What happened this day in history July 27

What are the important events that happened on July 27? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

July 27: Facts & Myths About This Day

July 27 is the 209th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 157 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 14, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 478,344 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaenneagon’ day.

Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 186 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,236 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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July 27 Historical Events

  • 1202
    Battle of Basian.
  • 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.
  • 1865
    Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
  • 1928
    Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before the end of July.
  • 1940
    The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
  • 1981
    6 year old Adam Walsh, son of John Walsh is kidnapped in Hollywood, Florida and is found murdered two weeks later.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Who were born on July 27?

  • 1877
    Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian composer and conductor (d. 1960)
  • 1881
    Hans Fischer, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1945)
  • 1913
    Gérard Côté, Quebec marathon runner (d. 1993)
  • 1924
    Vincent Canby, American film critic (d. 2000)
  • 1952
    Hannu-Pekka Hänninen, Finnish sports commentator
  • 1975
    Alex Rodriguez, American baseball player
  • 1983
    Goran Pandev, Macedonian footballer
  • 1985
    Matteo Pratichetti, Italian rugby player
  • 1987
    Jacoby Ford, American football player
  • 1990
    Indiana Evans, Australian actress

Who died on July 27?

  • 1101
    Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (b. 1074)
  • 1759
    Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician (b. 1698)
  • 1770
    Robert Dinwiddie, British colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1693)
  • 1841
    Mikhail Lermontov, Russian writer, poet and painter (b. 1814)
  • 1941
    Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand artist (b. 1858)
  • 1962
    James H. Kindelberger, American aerospace pioneer (b. 1895)
  • 1962
    Richard Aldington, English poet (b. 1892)
  • 1978
    Willem van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer (b. 1907)
  • 1984
    James Mason, English actor (b. 1909)
  • 1999
    Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician (b. 1912)

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