July 27

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

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1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 External links

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.
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.
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 holding Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson and most of his Cabinet 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, killing one and injuring 111.
1997 - Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria; about 50 people killed.
1999 - 21 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 makes the decision to ground the Space shuttle pending an investigation of the external tank's continued foam shed problem. During ascent, the external tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery shed a piece of foam slightly smaller than the piece that caused the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; this foam did not strike the spacecraft.