July
27
Events
July
27
1054 – Siward,
Earl of Northumbria invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King
of Scotland somewhere north of the Firth of Forth.
1189 – Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš, the capital of Serbian
King Stefan Nemanja, during the Third Crusade.
1202 – Battle of Basian.
1214 – Battle of Bouvines: in France, Philip II of France defeats
John of England.
1302 – Battle of Bapheus: decisive Ottoman victory over the
Byzantines opening up Bithynia for Turkish conquest.
1549 – The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reaches Japan.
1663 – The English 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: the Battle of Killiecrankie ends.
1694 – A Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England.
1720 – The Battle of Grengam marks the second important victory
of the Russian Navy.
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 (it will be 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".
1862 – Sailing from San Francisco to Panama City, the SS Golden
Gate catches fire and sinks off Manzanillo, Mexico, killing
231.
1865 – Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
1866 – The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is
successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland,
to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
1880 – Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand – Afghan forces
led by Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand,
Afghanistan.
1890 – Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
1900 – Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to
Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging
name for Germans.
1914 – Felix Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo with the
Philippine government.
1917 – The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
1919 – The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident
occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and
537 injuries over a five-day period.
1921 – Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist
Frederick Banting prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood
sugar.
1928 – Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler ever to take 200
first-class wickets before the end of July.
1929 – The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment
of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
1940 – The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing
the character of Bugs Bunny.
1941 – Japanese troops occupy French Indo-China.
1942 – World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final
Axis advance into Egypt.
1949 – Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered
airliner.
1953 – Fighting in the Korean War ends when the United States,
the 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.
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.
1974 – Watergate Scandal: the House of Representatives Judiciary
Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment
(for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
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
scoring massive viewer numbers for the show.
1981 – 6 year old Adam Walsh, son of John Walsh is kidnapped
in Hollywood, Florida and is found murdered two weeks later.
1983 – Black July: 18 Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada
high security prison in Colombo are massacred by Sinhalese prisoners,
the second such massacre in two days.
1987 – RMS Titanic, Inc. begins the first expedited salvage
of wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
1990 – The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic
declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union. Until
1996 the day is celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus;
after a referendum held that year the celebration of independence
is moved to June 3.
1990 – The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempt a coup d'état in Trinidad
and Tobago, occupying the Trinidad 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 – The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington,
D.C..
1996 – Centennial Olympic Park bombing: in Atlanta, United States,
a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996
Summer Olympics. One woman (Alice Hawthorne) is killed, and
a cameraman suffers a heart attack fleeing the scene. 111 are
injured.
1997 – About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre
in Algeria.
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 continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation
from the external fuel tank. 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;
Holidays
and observances
Christian
Feast Day:
Aurelius and Natalia and companions of the Martyrs of Córdoba.
Pantaleon
Seven Sleepers of Ephesus (Roman Martyrology)
July 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Iglesia Ni Cristo Day (the Philippines)
José Celso Barbosa Day (Puerto Rico)
Martyrs and Invalids Day (Vietnam)
National Sleepy Head Day (Finland)
Victory Day (North Korea)
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