Today in History
27 July
253 births · 117 deaths · 47 events recorded
Notable Births
All 253 ›
Elvina Kalieva
b. 2003
American tennis player
Max Power (footballer)
b. 1993
English footballer (born 1993)
Jordan Spieth
b. 1993
American professional golfer (born 1993)
Tory Lanez
b. 1992
Canadian singer (born 1992)
Wandy Peralta
b. 1991
Dominican baseball player (born 1991)
Paolo Hurtado
b. 1990
Peruvian footballer (born 1990)
Ed Orgeron
b. 1961
American football player and coach (born 1961)
Mas Oyama
b. 1923
Founder of Kyokushin Karate (1923–1994)
Notable Deaths
All 117 ›
Edna O'Brien
d. 2024
Irish writer (1930–2024)
Pavel Kushnir
d. 2024
Russian musician and dissident (1984–2024)
Tony Dow
d. 2022
American actor (1945–2022)
Marco Aurelio Denegri
d. 2018
Peruvian linguist, journalist, television host and sexologist
Sam Shepard
d. 2017
American playwright and actor (1943–2017)
Einojuhani Rautavaara
d. 2016
Finnish composer (1928–2016)
James Alan McPherson
d. 2016
American essayist and short-story writer
Bob Hope
d. 2003
American entertainer (1903–2003)
On This Day in History
All 47 ›2015
Seven people are killed and many injured after gunmen attack an Indian police station in Punjab.
2015 Gurdaspur attack
2002
Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 77 and injuring more than 500 others, making it the deadliest air show disaster in history.
Sknyliv air show disaster
1997
About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
Si Zerrouk massacre
1996
In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Atlanta
1995
The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
Korean War Veterans Memorial
1990
The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempt a coup d'état in Trinidad and Tobago.
Jamaat al Muslimeen
1989
While attempting to land at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, Korean Air Flight 803 crashes just short of the runway. Seventy-five of the 199 passengers and crew and four people on the ground are killed, in the second accident involving a DC-10 in less than two weeks, the first being United Airlines Flight 232.
Tripoli International Airport
1983
Black July: Eighteen Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
Black July