1998Binnie Barnes, British actress (b. 1903)
- 1999Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician (b. 1912)
- 1999Sweets Edison, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1915)
- 2000Gordon Solie, American wrestling commentator (b. 1929)
- 2001Leon Wilkeson, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1952)
- 2001Rhonda Sing, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1961)
- 2003Bob Hope, English-born American entertainer (b. 1903)
- 2003Vance Hartke, American politician (b. 1919)
- 2005Marten Toonder, Dutch comic writer (b. 1912)
- 2006Maryann Mahaffey, American politician (b. 1925)
- 2007James Oyebola, English heavyweight boxer (b. 1961)
- 2007Lucky Grills, Australian actor (b. 1928)
- 2008Horst Stein, German conductor (b. 1928)
- 2008Isaac Saba Raffoul, Mexican businessman (b. 1923)
- 2008Youssef Chahine, Egyptian film director (b. 1926)
- 2010Jack Tatum, American football player (b. 1948)
- 2010Maury Chaykin, American-born Canadian actor (b. 1949)
- 2011Bejaratana Rajasuda, Princess of Thailand (b. 1925)
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