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 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 157 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 14, 2020 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 443,280 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.
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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 200 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 2,775 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 27 Historical Events
- 1549 –The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier’s ship reaches Japan.
- 1694 –A Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England.
- 1862 –Sailing from San Francisco to Panama City, the SS Golden Gate catches fire and sinks off Manzanillo, Mexico, killing 231.
- 1917 –The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
- 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 –6 year old Adam Walsh, son of John Walsh is kidnapped in Hollywood, Florida and is found murdered two weeks later.
- 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.
- 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.
Who were born on July 27?
- 1867 –Enrique Granados, Spanish composer (d. 1916)
- 1915 –Mario Del Monaco, Italian tenor (d. 1982)
- 1929 –Jack Higgins, British novelist
- 1935 –Billy McCullough, Northern Irish footballer
- 1947 –Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (d. 2008)
- 1957 –Matt Osborne, American professional wrestler
- 1963 –Karrin Allyson, American Jazz vocalist
- 1974 –Eason Chan, Hong Kong singer
- 1975 –Fred Mascherino, American guitarist (Taking Back Sunday)
- 1983 –Martijn Maaskant, Dutch cyclist
Who died on July 27?
- 1365 –Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (b. 1339)
- 1978 –Bob Heffron, Premier of New South Wales (b. 1890)
- 1978 –Willem van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer (b. 1907)
- 1985 –Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball player (b. 1889)
- 1990 –Bobby Day, American singer (b. 1928)
- 1992 –Max Dupain, Australian photographer (b. 1911)
- 1995 –Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-born American composer (b. 1907)
- 1999 –Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician (b. 1912)
- 2001 –Leon Wilkeson, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1952)
- 2001 –Rhonda Sing, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1961)
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