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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