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July 27 is the 208th day of the year (209th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 157 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1214 - Battle of Bouvines : In France , Philip II of France defeats John of England .1549 - Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reached 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 .1720 - The second important victory of the Russian Navy - the Battle of Grengam .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 .)1862 - Sailing from San Francisco to Panama, the SS Golden Gate catches fire and sinks off Manzanillo, Mexico , killing 231.1865 - Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina .1866 - The Atlantic Cable is successfully completed, allowing transatlantic telegraph communication for the first time.1880 - Second Anglo-Afghan War : Battle of Maiwand - In a pyrrhic victory , Afghan forces led by Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand , Afghanistan .1914 - Felix Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo with the Filipino government.1917 - The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele .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 - The animated short A Wild Hare Bugs Bunny .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 21,000.1972 - The F-15 Eagle flies for the first time.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 bribery scandals .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.1983 - Black July : 18 Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo were massacred by the Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.1987 - First expedited salvaging of Titanic wreckage begins by RMS Titanic, Inc.1990 - The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union . Until 1996 the day was celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a referendum held that year the celebration of independence was transferred to June 3 .1990 - The Jamaat al Muslimeen stage a coup d'état attemptTrinidad 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.
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 . Alice Hawthorne was killed, and a cameraman suffered a heart attack fleeing the scene. 111 injured.1997 - Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria ; about 50 people killed.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 .2006 - The 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.2007 - Phoenix 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; there were no survivors. This was the first known incidence of two news helicopters colliding in mid-air, and the worst civil aviation incident in Phoenix history.
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 )1740 - Jeanne Baré , French explorer (d. 1803 )1752 - Samuel Smith , American politician1768 - Charlotte Corday , French aristocrat who killed Jean-Paul Marat (d. 1793 )1773 - Jakob Aall , Norwegian journalist and statesman (d. 1844 )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 - Giosuè Carducci , Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1907 )1848 - Loránd Eötvös , Hungarian physicist (d. 1919 )1853 - Vladimir Korolenko , Russian writer (d. 1921 )1857 - José Celso Barbosa , Puerto Rican politician (d. 1921 )1866 - António José de Almeida , Portuguese politician and 6th President of Portugal (d. 1929 )1867 - Enrique Granados , Spanish composer (d. 1916 )1870 - Hilaire Belloc , English writer (d. 1953 )1877 - Ernő Dohnányi , Hungarian composer and conductor (d. 1960 )1879 - Jack Laviolette , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1960 )1881 - Hans Fischer , German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1945 )1882 - Geoffrey de Havilland , British aircraft designer (d. 1965 )1886 - Ernst May , German architect (d. 1970 )1889 - Vera Karalli , Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1972 )1896 - Henri Longchambon , French politician (d. 1969 )1903 - Nikolai Cherkasov , Russian actor (d. 1966 )1903 - Michail Stasinopoulos , Greek politician (d. 2002 )
1905 - Leo Durocher , American baseball player and manager (d. 1991 )1906 - Herbert Jasper , Canadian physiologist and neurologist (d. 1999 )1906 - Jerzy Giedroyc , Polish writer and activist (d. 2000 )
1908 - Joseph Mitchell , American writer (d. 1996 )1910 - Julien Gracq , French writer (d. 2007 )1911 - Rayner Heppenstall , British novelist (d. 1981 )1913 - Gérard Côté , Quebec marathon runner (d. 1993 )1913 - George L. Street III American Navy Submariner (d. 2000 )
1915 - Mario Del Monaco , Italian singer (d. 1982 )1915 - Josef Priller , German fighter pilot (d. 1961 )
1916 - Elizabeth Hardwick , American literary critic and novelist (d. 2007 )1916 - Keenan Wynn , American actor (d. 1986 )
1917 - Bourvil , French actor (d. 1970 )1918 - Leonard Rose , American cellist (d. 1984 )1921 - Émile Genest , Quebec actor (d. 2003 )1922 - Norman Lear , American television writer and producer1922 - Adolfo Celi , Italian actor (d. 1986 )
1923 - Masutatsu Oyama , Japanese Kyokushin founder (d. 1994 )1924 - Vincent Canby , American film critic (d. 2000 )1927 - Sat Mahajan , Indian politician1928 - Karloff Lagarde , Mexican lucha libre wrestler (d. 2007 )1929 - Jack Higgins , British novelist1930 - Shirley Williams , British politician1931 - Jerry Van Dyke , American actor1931 - Khieu Samphan , Cambodian politician
1933 - Ted Whitten , Australian rules footballer (d. 1995 )1933 - Nick Reynolds , American folk singer
1935 - Billy McCullough , Northern Irish footballer1936 - J. Robert Hooper , American politician1937 - Don Galloway , American actor1938 - Isabelle Aubret , French singer1938 - Gary Gygax , American role-playing game creator (d. 2008 )
1939 - Michael Longley , Northern Irish poet1940 - Pina Bausch , German dancer1942 - Dennis Ralston , American tennis player1942 - John Pleshette , American actor
1942 - Édith Butler , Canadian singer and songwriter
1944 - Tony Capstick , English comedian (d. 2003 )1944 - Jean-Marie Leblanc , French cyclist
1944 - Bobbie Gentry , American singer and songwriter
1946 - Rade Šerbedžija , Croatian actor1948 - Betty Thomas , American actor and film director1948 - Peggy Fleming , American figure skater
1949 - André Dupont , Quebec ice hockey player1949 - Maureen McGovern , American singer
1950 - Simon Jones , English actor1952 - Hannu-Pekka Hänninen , Finnish sports commentator1953 - Yahoo Serious , Australian comedian1954 - G. S. Bali , Indian politician1954 - Philippe Alliot , French racecar driver
1955 - Cat Bauer , American novelist1955 - Allan Border , Australian cricketer
1956 - Carol Leifer , American actress1957 - Bill Engvall , American comedian1957 - Matt Osborne , American professional wrestler
1958 - Christopher Dean , English figure skater1959 - Hugh Green , American football player1959 - Joe DeSa , American baseball player (d. 1986 )
1962 - Karl Mueller , American bassist (Soul Asylum ) (d. 2005 )1963 - Karrin Allyson , American Jazz musician & songstress1963 - Donnie Yen , Hong Kong film actor
1964 - Rex Brown , American musician (Pantera )1965 - José Luis Chilavert , Paraguayan footballer1967 - Juliana Hatfield , American musician1967 - Sasha Mitchell , American actor
1967 - Kellie Waymire , American actress (d. 2003 )
1967 - Craig Wolanin , Canadian ice hockey player
1967 - Neil Smith , Former England cricketer
1968 - Cliff Curtis , New Zealand actor1968 - Tom Goodwin , American baseball player
1968 - Julian McMahon , Australian actor
1968 - Ricardo Rosset , Brazilian Formula One driver
1969 - Maria Grazia Cucinotta , Italian actress1969 - Triple H , American professional wrestler
1969 - Jonty Rhodes , South African cricketer
1970 - Nikolaj Coster Waldau , Danish actor1972 - Jill Arrington , American sports reporter1972 - Takako Fuji , Japanese actress
1972 - Maya Rudolph , American actress and comedian
1973 - Abe Cunningham , American musician (Deftones )1973 - Gorden Tallis , Australian rugby league footballer
1973 - Erik Nijs , Belgian long jumper
1974 - Eason Chan , Hong Kong singer1974 - Pete Yorn , American musician
1975 - Shea Hillenbrand , American baseball player1975 - Fred Mascherino , American musician
1975 - Alex Rodriguez , American baseball player
1975 - Alessandro Pistone , Italian footballer
1976 - Scott Mason , Australian cricketer (d. 2005 )1977 - Jonathan Rhys-Meyers , Irish actor1977 - Foo Swee Chin , Singaporean comic book artist
1979 - Shannon Moore , American wrestler1979 - Jorge Arce , Mexican boxer
1980 - Nick Nemeth , American professional wrestler
1980 - Allan Davis , Australian cyclist
1981 - Susan King Borchardt , American basketball player1981 - Collins Obuya , Kenyan cricketer
1983 - Alsou , Russian pop-star and actress1983 - Goran Pandev , Macedonian footballer
1985 - Benedita Pereira , Portuguese actress1985 - Lou Taylor Pucci , American actor
1986 - Courtney Kupets , American gymnast1986 - Ryan Griffen , Australian rules footballer
1988 - Adam Biddle , Australian footballer1989 - Charlotte Arnold , Canadian actress1990 - Cheyenne Kimball , American musician1990 - Nick Hogan , American reality TV star
1990 - Indiana Evans , Australian actress
1994 - Spencer Achtymichuk , Canadian actor1994 - Princess Mafalda-Ceceilia of Bulgaria
2000 - Kali Rodriguez , American actress
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 )1656 - Salomo Glassius , German theologian (b. 1593 )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 )1876 - Albertus van Raalte , Dutch-American religious leader (b. 1811 )1883 - Montgomery Blair , American politician (b. 1813 )1917 - Emil Theodor Kocher , Swiss surgeon, Nobel laureate (b. 1841 )1924 - Ferruccio Busoni , Italian pianist (b. 1866 )1931 - Auguste-Henri Forel , Swiss entomologist (b. 1848 )1934 - Hubert Lyautey , Frency army general and marshal (b. 1854 )1941 - Alfred Henry O'Keeffe , New Zealand artist (b. 1858)1946 - Gertrude Stein , American writer (b. 1874 )1948 - Woolf Barnato , British racing driver (b. 1898 )1958 - Claire Chennault , American military leader (b. 1893 )1962 - Richard Aldington , English poet (b. 1892 )1962 - James H. "Dutch" Kindelberger , American aerospace pioneer (b. 1895 )
1965 - Henri Daniel-Rops , French writer and historian (b. 1901 )1968 - Babe Adams , baseball player (b. 1882 )1970 - António de Oliveira Salazar , Portuguese statesman (b. 1889 )1971 - Charlie Tully , Northern Irish footballer (b. 1924 )1978 - Willem van Otterloo , Dutch conductor and composer (b. 1907 )1980 - Mohammed Reza Pahlavi , Shah of Iran (b. 1919 )1981 - William Wyler , French-born film director (b. 1902 )1984 - James Mason , English actor (b. 1909 )1985 - Smoky Joe Wood , American baseball pitcher (b. 1889 )1987 - Travis Jackson , baseball player (b. 1903 )1988 - Frank Zamboni , American inventor (b. 1901 )1990 - Bobby Day , American singer (b. 1928 )1992 - Max Dupain , Australian photographer (b. 1911 )1993 - Reggie Lewis , American basketball player (b. 1965 )1995 - Miklós Rózsa , Hungarian-born composer (b. 1907 )1998 - Binnie Barnes , British actress (b. 1903 )1999 - Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov , Russian mathematician (b. 1912 )1999 - Sweets Edison , American jazz trumpet player (b. 1915 )
2000 - Gordon Solie , American wrestling commentator (b. 1929 )2001 - Leon Wilkeson , American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd ) (b. 1952 )2001 - Rhonda Singh , professional wrestler (b. 1961 )
2003 - Vance Hartke , American politician (b. 1919 )2003 - Bob Hope , English-born entertainer (b. 1903 )
2005 - Swami Shantanand , Mahasamadhi Day, Indian Saint, Philosopher (b. 1934 )2005 - Marten Toonder , Dutch comic writer (b. 1912 )
2006 - Maryann Mahaffey , American politician (b. 1925 )2007 - Lucky Grills , Australian actor (b. 1928 )2008 - Youssef Chahine , Egyptian film director (b. 1926 )2008 - Horst Stein , German conductor (b. 1928 )
2008 - Isaac Saba Raffoul , Mexican Businessman (b. 1923 )
Holidays and observances
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