July 27

is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining.

Events

1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
1549 - Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship arrives in Kagoshima, Japan.
1663 - The British 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.
1689 - Glorious Revolution: Battle of Killiecrankie ends
1694 - A Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England.
1714 - The first important victory of the Russian Navy - the Battle of Gangut.
1778 - American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant - British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
1789 - The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (later renamed Department of State).
1794 - French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution." (See 9 Thermidor.)
1865 - Welsh settlers arrive in Argentina at Chubut Valley.
1866 - The Atlantic Cable is successfully completed, allowing transatlantic telegraph communication for the first time.
1880 - British army defeated at Battle of Maiwand in Afghanistan.
1914 - Felix Manalo establishes the modern-day Iglesia ni Cristo by registering it with the Filipino government.
1921 - Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting announce the discovery of the hormone insulin.
1928 - Tich Freeman becomes only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before end of July.
1940 - Bugs Bunny makes his official debut in the animated cartoon A Wild Hare.
1941 - Japanese troops occupy French Indo-China.
1949 - Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
1953 - Korean War ends: The United States, 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.
1955 - The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends (started on May 9, 1945).
1964 - Vietnam 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.
1968 - Pink Floyd releases the album A Saucerful of Secrets in the USA.
1974 - Watergate Scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment against President Richard Nixon: obstruction of justice.
1976 - Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in connection with the Lockheed scandal.
1981 - British television: On Coronation Street, Ken Barlow marries Deirdre Langton, which proves to be a national event, with massive viewer numbers earned for the show.
1990 - The Jamaat al Muslimeen stage a coup d'état attempt in Trinidad and Tobago, occupying Parliament 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.
The last Citroen 2CV rolled off the production line at Mangualde, Portugal.
1995 - In Washington, DC, the Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated.
1996 - Centennial Olympic Park bombing: In Atlanta, Georgia, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics, killing one and injuring 111.
1997 - Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria; about 50 people killed.
1999 - Twenty-one die in a canyoning disaster near Interlaken, Switzerland.
2002 - Ukraine 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.
2005 - STS-114: NASA grounds the Space shuttle, pending an investigation of the external tank's continued foam-shedding problem. 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.

Births

1452 - Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1508)
1667 - Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1748)
1733 - Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779)
1768 - Charlotte Corday, French aristocrat who killed Jean-Paul Marat (d. 1793)
1781 - Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (d. 1828)
1784 - Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (d. 1839)
1812 - Thomas Clingman, American Confederate general (d. 1897)
1824 - Alexandre Dumas fils, French author (d. 1895)
1833 - Thomas George Bonney, English geologist (d. 1923)
1835 - Giosue Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
1848 - Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist (d. 1919)
1853 - Vladimir Korolenko, Russian writer (d. 1921)
1857 - José Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rican political leader (d. 1921)
1867 - Enrique Granados, Spanish composer (d. 1916)
1870 - Hilaire Belloc, English writer (d. 1953)
1877 - Ernst von Dohnanyi, Hungarian composer and conductor (d. 1960)
1881 - Hans Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1945)
1882 - Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer (d. 1965)
1886 - Ernst May, German architect (d. 1970)
1901 - Rudy Vallee, American singer (d. 1986)
1903 - Nikolai Cherkasov, Russian actor (d. 1966)
1904 - Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish Yiddish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
1905 - Leo Durocher, baseball player (d. 1991)
1908 - Joseph Mitchell, American writer (d. 1996)
1915 - Mario Del Monaco, Italian tenor (d. 1982)
1916 - Keenan Wynn, American actor (d. 1986)
1917 - Bourvil, French actor (d. 1970)
1918 - Leonard Rose, American cellist (d. 1984)
1922 - Norman Lear, American television writer and producer
1922 - Adolfo Celi, Italian actor (d. 1986)
1923 - Masutatsu Oyama, notable martial artist and founder of Kyokushin karate
1924 - Vincent Canby, American film critic (d. 2000)
1930 - Shirley Williams, British politician
1931 - Jerry Van Dyke, American actor
1935 - Billy McCullough, Northern Irish footballer
1938 - Isabelle Aubret, French singer
1938 - Gary Gygax, American role-playing game creator
1939 - Michael Longley, Northern Irish poet
1940 - Pina Bausch, German dancer
1942 - Dennis Ralston, American tennis player
1944 - Tony Capstick, English comedian, actor, and musician (d. 2003)
1946 - Rade Šerbedžija, Croatian-born, Serbian actor
1947 - Betty Thomas, American actor and film director
1948 - Peggy Fleming, American figure skater
1949 - Maureen McGovern, American singer and Broadway actress
1955 - Allan Border, Australian cricketer
1957 - Bill Engvall, American comedian
1958 - Christopher Dean, British Olympic figure skater
1959 - Hugh Green, American Football linebacker
1960 - Jay Maynard, Internet celebrity (Tron Guy)
1962 - Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (d. 2005)
1964 - Rex Brown, American bassist (Pantera)
1967 - Juliana Hatfield, American musician
1967 - Kellie Waymire, American actress (d. 2003)
1968 - Cliff Curtis, New Zealand actor
1968 - Richard McLean, IT1 (SW/MTS), U.S. Navy
1969 - Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian actress
1969 - Triple H, American professional wrestler
1972 - Jill Arrington, American sports reporter
1974 - Eason Chan, Hong Kong singer
1974 - Pete Yorn, American musician
1975 - Shea Hillenbrand, baseball player
1975 - Alex Rodriguez, baseball player
1975 - Alessandro Pistone, Italian footballer
1977 - Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Irish actor
1979 - Shannon Moore, American professional wrestler
1979 - Jorge Arce, Mexican boxer
1980 - Nick Nemeth, WWE wrestler
1981 - Susan King Borchardt, American basketball player
1990 - Cheyenne Kimball, American musician
1992 - Frederik Sentow, Intellegent Yokel

Deaths

1101 - Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (b. 1074)
1276 - King James I of Aragon (b. 1208)
1365 - Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (b. 1339)
1564 - Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1503)
1675 - Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (b. 1611)
1759 - Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician (b. 1698)
1770 - Robert Dinwiddie, British colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1693)
1841 - Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author (b. 1814)
1844 - John Dalton, English physicist and chemist (b. 1776)
1863 - William Lowndes Yancey, American Confederate leader (b. 1813)
1917 - Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon and biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1841)
1924 - Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1866)
1931 - Auguste-Henri Forel, Swiss entomologist (b. 1848)
1946 - Gertrude Stein, American writer (b. 1874)
1958 - Claire Chennault, American pilot (b. 1893)
1962 - Richard Aldington, English poet (b. 1892)
1971 - Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1924)
1980 - Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (b. 1919)
1981 - William Wyler, French-born film director ((b. 1902)
1984 - James Mason, English actor and conscientious objector (b. 1909)
1992 - Max Dupain, Australian photographer (b. 1911)
1993 - Reggie Lewis, American basketball star (b. 1965)
1999 - Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and mountaineer (b. 1912)
2001 - Leon Wilkeson, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1952)
2001 - Rhonda Singh, professional wrestler. Stage name: Bertha Faye (b. 1961)
2003 - Vance Hartke, U.S. Senator from Indiana (b. 1919)
2003 - Bob Hope, English-born entertainer (b. 1903)
2005 - Marten Toonder, Dutch comic writer (b. 1912)

Holidays and observances

Cuba - Revolution Day, 2nd Day
Maldives - Independence Day, 2nd Day
Vietnam - Memorial Day for War Martyrs
Ancient Latvia - Septinu Guletaju Diena held
Roman Catholicism - the feasts of at least 10 saints:
- St. Pantaleon
- St. Congall
- St. Luican
- The Seven Sleepers, Saints
  - Maximian
  - Malchus
  - Martinian
  - Dionysius
  - John
  - Serapion
  - Constantine

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