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July 27 leap years ) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar , with 157 days remaining.
Events
1214 - Battle of Bouvines : In France , Philip II of France defeats John of England .1549 - Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship arrives in Kagoshima , Japan .1663 - The British 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 : Battle of Killiecrankie ends1694 - 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.1789 - The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (later renamed Department of State ).1794 - French Revolution : Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution." (See 9 Thermidor .)1865 - Welsh settlers arrive in Argentina at Chubut Valley .1866 - The Atlantic Cable is successfully completed, allowing transatlantic telegraph communication for the first time.1880 - British army defeated at Battle of Maiwand in Afghanistan .1921 - Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting announce the discovery of the hormone insulin .1928 - Tich Freeman becomes only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before end of July.1940 - Bugs Bunny makes his official debut in the animated cartoon A Wild Hare 1941 - Japanese troops occupy French Indo-China .1949 - Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet , the first jet-powered airliner.1953 - Korean War ends: The United States , 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.1955 - The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II , ends (started on May 9 , 1945 ).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 21,000.1968 - Pink Floyd releases the album A Saucerful of Secrets USA .1974 - Watergate Scandal : The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment against President Richard Nixon : obstruction of justice.1976 - Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in connection with the Lockheed scandal .1981 - British television : On Coronation Street Ken Barlow marries Deirdre Langton , which proves to be a national event, with massive viewer numbers earned for the show.1990 - The Jamaat al Muslimeen stage a coup d'état attemptTrinidad and Tobago , occupying Parliament and holding Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson and most of his Cabinet hostage for 6 days.1995 - In Washington, DC , the Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated.1996 - Centennial Olympic Park bombing : In Atlanta, Georgia , a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics , killing one and injuring 111.1997 - Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria ; about 50 people killed.1999 - 21 die in a canyoning disaster near Interlaken , Switzerland .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.2005 - STS-114 : NASA makes the decision to ground the Space shuttle pending an investigation of the external tank's continued foam shed problem. During ascent, the external tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery shed a piece of foam slightly smaller than the piece that caused the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster ; this foam did not strike the spacecraft.
Births
1452 - Ludovico Sforza , Duke of Milan (d. 1508 )1667 - Johann Bernoulli , Swiss mathematician (d. 1748 )1733 - Jeremiah Dixon , English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779 )1768 - Charlotte Corday , French aristocrat who killed Jean-Paul Marat (d. 1793 )1781 - Mauro Giuliani , Italian composer (d. 1828 )1812 - Thomas Clingman , American Confederate general (d. 1897 )1824 - Alexandre Dumas fils , French author (d. 1895 )1833 - Thomas George Bonney , English geologist (d. 1923 )1835 - Giosue Carducci , Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907 )1853 - Vladimir Korolenko , Russian writer (d. 1921 )1857 - José Celso Barbosa , Puerto Rican political leader (d. 1921)1867 - Enrique Granados , Spanish composer (d. 1916 )1870 - Hilaire Belloc , English writer (d. 1953 )1877 - Ernst von Dohnanyi , Hungarian composer and conductor (d. 1960 )1881 - Hans Fischer , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1945 )1882 - Geoffrey de Havilland , British aircraft designer (d. 1965 )1886 - Ernst May , German architect (d. 1970 )1901 - Rudy Vallee , American singer (d. 1986 )1903 - Nikolai Cherkasov , Russian actor (d. 1966 )1904 - Isaac Bashevis Singer , Polish Yiddish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991 )1905 - Leo Durocher , baseball player (d. 1991 )1908 - Joseph Mitchell , American writer (d. 1996 )1915 - Mario Del Monaco , Italian tenor (d. 1982 )1916 - Keenan Wynn , American actor (d. 1986 )1917 - Bourvil , French actor (d. 1970 )1918 - Leonard Rose , American cellist (d. 1984 )1922 - Norman Lear , American television writer and producer1922 - Adolfo Celi , Italian actor (d. 1986 )1924 - Vincent Canby , American film critic (d. 2000 )1931 - Jerry Van Dyke , American actor1938 - Isabelle Aubret , French singer1938 - Gary Gygax , American computer game creator1940 - Pina Bausch , German dancer1942 - Dennis Ralston , American tennis player1944 - Tony Capstick , English comedian, actor, and musician (d. 2003 )1948 - Peggy Fleming , American figure skater1949 - Maureen McGovern , American singer and Broadway actress1957 - Bill Engvall , American comedian1964 - Rex Brown , American bassist (Pantera )1967 - Juliana Hatfield , American musician1967 - Kellie Waymire , American actress (d. 2003 )1968 - Cliff Curtis , New Zealand actor1969 - Maria Grazia Cucinotta , Italian actress1969 - Triple H , American professional wrestler1972 - Jill Arrington , American sports reporter1974 - Eason Chan , Hong Kong pop singer1975 - Shea Hillenbrand , baseball player1975 - Alex Rodriguez , baseball player1977 - Jonathan Rhys-Meyers , Irish actor1979 - Shannon Moore , American professional wrestler1981 - Susan King Borchardt , American basketball player
Deaths
1101 - Conrad , King of Germany and Italy (b. 1074 )1276 - King James I of Aragon (b. 1208 )1365 - Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (b. 1339 )1564 - Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1503 )1675 - Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne , Marshal of France (b. 1611 )1759 - Pierre Louis Maupertuis , French mathematician (b. 1698 )1770 - Robert Dinwiddie , British colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1693 )1841 - Mikhail Lermontov , Russian author (b. 1814 )1844 - John Dalton , English physicist and chemist (b. 1776 )1863 - William Lowndes Yancey , American Confederate leader (b. 1813 )1917 - Emil Theodor Kocher , Swiss surgeon and biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1841 )1924 - Ferruccio Busoni , Italian pianist and composer (b. 1866 )1946 - Gertrude Stein , American writer (b. 1874 )1958 - Claire Chennault , American pilot (b. 1893 )1962 - Richard Aldington , English poet (d. 1892 )1980 - Mohammed Reza Pahlavi , Shah of Iran (b. 1919 )1981 - William Wyler , French-born film director ((b. 1902 )1984 - James Mason , English actor and conscientious objector (b. 1909 )1992 - Max Dupain , Australian photographer (b. 1911 )1993 - Reggie Lewis , American basketball star (b. 1965 )1999 - Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov , Russian mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and mountaineer (b. 1912 )2001 - Leon Wilkeson , American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd ) (b. 1952 )2003 - Vance Hartke , U.S. Senator from Indiana (b. 1919 )2003 - Bob Hope , English-born entertainer (b. 1903 )2005 - Marten Toonder , Dutch comic writer (b. 1912 )
Holidays and observances
External links
July 26 - July 28 - June 27 - August 27 -- listing of all days
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