27 July
Notable Births
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)
Cheyenne Kimball
b. 1990
American singer-songwriter
Stephen Li-Chung Kuo
b. 1990
Taiwanese-American figure skater
Kriti Sanon
b. 1990
Indian actress (born 1990)
Maya Ali
b. 1989
Pakistani actress (born 1989)
Adam Biddle (soccer)
b. 1988
Australian association footballer
Yoervis Medina
b. 1988
Venezuelan baseball player (1988–2025)
Ryan Tannehill
b. 1988
American football player (born 1988)
Jacoby Ford
b. 1987
American gridiron football player (born 1987)
Marek Hamšík
b. 1987
Slovak footballer (born 1987)
Jordan Hill (basketball)
b. 1987
American basketball player (born 1987)
DeMarre Carroll
b. 1986
American basketball player (born 1986)
Ryan Flaherty
b. 1986
American baseball player & coach (born 1986)
Ryan Griffen
b. 1986
Australian rules footballer
Husain Abdullah
b. 1985
American football player (born 1985)
Notable Deaths
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
Jerry Doyle
d. 2016
American talk radio host and actor (1956–2016)
Piet de Jong
d. 2016
Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1967 to 1971
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
d. 2015
President of India from 2002 to 2007
Samuel Pisar
d. 2015
Polish-American lawyer (1929-2015)
George Freese
d. 2014
American baseball player (1926–2014)
Francesco Marchisano
d. 2014
Italian Cardinal
Paul Schell
d. 2014
Former mayor of Seattle
Lindy Boggs
d. 2013
American politician (1916–2013)
Bud Day
d. 2013
United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient (1925–2013)
Kidd Kraddick
d. 2013
U.S. radio personality and voice actor (1959–2013)
Ilya Segalovich
d. 2013
Russian businessman (1964–2013)
Norman Alden
d. 2012
American actor (1924–2012)
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
1981
While landing at Chihuahua International Airport, Aeromexico Flight 230 overshoots the runway. Thirty-two of the 66 passengers and crew on board the DC-9 are killed.
Chihuahua International Airport
1975
Mayor of Jaffna and former MP Alfred Duraiappah is shot dead.
List of mayors of Jaffna
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.
Watergate scandal
1964
Vietnam War: Five thousand more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
Vietnam War
1963
The Puijo observation tower is opened to the general public at Puijo Hill in Kuopio, Finland.
Puijo tower
1959
The Continental League is announced as baseball's "third major league" in the United States.
Continental League
1955
The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
Austrian State Treaty
1955
El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into Bulgarian air space. All 58 people on board are killed.
El Al Flight 402
1953
Korean War: Cessation of hostilities is achieved 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.
Korean War
1949
Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
De Havilland Comet
1947
In Vatican City, Rome, canonization of Catherine Labouré, the saint whose apparitions of the Virgin Mary originated the worldwide distribution of the Miraculous Medal.
Canonization
1942
World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
World War II