July 27
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 .
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.
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 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 , People's Republic of China , 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 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 - 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.
Births
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 )
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
1954 - Peter L. Allen , actor,musician
1957 - Bill Engvall , comedian
1967 - Juliana Hatfield , musician
1967 - Kellie Waymire , actress (Star Trek: Enterprise 2003 )
1968 - Cliff Curtis , New Zealand Actor
1969 - Maria Grazia Cucinotta , Italian actress
1969 - Triple H , professional wrestler
1972 - Jill Arrington , college football reporter, ESPN
1975 - Shea Hillenbrand , baseball player
1975 - Alex Rodriguez , baseball star
1977 - Jonathan Rhys-Meyers , actor
1979 - Shannon Moore , professional wrestler
Deaths
1061 - Pope Nicholas II (or July 19 )
1276 - James I of Aragon (b. 1208 )
1365 - Rudolf IV of Austria , the Founder , in Milan .
1564 - Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
1759 - Pierre Louis Maupertuis , French mathematician (b. 1698 )
1841 - Mikhail Lermontov , Russian author (b. 1814 )
1844 - John Dalton , English chemist
1863 - William Lowndes Yancey , Southern secession leader
1917 - Emil Theodor Kocher , surgeon and biologist (b. 1841 )
1924 - Ferruccio Busoni , Italian pianist and composer
1946 - Gertrude Stein , American writer and cult figure (b. 1874 )
1958 - Claire Chennault , French 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 , English actor
1993 - Reggie Lewis , basketball star
1999 - Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov , Russian mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and mountaineer (b. 1912 )
2001 - Leon Wilkeson , bass (Lynyrd Skynyrd )
2003 - Vance Hartke , US Senator from Indiana
2003 - Bob Hope , entertainer
Holidays and observances
External links
July 26 - July 28 - June 27 - August 27 -- listing of all days
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