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 208^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 157 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 14, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,753,574,400 seconds 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 ‘dihectaoctagon’ 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 205 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 4,601 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

July 27 Historical Events

• 1214 –
  Battle of Bouvines: in France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
• 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.
• 1866 –
  The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart’s Content, Newfoundland.
• 1949 –
  Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1995 –
  The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
• 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;

Who were born on July 27?

• 1812 –
  Thomas Clingman, American Confederate general (d. 1897)
• 1833 –
  Thomas George Bonney, English geologist (d. 1923)
• 1867 –
  Enrique Granados, Spanish composer (d. 1916)
• 1929 –
  Jack Higgins, British novelist
• 1938 –
  Isabelle Aubret, French singer
• 1946 –
  Rade Šerbedžija, Croatian actor
• 1949 –
  Rory MacDonald, bassist (Runrig)
• 1972 –
  Jill Arrington, American sports reporter
• 1975 –
  Alessandro Pistone, Italian footballer
• 1983 –
  Goran Pandev, Macedonian footballer

Who died on July 27?

• 432 –
  Pope Celestine I
• 1917 –
  Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, Nobel laureate (b. 1841)
• 1924 –
  Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist (b. 1866)
• 1965 –
  Daniel-Rops, French writer and historian (b. 1901)
• 1978 –
  Bob Heffron, Premier of New South Wales (b. 1890)
• 1992 –
  Tzeni Karezi, Greek film and theatre actress (b. 1932)
• 1998 –
  Binnie Barnes, British actress (b. 1903)
• 2001 –
  Leon Wilkeson, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1952)
• 2007 –
  Lucky Grills, Australian actor (b. 1928)
• 2008 –
  Youssef Chahine, Egyptian film director (b. 1926)