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, 487,104 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 ‘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

• 1689 –
  Glorious Revolution: the Battle of Killiecrankie ends.
• 1778 –
  American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant – British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
• 1866 –
  The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart’s Content, Newfoundland.
• 1900 –
  Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, “Hun” would be a disparaging name for Germans.
• 1942 –
  World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1997 –
  About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
• 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?

• 1773 –
  Jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (d. 1844)
• 1777 –
  Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, British peer and soldier (d. 1853)
• 1777 –
  Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (d. 1844)
• 1913 –
  Gérard Côté, Quebec marathon runner (d. 1993)
• 1929 –
  Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher (d. 2007)
• 1940 –
  Pina Bausch, German dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
• 1953 –
  Yahoo Serious, Australian comedian
• 1972 –
  Takako Fuji, Japanese actress
• 1975 –
  Fred Mascherino, American guitarist (Taking Back Sunday)
• 1987 –
  Marek Hamšík, Slovakian footballer

Who died on July 27?

• 1941 –
  Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand artist (b. 1858)
• 1971 –
  Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1924)
• 1984 –
  James Mason, English actor (b. 1909)
• 1987 –
  Travis Jackson, American baseball player (b. 1903)
• 1990 –
  Bobby Day, American singer (b. 1928)
• 1994 –
  Kevin Carter, South African photographer (b. 1960)
• 1999 –
  Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician (b. 1912)
• 2007 –
  James Oyebola, English heavyweight boxer (b. 1961)
• 2007 –
  Lucky Grills, Australian actor (b. 1928)
• 2008 –
  Isaac Saba Raffoul, Mexican businessman (b. 1923)