On This Day: 27 July

27 July in Indian history

• 2015Seven people are killed and many injured after gunmen attack an Indian police station in Punjab.India
• 1983Black 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.India
• 1857Indian Rebellion: Sixty-eight men hold out for eight days against a force of 2,500 to 3,000 mutinying sepoys and 8,000 irregular forces.India

27 July in world history

• 1996In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics.
• 1981While 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.
• 1974Watergate 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.
• 1964Vietnam 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.
• 1953An armistice was signed to end hostilities in the Korean War, officially making the division of Korea indefinite by creating a 4 km wide (2.5 mi) demilitarized zone across the Korean Peninsula.
• 1943As the Surprise Hurricane struck Texas, a United States Army Air Forces pilot made the first reconnaissance flight into a hurricane.
• 1942Second World War: Allied forces halted the Axis invasion of Egypt at the First Battle of El Alamein.
• 1921Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
• 1916First World War: British mariner Charles Fryatt was executed in Bruges, Belgium, after a German court-martial found him guilty of being a franc-tireur.
• 1778American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
• 1714The Great Northern War: The first significant victory of the Russian Navy in the naval battle of Gangut against the Swedish Navy near the Hanko Peninsula.
• 1689First Jacobite rising: Scottish and Irish Jacobites defeated Williamite forces at Killiecrankie, Scotland.
• 1302Byzantine–Ottoman wars: The Ottoman sultanate gained its first major victory against the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Bapheus in Bithynia.
• 1054During his invasion of Scotland, Siward, Earl of Northumbria, defeated Macbeth, King of Scotland, in an engagement north of the Firth of Forth.
• 678Unable to penetrate the city's defences, the Sclaveni gave up their siege of the Byzantine city of Thessalonica.

Born on 27 July

• 1990Kriti Sanon, Indian actressIndia
• 1967Rahul Bose, Indian journalist, actor, director, and screenwriterIndia
• 1959Yiannos Papantoniou, French-Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of National Defence
• 1954G. S. Bali, Indian lawyer and politician (died 2021)India
• 1907Irene Fischer, Austrian-American geodesist and mathematician (died 2009)
• 1612Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (died 1640)

Died on 27 July

• 2015A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th President of India (born 1931)India
• 1978Bob Heffron, New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales (born 1890)
• 1975Alfred Duraiappah, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (born 1926)India
• 1365Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (born 1339)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 27 July in history?

2015: Seven people are killed and many injured after gunmen attack an Indian police station in Punjab. 1996: In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics. 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. 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.

What happened on 27 July in Indian history?

2015: Seven people are killed and many injured after gunmen attack an Indian police station in Punjab. 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. 1857: Indian Rebellion: Sixty-eight men hold out for eight days against a force of 2,500 to 3,000 mutinying sepoys and 8,000 irregular forces.

Which famous people were born on 27 July?

Kriti Sanon, Indian actress (1990); Rahul Bose, Indian journalist, actor, director, and screenwriter (1967); Yiannos Papantoniou, French-Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of National Defence (1959); G. S. Bali, Indian lawyer and politician (died 2021) (1954).

Which day is observed on 27 July?

Day of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War (North Korea); Iglesia ni Cristo Day (the Philippines); José Celso Barbosa Day (Puerto Rico); Medical Workers Day (Ukraine); Martyrs and Wounded Soldiers Day (Vietnam).