July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining.

Events

1200-1899

• 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
• 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.
• 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.

1900-1999

• 1921 - Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting announce the discovery of the hormone insulin.
• 1940 - Bugs Bunny makes his official debut in the animated cartoon A Wild Hare.
• 1943 - World War II: USSR leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227 in response to alarming German advances into Russia. Under the order all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so will be immediately killed.
• 1949 - Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
• 1953 - Korean War ends: The United States, North Korea, and South Korea sign an armistice agreement.
• 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.
• 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 - Belarus declares independence from Soviet Union.
• 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 - The first episode of Stargate SG1 was broadcast on 1997 July 27 on Showtime.

2000-2099

• 2002 - Air show 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.

Births

1700-1899

• 1768 - Charlotte Corday, French aristocrat who killed Jean-Paul Marat (d. 1793)
• 1824 - Alexandre Dumas fils, author (d. 1895)
• 1833 - Thomas George Bonney, geologist (d. 1923)
• 1857 - José Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rican political leader (d. 1921)
• 1857 - Augusta Stowe-Gullen, first woman to take a medical degree in Canada, feminist
• 1870 - Hilaire Belloc, writer (d. 1953)
• 1877 - Ernst von Dohnanyi, composer.
• 1882 - Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer (d. 1965)
• 1886 - Ernst May, architect (d. 1970)

1900-1999

• 1901 - Rudy Vallee, singer (d. 1986)
• 1903 - Nikolai Cherkasov, actor (d. 1966)
• 1904 - Isaac Bashevis Singer, writer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature 1978 (d. 1991)
• 1905 - Leo Durocher, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1991)
• 1908 - Joseph Mitchell, American writer
• 1912 - Hilde Domin, writer
• 1915 - Mario Del Monaco, tenor (d. 1982)
• 1916 - Elizabeth Hardwick, novelist
• 1916 - Keenan Wynn, actor (d. 1986)
• 1917 - Bourvil (André Raimbourg), actor (d. 1970)
• 1918 - Leonard Rose, American cellist (d. 1984)
• 1922 - Norman Lear, television producer
• 1931 - Jerry Van Dyke, actor
• 1938 - Isabelle Aubret, French singer
• 1938 - Gary Gygax, Creator of DnD
• 1940 - Pina Bausch, dancer
• 1948 - Peggy Fleming, Olympic gold medalist in figure skating
• 1949 - Maureen McGovern, singer/theatre actress
• 1967 - Juliana Hatfield, musician
• 1967 - Kellie Waymire, actress (Star Trek: Enterprise) (d. 2003)
• 1968 - Cliff Curtis, New Zealand Actor
• 1969 - Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian actress
• 1975 - Shea Hillenbrand, baseball player
• 1975 - Alex Rodriguez, baseball star
• 1976 - Warren Shaw, very smart guy
• 1977 - Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, actor
• 1987 - Adam Payne, 3rd seat in ([Room 13])

Deaths

1000-1899

• 1061 - Pope Nicholas II (or July 19)
• 1276 - James I of Aragon
• 1365 - Rudolf IV of Austria, the Founder, in Milan.
• 1564 - Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
• 1841 - Mikhail Lermontov, author (b. 1814)
• 1844 - John Dalton, English chemist
• 1863 - William Lowndes Yancey, Southern secession leader

1900-1999

• 1917 - Emil Theodor Kocher, surgeon and biologist (b. 1841)
• 1924 - Ferruccio Busoni, pianist and composer
• 1946 - Gertrude Stein, writer and cult figure (b. 1874)
• 1958 - Claire Chennault, World War II aviator
• 1980 - Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran
• 1981 - Ryann Lea Forester, president of UAH PRCA
• 1981 - William Wyler, film director
• 1984 - James Mason, actor
• 1999 - Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, mathematician, physicist, philosopher and a mountaineer (b. 1912)

2000-2099

• 2001 - Leon Wilkeson, bass (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• 2003 - Vance Hartke, US Senator from Indiana
• 2003 - Bob Hope, entertainer

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

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