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, 28,700,640 minutes 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
- 1789 –The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
- 1862 –Sailing from San Francisco to Panama City, the SS Golden Gate catches fire and sinks off Manzanillo, Mexico, killing 231.
- 1880 –Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand – Afghan forces led by Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1997 –About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
Who were born on July 27?
- 1896 –Henri Longchambon, French politician (d. 1969)
- 1916 –Skippy Williams, American jazz tenor saxophonist and musical arranger (d. 1994)
- 1921 –Émile Genest, Quebec actor (d. 2003)
- 1922 –Adolfo Celi, Italian actor (d. 1986)
- 1929 –Jack Higgins, British novelist
- 1932 –Forest Able, American basketball player
- 1942 –John Pleshette, American actor
- 1948 –Henny Vrienten, Dutch composer of TV and film scores, former bassist
- 1977 –Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Irish actor
- 1985 –Matteo Pratichetti, Italian rugby player
Who died on July 27?
- 1863 –William Lowndes Yancey, American Confederate leader (b. 1813)
- 1934 –Hubert Lyautey, French army general and marshal (b. 1854)
- 1948 –Woolf Barnato, British racing driver (b. 1898)
- 1962 –James H. Kindelberger, American aerospace pioneer (b. 1895)
- 1970 –António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese statesman (b. 1889)
- 1978 –Bob Heffron, Premier of New South Wales (b. 1890)
- 1981 –William Wyler, German-born American film director (b. 1902)
- 2001 –Leon Wilkeson, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1952)
- 2008 –Horst Stein, German conductor (b. 1928)
- 2010 –Jack Tatum, American football player (b. 1948)
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