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What happend on 27. July in History
In our data base we found 335 events happened on 27. July:
• 432: Pope Celestine I [category: Deaths]
• 1054: Siward, Earl of Northumbria invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland somewhere north of the Firth of Forth. [category: Events]
• 1101: Conrad II of Italy (b. 1074) [category: Deaths]
• 1189: Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš, the capital of Serbian King Stefan Nemanja, during the Third Crusade. [category: Events]
• 1202: Battle of Basian. [category: Events]
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• 1214: Battle of Bouvines : Philip II of France decisively defeats Imperial, English and Flemish armies, effectively ending John of England's Angevin Empire. [category: Events]
• 1276: James I of Aragon (b. 1208) [category: Deaths]
• 1299: According to Edward Gibbon, Osman I invades the territory of Nicomedia for the first time, usually considered to be the founding day of the Ottoman state. [category: Events]
• 1302: Battle of Bapheus: decisive Ottoman victory over the Byzantines opening up Bithyniea for Turkish conquest. [category: Events]
• 1365: Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1339) [category: Deaths]
• 1452: Ludovico Sforza, Italian son of Francesco I Sforza (d. 1508) [category: Births]
• 1549: The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reaches Japan. [category: Events]
• 1656: Salomo Glassius, German theologian (b. 1593) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1667: Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1748) [category: Births]
• 1675: Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, French marshal (b. 1611) [category: Deaths]
• 1689: Glorious Revolution: the Battle of Killiecrankie ends. [category: Events]
• 1694: A Royal charter is granted to the Bank of England. [category: Events]
• 1720: The Battle of Grengam marks the second important victory of the Russian Navy. [category: Events]
• 1733: Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779) [category: Births]
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• 1740: Jeanne Baré, French explorer (d. 1803) [category: Births]
• 1741: François-Hippolyte Barthélémon, French violinist and composer (d. 1808) [category: Births]
• 1752: Samuel Smith, American politician (d. 1839) [category: Births]
• 1759: Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician (b. 1698) [category: Deaths]
• 1768: Charlotte Corday, French murderer of Jean-Paul Marat (d. 1793) [category: Births]
• 1768: Joseph Anton Koch, Austrian painter (d. 1839) [category: Births]
• 1770: Robert Dinwiddie, English statesman (b. 1693) [category: Deaths]
• 1773: Jacob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (d. 1844) [category: Births]
• 1777: Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English soldier (d. 1853) [category: Births]
• 1777: Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (d. 1844) [category: Births]
• 1778: American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant – British and French fleets fight to a standoff. [category: Events]
• 1781: Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (d. 1828) [category: Births]
• 1784: Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (d. 1839) [category: Births]
• 1789: The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State). [category: Events]
• 1794: French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution". [category: Events]
• 1812: Thomas Lanier Clingman, American general (d. 1897) [category: Births]
• 1824: Alexandre Dumas, fils, French author (d. 1895) [category: Births]
• 1833: Thomas George Bonney, English geologist (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1835: Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1841: Mikhail Lermontov, Russian writer, poet, and painter (b. 1814) [category: Deaths]
• 1844: John Dalton, English physicist and chemist (b. 1776) [category: Deaths]
• 1848: Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1848: Thomas Herbst German painter (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1853: Vladimir Korolenko, Ukrainian-Russian writer (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1857: José Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rican politician (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1858: George Lyon, Canadian golfer (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1862: Sailing from San Francisco, California to Panama City, Panama, the SS Golden Gate catches fire and sinks off Manzanillo, Mexico, killing 231. [category: Events]
• 1863: William Lowndes Yancey, American journalist and politician (b. 1813) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina. [category: Events]
• 1866: António José de Almeida, Portuguese politician, 6th President of Portugal (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1866: The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland. [category: Events]
• 1867: Enrique Granados, Spanish composer (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1870: Hilaire Belloc, English writer (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1876: Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-American pastor (b. 1811) [category: Deaths]
• 1877: Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian composer and conductor (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1878: John Henry Lake, American racing cyclist (death date unknown) [category: Births]
• 1879: Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1880: Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand – Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan. [category: Events]
• 1881: Hans Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1882: Geoffrey de Havilland, English engineer and businessman, founded the de Havilland Aircraft Company (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1883: Montgomery Blair, American politician (b. 1813) [category: Deaths]
• 1886: Ernst May, German architect (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1889: Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1890: Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later. [category: Events]
• 1891: Jacob van der Hoeden, Dutch-Israeli veterinary scientist (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1894: Mientje Kling, Dutch actress (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1896: Henri Longchambon, French politician (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1896: Robert George, Scottish soldier, 24th Governor of South Australia (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1900: Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans. [category: Events]
• 1903: Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek politician (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1903: Nikolay Cherkasov, Russian actor (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1905: Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1906: Herbert Jasper, Canadian neurosurgeon (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1906: Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish writer and activist (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1908: Joseph Mitchell, American writer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1910: Fern Persons, American actress (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1910: Julien Gracq, French writer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1911: Rayner Heppenstall, English novelist (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1912: Vernon Elliott, English conductor and composer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1913: George L. Street III American navy captain, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1913: Gérard Côté, Canadian runner (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1914: Felix Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo with the Philippine government. [category: Events]
• 1915: Josef Priller, German pilot (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1915: Mario Del Monaco, Italian tenor (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1916: Elizabeth Hardwick, American critic and novelist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1916: Keenan Wynn, American actor (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1916: Skippy Williams, American saxophonist and arranger (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1916: Charles Fryatt, English navy captain (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Bourvil, French actor (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1917: Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele. [category: Events]
• 1918: Leonard Rose, American cellist (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1919: The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period. [category: Events]
• 1921: Émile Genest, Canadian actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1921: Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar. [category: Events]
• 1922: Adolfo Celi, Italian actor (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1922: Norman Lear, American scriptwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1923: Mas Oyama, Japanese karate master, founded Kyokushinkai karate (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1924: Otar Taktakishvili, Georgian composer and conductor (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1924: Vincent Canby, American film critic (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1924: Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Sat Mahajan, Indian politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1928: Karloff Lagarde, Mexican wrestler (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1928: Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before the end of July. [category: Events]
• 1929: Harvey Fuqua, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Moonglows and New Birth) (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1929: Jack Higgins, English novelist [category: Births]
• 1929: Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1929: Marc Wilkinson, Australian composer and conductor [category: Births]
• 1929: The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations. [category: Events]
• 1930: Shirley Williams, English politician [category: Births]
• 1931: Jerry Van Dyke, American actor [category: Births]
• 1931: Khieu Samphan, Cambodian politician [category: Births]
• 1931: Auguste Forel, Swiss entomologist (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Forest Able, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1933: Nick Reynolds, American musician (The Kingston Trio) (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1933: Ted Whitten, Australian footballer (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1934: Hubert Lyautey, French army general and marshal (b. 1854) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Billy McCullough, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1936: J. Robert Hooper, American politician [category: Births]
• 1937: Don Galloway, American actor (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1938: Gary Gygax, American game designer and writer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1938: Isabelle Aubret, French singer [category: Births]
• 1938: John Exley, American rower (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Michael Longley, Irish poet [category: Births]
• 1940: Pina Bausch, German dancer and choreographer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1940: The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny. [category: Events]
• 1941: Christian Boesch, Austrian singer [category: Births]
• 1941: Johannes Fritsch, German composer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1941: Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand artist (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Japanese troops occupy French Indochina. [category: Events]
• 1942: Dennis Ralston, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1942: John Pleshette, American actor [category: Births]
• 1942: Édith Butler, Canadian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt. [category: Events]
• 1944: Barbara Thomson, English musician and composer (Colosseum) [category: Births]
• 1944: Bobbie Gentry, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1944: Jean-Marie Leblanc, French cyclist [category: Births]
• 1944: Tony Capstick, English comedian and actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1946: Peter Reading, English poet (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1946: Rade Šerbedžija, Croatian actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Gertrude Stein, American writer (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1948: Betty Thomas, American actor and director [category: Births]
• 1948: Henny Vrienten, Dutch singer-songwriter, bass player, and composer (Doe Maar) [category: Births]
• 1948: Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1948: Peggy Fleming, American figure skater [category: Births]
• 1948: Joe Tinker, American baseball player (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Woolf Barnato, English race car driver (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: André Dupont, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1949: Maureen McGovern, American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1949: Maury Chaykin, American-Canadian actor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1949: Robert Rankin, English novelist [category: Births]
• 1949: Rory MacDonald, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player (Runrig and The Band from Rockall) [category: Births]
• 1949: Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner. [category: Events]
• 1950: Simon Jones, English actor [category: Births]
• 1952: Hannu-Pekka Hänninen, Finnish sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1952: Roxanne Hart, American actress [category: Births]
• 1953: Chung Dong-young, South Korean Politician [category: Births]
• 1953: Yahoo Serious, Australian actor, director, and composer [category: Births]
• 1953: Fighting in the Korean War ends when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice. [category: Events]
• 1954: G. S. Bali, Indian politician [category: Births]
• 1954: Philippe Alliot, French race car driver [category: Births]
• 1954: Ricardo Uceda, Peruvian journalist [category: Births]
• 1955: Allan Border, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1955: Cat Bauer, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1955: The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends. [category: Events]
• 1956: Carol Leifer, American actress [category: Births]
• 1957: Allan Simmons, English Scrabble player [category: Births]
• 1957: Bill Engvall, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Matt Osborne, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1958: Christopher Dean, English figure skater [category: Births]
• 1958: Claire Lee Chennault, American military leader (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Hugh Green, American football player [category: Births]
• 1959: Joe DeSa, American baseball player (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1959: Yiannos Papantoniou, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1960: Conway Savage, Australian singer-songwriter, musician, and composer (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) [category: Births]
• 1962: Karl Mueller, American bass player (Soul Asylum) (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1962: James H. Kindelberger, American aviator and businessman (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Richard Aldington, English poet (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Donnie Yen, Hong Kong actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Karrin Allyson, American singer and pianist [category: Births]
• 1964: Rex Brown, American singer-songwriter and bassist (Pantera, Kill Devil Hill, and Down) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1965: José Luis Chilavert, Paraguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1965: Daniel-Rops, French writer and historian (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Craig Wolanin, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1967: David Chacón Perez, Venezuelan director and producer [category: Births]
• 1967: Juliana Hatfield, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Blake Babies, Some Girls, and The Lemonheads) [category: Births]
• 1967: Kellie Waymire, American actress (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1967: Neil Smith, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1967: Sasha Mitchell, American actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Cliff Curtis, New Zealand actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Julian McMahon, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Ricardo Rosset, Brazilian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1968: Tom Goodwin, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Babe Adams, American baseball player (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Giannis Milonas, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1969: Jonty Rhodes, South African cricketer [category: Births]
• 1969: Timo Maas, German DJ and producer [category: Births]
• 1969: Triple H, American wrestler and actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Danish actor [category: Births]
• 1970: António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Emma Laura Gutiérrez Jiménez, Mexican actress who disappeared [category: Births]
• 1971: Charlie Tully, Irish footballer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Jill Arrington, American sports-caster [category: Births]
• 1972: Maya Rudolph, American actress, singer, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1972: Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Malaysian astronaut [category: Births]
• 1972: Takako Fuji, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Abe Cunningham, American drummer (Deftones and Phallucy) [category: Births]
• 1973: Cassandra Clare, American author [category: Births]
• 1973: Erik Nys, Belgian long jumper [category: Births]
• 1973: Gorden Tallis, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1973: Tracy Shaw, English actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Eason Chan, Hong Kong singer, producer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Pete Yorn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1975: Alessandro Pistone, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Alex Rodriguez, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Fred Mascherino, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Taking Back Sunday, The Color Fred, and Terrible Things) [category: Births]
• 1975: Shea Hillenbrand, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Scott Mason, Australian cricketer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1976: Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in connection with the Lockheed bribery scandals. [category: Events]
• 1977: Björn Dreyer, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Foo Swee Chin, Singaporean illustrator and writer [category: Births]
• 1977: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Irish actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Diarmuid O'Sullivan, Irish hurler [category: Births]
• 1978: Bob Heffron, Australian politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Willem van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Jorge Arce, Mexican boxer [category: Births]
• 1979: Shannon Moore, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1979: Sidney Govou, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Allan Davis, Australian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1980: Dolph Ziggler, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1980: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iranian ruler (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Christopher Weselek, German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1981: Collins Obuya, Kenyan cricketer [category: Births]
• 1981: Susan King Borchardt, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1981: William Wyler, German-American director (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: 6 year old Adam Walsh, son of John Walsh is kidnapped in Hollywood, Florida and is found murdered two weeks later. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1982: Cascy Beddow, Canadian acror [category: Births]
• 1982: Neil Harbisson, Irish-Catalan artist, composer, and activist [category: Births]
• 1983: Blair Redford, American actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Goran Pandev, Macedonian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Lorik Cana, Albanian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Martijn Maaskant, Dutch cyclist [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1984: Iekeliene Stange, Dutch model [category: Births]
• 1984: Kenny Wormald, American dancer and actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Taylor Schilling, American actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Tsuyoshi Nishioka, Japanese baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: James Mason, English actor (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Aljin Abella, Filipino-Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Benedita Pereira, Portuguese actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Lou Taylor Pucci, American actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Matteo Pratichetti, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1985: Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball player (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Courtney Kupets, American gymnast [category: Births]
• 1986: DeMarre Carroll, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Nathan Stephenson, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Ryan Flaherty, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Ryan Griffen, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Nikos Nikolaou, Greek sculpture (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Jacoby Ford, American football player [category: Births]
• 1987: Jordan Hill, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1987: Marek Hamšík, Slovakian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Sarah Parsons, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1987: Travis Jackson, American baseball player (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: RMS Titanic Inc. begins the first expedited salvage of wreckage of the RMS Titanic. [category: Events]
• 1988: Adam Biddle, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Frank Zamboni, American inventor, invented the ice resurfacer (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Charlotte Arnold, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Mohamed Bangura, Sierra Leonean footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Cheyenne Kimball, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Gloriana) [category: Births]
• 1990: Indiana Evans, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Nick Hogan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Bobby Day, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (The Hollywood Flames and Bob & Earl) (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 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 the staff at the television station hostage for 6 days. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1991: Rena Matsui, Japanese actress and singer (SKE48) [category: Births]
• 1991: John Friedrich, German-Australian engineer and con-artist (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Max Dupain, Australian photographer (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Tzeni Karezi, Greek actress (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Elana Binysh, English actress [category: Births]
• 1993: Max Power, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (b. 1965) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Spencer Achtymichuk, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1994: Kevin Carter, South African photographer (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-American composer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Rick Ferrell, American baseball player (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.. [category: Events]
• 1996: Ashlyn Sanchez, American actress [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1997: About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria. [category: Events]
• 1998: Binnie Barnes, English actress (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Sweets Edison, American trumpet player (Count Basie Orchestra) (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Gordon Solie, American wrestling announcer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Leon Wilkeson, American bass player and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Rhonda Sing, Canadian wrestler (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2003: Bob Hope, English-American actor (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Vance Hartke, American politician (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Marten Toonder, Dutch writer and illustrator (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: STS-114: NASA grounds the Space Shuttle, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank. [category: Events]
• 2006: Maryann Mahaffey, American politician (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2007: James Oyebola, English boxer (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Lucky Grills, Australian actor (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 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; [category: Events]
• 2008: Horst Stein, German conductor (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Isaac Saba Raffoul, Mexican businessman (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Youssef Chahine, Egyptian director (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Jack Tatum, American football player (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Maury Chaykin, American-Canadian actor (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Bejaratana Rajasuda, Thai princess (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Carl-Ludwig Wagner, German politician (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Darryl Cotton, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Zoot and Cotton Keays & Morris) (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Geoffrey Hughes, English actor (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jack Taylor, English football referee (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Norman Alden, American actor (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: R. G. Armstrong, American actor and playwright (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Tony Martin, American actor and singer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: The opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom. The last time that the Games were held in the United Kingdom was 1948. [category: Events]
• _: Aurelius and Natalia and companions of the Martyrs of Córdoba. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Iglesia Ni Cristo Day (the Philippines) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: José Celso Barbosa Day (Puerto Rico) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: July 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Martyrs and Invalids Day (Vietnam) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Sleepy Head Day (Finland) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pantaleon [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Seven Sleepers of Ephesus (Roman Martyrology) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Victory Day (North Korea) [category: Holidays and observances]