Events That Happened on July 27

At least seven people are killed and many injured after gunmen attack an Indian police station in Punjab.

After an incident during 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.

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.

About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.

In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics.

The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.

The Byelorussian Soviet Republic declares independence from the Soviet Union, becoming the Republic of Belarus. 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.

The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempt a coup d'état in Trinidad and Tobago.

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.

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.

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.

Mayor of Jaffna and former MP Alfred Duraiappah is shot dead.

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.

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.

The Puijo observation tower is opened to the general public at Puijo Hill in Kuopio, Finland.

The Continental League is announced as baseball's "third major league" in the United States.

The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.

El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into Bulgarian air space. All 58 people on board are killed.

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.

Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.

In Vatican City, Rome, canonization of Catherine Labouré, the saint whose apparitions of the Virgin Mary originated the worldwide distribution of the Miraculous Medal.

World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.

The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.

The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.

Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.

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.

World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.

Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.

Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.

Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.

The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.

Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.

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.

Seminole Wars: The Battle of Negro Fort ends when a hot shot cannonball fired by US Navy Gunboat No. 154 explodes the fort's Powder Magazine, killing approximately 275. It is considered the deadliest single cannon shot in US history.

French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution".

The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).

American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.

Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."

The 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.

A Royal charter is granted to the Bank of England.

Glorious Revolution: The Battle of Killiecrankie is a victory for the Jacobites.

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. After the Acts of Union 1707, Scotland would be included in the Act.

The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reaches Japan.

Battle of Bapheus: Decisive Ottoman victory over the Byzantines opening up Bithynia for Turkish conquest.

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.

Battle of Bouvines: Philip II of France decisively defeats Imperial, English and Flemish armies, effectively ending John of England's Angevin Empire.

Georgian–Seljuk wars: At the Battle of Basian the Kingdom of Georgia defeats the Sultanate of Rum.

Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš, the capital of Serbian King Stefan Nemanja, during the Third Crusade.

Siward, Earl of Northumbria, invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland, somewhere north of the Firth of Forth. This is known as the Battle of Dunsinane.

Elvina Kalieva, American tennis player

Max Power, English footballer

Jordan Spieth, American golfer

Tory Lanez, Canadian singer and rapper

Wandy Peralta, Dominican baseball player

Nick Hogan, American race car driver and actor

Paolo Hurtado, Peruvian footballer

Cheyenne Kimball, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Stephen Li-Chung Kuo, Taiwanese-American figure skater

Kriti Sanon, Indian actress

Maya Ali, Pakistani actress

Adam Biddle, Australian footballer

Yoervis Medina, Venezuelan baseball player

Ryan Tannehill, American football player

Jacoby Ford, American football player

Marek Hamšík, Slovak footballer

Jordan Hill, American basketball player

Sarah Parsons, American ice hockey player

DeMarre Carroll, American basketball player

Ryan Flaherty, American baseball player

Ryan Griffen, Australian footballer

Husain Abdullah, American football player

Matteo Pratichetti, Italian rugby player

Ajmal Shahzad, English cricketer

Antoine Bethea, American football player

Cecilie Myrseth, Norwegian politician

Tsuyoshi Nishioka, Japanese baseball player

Max Scherzer, American baseball player

Taylor Schilling, American actress

Kenny Wormald, American actor, dancer, and choreographer

Lorik Cana, Albanian footballer

Martijn Maaskant, Dutch cyclist

Goran Pandev, Macedonian footballer

Soccor Velho, Indian footballer (died 2013)

Neil Harbisson, English-Catalan painter, composer, and activist

Susan King Borchardt, American basketball player

Collins Obuya, Kenyan cricketer

Dash Snow, American painter and photographer (died 2009)

Christopher Weselek, German rugby player

Allan Davis, Australian cyclist

Wesley Gonzales, Filipino basketball player

Dolph Ziggler, American wrestler and comedian

Marielle Franco, Brazilian politician, feminist, and human rights activist (died 2018)

Jorge Arce, Mexican boxer

Sidney Govou, French footballer

Shannon Moore, American wrestler and singer

Diarmuid O'Sullivan, Irish hurler and manager

Foo Swee Chin, Singaporean illustrator

Björn Dreyer, German footballer

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Irish actor

Demis Hassabis, English computer scientist and academic

Scott Mason, Australian cricketer (died 2005)

Serkan Çeliköz, Turkish keyboard player and songwriter

Shea Hillenbrand, American baseball player

Fred Mascherino, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Alessandro Pistone, Italian footballer

Alex Rodriguez, American baseball player

Eason Chan, Hong Kong singer, actor, and producer

Pete Yorn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Cassandra Clare, American journalist and author

Erik Nys, Belgian long jumper

Gorden Tallis, Australian rugby league player and coach

Clint Robinson, Australian kayaker

Maya Rudolph, American actress

Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Malaysian surgeon and astronaut

Matthew Johns, Australian rugby league player, sportscaster and television host

Anna Menconi, Italian Paralympic archer

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Danish actor and producer

David Davies, English-Welsh politician

Triple H, American wrestler and actor

Jonty Rhodes, South African cricketer and coach

Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian actress and producer

Tom Goodwin, American baseball player and coach

Sabina Jeschke, Swedish-German engineer and academic

Julian McMahon, Australian actor and producer (died 2025)

Ricardo Rosset, Brazilian race car driver

Rahul Bose, Indian journalist, actor, director, and screenwriter

Juliana Hatfield, American singer-songwriter and musician

Hans Mathisen, Norwegian guitarist and composer

Neil Smith, English cricketer

Craig Wolanin, American ice hockey player

Steve Tilson, English footballer and manager

José Luis Chilavert, Paraguayan footballer

Rex Brown, American bass player and songwriter

Donnie Yen, Chinese-Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and martial artist

Neil Brooks, Australian swimmer

Karl Mueller, American bass player (died 2005)

Ed Orgeron, American football coach

Jo Durie, English tennis player and sportscaster

Conway Savage, Australian singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2018)

Emily Thornberry, English lawyer and politician

Joe DeSa, American baseball player (died 1986)

Hugh Green, American football player

Neil King Jr., American journalist and author (died 2024)

Yiannos Papantoniou, French-Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of National Defence

Christopher Dean, English figure skater and choreographer

Kimmo Hakola, Finnish composer

Bill Engvall, American comedian, actor, and producer

Carol Leifer, American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer

Cat Bauer, American journalist, author, and playwright

Allan Border, Australian cricketer and coach

John Howell, English journalist and politician

Bobby Rondinelli, American drummer

Philippe Alliot, French race car driver and sportscaster

G. S. Bali, Indian lawyer and politician (died 2021)

Mark Stanway, English keyboard player

Ricardo Uceda, Peruvian journalist and author

Chung Dong-young, South Korean journalist and politician, 31st South Korean Minister of Unification

Yahoo Serious, Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Marvin Barnes, American basketball player (died 2014)

Roxanne Hart, American actress

Roseanna Cunningham, Scottish lawyer and politician, Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs

Bob Diamond, American-English banker and businessman

Rolf Thung, Dutch tennis player

Simon Jones, English actor

Maury Chaykin, American-Canadian actor (died 2010)

André Dupont, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Rory MacDonald, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player

Maureen McGovern, American singer and actress

Robert Rankin, English author and illustrator

Peggy Fleming, American figure skater and sportscaster

James Munby, English lawyer and judge

Henny Vrienten, Dutch singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2022)

Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (died 2008)

Giora Spiegel, Israeli footballer and coach

Betty Thomas, American actress, director, and producer

Peter Reading, English poet and author (died 2011)

Jean-Marie Leblanc, French cyclist and journalist

Barbara Thomson, English saxophonist and composer (died 2022)

Jeremy Greenstock, English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations

Édith Butler, Canadian singer-songwriter

Bobbie Gentry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

John Pleshette, American actor, director, and screenwriter

Dennis Ralston, American tennis player (died 2020)

Christian Boesch, Austrian opera singer

Johannes Fritsch, German viola player and composer (died 2010)

Pina Bausch, German dancer and choreographer (died 2009)

William Eggleston, American photographer and academic

Michael Longley, Northern Irish poet and academic (died 2025)

Paulo Silvino, Brazilian comedian, composer and actor (died 2017)

Pierre Christin, French comics creator and writer (died 2024)

Gary Gygax, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (died 2008)

Anna Dawson, English actress and singer

Don Galloway, American actor (died 2009)

Robert Holmes à Court, South African-Australian businessman and lawyer (died 1990)

J. Robert Hooper, American businessman and politician (died 2008)

Hillar Kärner, Estonian chess player (died 2017)

Billy McCullough, Northern Irish footballer

Nick Reynolds, American singer and bongo player (died 2008)

Ted Whitten, Australian football player and journalist (died 1995)

Forest Able, American basketball player

Diane Webber, American model, dancer and actress (died 2008)

Khieu Samphan, Cambodian academic and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Cambodia

Jerry Van Dyke, American actor (died 2018)

Joy Whitby, English director, producer, and screenwriter

Shirley Williams, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Education (died 2021)

Jean Baudrillard, French sociologist and philosopher (died 2007)

Harvey Fuqua, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2010)

Jack Higgins, English author and academic (died 2022)

Marc Wilkinson, French-Australian composer and conductor (died 2022)

Joseph Kittinger, American colonel and pilot (died 2022)

Guy Carawan, American singer and musicologist (died 2015)

Pierre Granier-Deferre, French director and screenwriter (died 2007)

Mel Hunter, American illustrator (died 2004)

Will Jordan, American comedian and actor (died 2018)

C. Rajadurai, Sri Lankan journalist and politician, 1st Mayor of Batticaloa

John Seigenthaler, American journalist and academic (died 2014)

Vincent Canby, American historian and critic (died 2000)

Otar Taktakishvili, Georgian composer and conductor (died 1989)

Mas Oyama, South Korean-Japanese martial artist (died 1994)

Adolfo Celi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1986)

Norman Lear, American screenwriter and producer (died 2023)

Garry Davis, American pilot and activist, created the World Passport (died 2013)

Émile Genest, Canadian-American actor (died 2003)

Henry D. "Homer" Haynes, American comedian and musician (died 1971)

Leonard Rose, American cellist and educator (died 1984)

Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer (died 2007)

Skippy Williams, American saxophonist and arranger (died 1994)

Keenan Wynn, American actor (died 1986)

Mario Del Monaco, Italian tenor (died 1982)

Josef Priller, German colonel and pilot (died 1961)

August Sang, Estonian poet and translator (died 1969)

George L. Street III, American Navy captain, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2000)

Vernon Elliott, English bassoon player, composer, and conductor (died 1996)

Rayner Heppenstall, English author and poet (died 1981)

Julien Gracq, French author and critic (died 2007)

Lupita Tovar, Mexican-American actress (died 2016)

Joseph Mitchell, American journalist and author (died 1996)

Ross Alexander, American stage and film actor (died 1937)

Carl McClellan Hill, American educator and academic administrator (died 1995)

Irene Fischer, Austrian-American geodesist and mathematician (died 2009)

Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish author and activist (died 2000)

Herbert Jasper, Canadian psychologist and neurologist (died 1999)

Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (died 1991)

Lyudmila Rudenko, Soviet chess player (died 1986)

Nikolay Cherkasov, Russian actor (died 1966)

Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek jurist and politician, President of Greece (died 2002)

Mārtiņš Zīverts, Latvian playwright (died 1990)

Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (died 1949)

Percy Hornibrook, Australian cricketer (died 1976)

Robert George, Scottish air marshal and politician, 24th Governor of South Australia (died 1967)

Henri Longchambon, French lawyer and politician (died 1969)

Mientje Kling, Dutch actress (died 1966)

Ugo Agostoni, Italian cyclist (died 1941)

Jacob van der Hoeden, Dutch-Israeli veterinarian and academic (died 1968)

Ruby McKim, American quilter (died 1976)

Benjamin Miessner, American radio engineer and inventor (died 1976)

Armas Taipale, Finnish discus thrower and shot putter (died 1976)

Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina, choreographer, and actress (died 1972)

Ernst May, German architect and urban planner (died 1970)

Geoffrey de Havilland, English pilot and engineer, founded the de Havilland Aircraft Company (died 1965)

Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1945)

Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (died 1927)

Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1960)

Stanislav Binički, Serbian composer, conductor, and pedagogue. (died 1942)

Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (died 1953)

Enrique Granados, Spanish pianist and composer (died 1916)

António José de Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (died 1929)

George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (died 1938)

José Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rican physician, sociologist, and politician (died 1921)

Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist (died 1934)

Takahashi Korekiyo, Japanese accountant and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1936)

Vladimir Korolenko, Ukrainian journalist, author, and activist (died 1921)

Elizabeth Plankinton, American philanthropist (died 1923)

Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (died 1919)

Friedrich Ernst Dorn, German physicist (died 1916)

Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1907)

Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (died 1879)

Thomas George Bonney, English geologist, mountaineer, and academic (died 1923)

Alexandre Dumas, fils, French novelist and playwright (died 1895)

Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (died 1902)

Thomas Lanier Clingman, American general and politician (died 1897)

Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (died 1839)

Mauro Giuliani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1828)

Thomas Campbell, Scottish-French poet and academic (died 1844)

Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English general (died 1853)

Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist and politician (died 1844)

Charlotte Corday, French assassin of Jean-Paul Marat (died 1793)

Joseph Anton Koch, Austrian painter (died 1839)

Samuel Smith, American general and politician (died 1839)

François-Hippolyte Barthélémon, French-English violinist and composer (died 1808)

Jeanne Baré, French explorer (died 1803)

Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (died 1779)

Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and academic (died 1748)

Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich (died 1672)

Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (died 1640)

Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond (died 1639)

Francesco Corteccia, Italian composer (died 1571)

Ludovico Sforza, Italian son of Francesco I Sforza (died 1508)

Lucrezia Crivelli, mistress of Ludovico Sforza (died 1508)

Kūkai, Japanese Buddhist monk, founder of Esoteric (Shingon) Buddhism (died 835)

Edna O'Brien, Irish novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer (born 1930)

Pavel Kushnir, Russian pianist, writer, activist and political prisoner (born 1984)

Tony Dow, American actor, film producer, director, and sculptor (born 1945)

Marco Aurelio Denegri, Peruvian literature critic, television host and sexologist

Sam Shepard, American playwright, actor, author, screenwriter, and director (born 1943)

Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer (born 1928)

James Alan McPherson, American short story writer and essayist (born 1943)

Jerry Doyle, American actor and talk show host (born 1956)

Piet de Jong, Dutch politician and naval officer, Minister of Defence, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1915)

Rickey Grundy, American singer-songwriter (born 1959)

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th President of India (born 1931)

Samuel Pisar, Polish-born American lawyer and author (born 1929)

Anthony Shaw, English general (born 1930)

Richard Bolt, New Zealand air marshal and pilot (born 1923)

George Freese, American baseball player and coach (born 1926)

Wallace Jones, American basketball player and coach (born 1926)

Francesco Marchisano, Italian cardinal (born 1929)

Paul Schell, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Seattle (born 1937)

Fernando Alonso, Cuban dancer, co-founded the Cuban National Ballet (born 1914)

Lindy Boggs, American politician and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the Holy See (born 1916)

Bud Day, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1925)

Kidd Kraddick, American radio host (born 1959)

Ilya Segalovich, Russian businessman, co-founded Yandex (born 1964)

Norman Alden, American actor (born 1924)

R. G. Armstrong, American actor and playwright (born 1917)

Darryl Cotton, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1949)

Geoffrey Hughes, English actor (born 1944)

Tony Martin, American actor and singer (born 1913)

Jack Taylor, English footballer and referee (born 1930)

Maury Chaykin, American-Canadian actor (born 1949)

Jack Tatum, American football player (born 1948)

Youssef Chahine, Egyptian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926)

Horst Stein, German-born Swiss conductor (born 1928)

Isaac Saba Raffoul, Mexican businessman (born 1923)

James Oyebola, Nigerian-English boxer (born 1961)

Maryann Mahaffey, American academic and politician (born 1925)

Al Held, American painter and academic (born 1928)

Marten Toonder, Dutch author and illustrator (born 1912)

Vance Hartke, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (born 1919)

Bob Hope, English-American actor, comedian, television personality, and businessman (born 1903)

Rhonda Sing, Canadian wrestler (born 1961)

Leon Wilkeson, American bass player and songwriter (born 1952)

Gordon Solie, American sportscaster (born 1929)

Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (born 1912)

Harry Edison, American trumpet player (born 1915)

Binnie Barnes, English-American actress (born 1903)

Melih Esenbel, Turkish politician and diplomat, 20th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1915)

Rick Ferrell, American baseball player and coach (born 1905)

Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-American composer and conductor (born 1907)

Kevin Carter, South African photographer and journalist (born 1960)

Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (born 1965)

Max Dupain, Australian photographer and educator (born 1911)

Tzeni Karezi, Greek actress and screenwriter

John Friedrich, German-Australian engineer and conman (born 1950)

Bobby Day, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1928)

René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (born 1912)

Frank Zamboni, American inventor and businessman, founded the Zamboni Company (born 1901)

Travis Jackson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1903)

Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball player and coach (born 1889)

James Mason, English actor (born 1909)

William Wyler, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1902)

Elizabeth Rona, Hungarian American nuclear chemist (born 1890)

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iranian Shah (born 1919)

Rushdy Abaza, Egyptian actor (born 1926)

Bob Heffron, New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales (born 1890)

Willem van Otterloo, Dutch cellist, composer, and conductor (born 1907)

Alfred Duraiappah, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (born 1926)

Kristian Welhaven, Norwegian police officer (born 1883)

Charlie Tully, Irish footballer and manager (born 1924)

António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese economist and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1889)

Babe Adams, American baseball player and manager (born 1882)

Daniel-Rops, French historian and author (born 1901)

Winifred Lenihan, American actress, writer, and director (born 1898)

Hooks Dauss, American baseball player (born 1889)

Garrett Morgan, American inventor (born 1877)

Richard Aldington, English poet and author (born 1892)

James H. Kindelberger, American pilot and businessman (born 1895)

Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic (born 1890)

Claire Lee Chennault, American general and pilot (born 1893)

Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and politician, 22nd Estonian Minister of Education (born 1891)

Woolf Barnato, English race car driver and businessman (born 1898)

Joe Tinker, American baseball player and manager (born 1880)

Gertrude Stein, American novelist, poet, and playwright (born 1874)

Karl Pärsimägi, Estonian painter (born 1902)

Hermann Brauneck, German physician and SA general (born 1894)

Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand painter and educator (born 1858)

Tom Crean, Irish seaman and explorer (born 1877)

Auguste Forel, Swiss neuroanatomist and psychiatrist (born 1848)

Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1866)

Myrddin Fardd, Welsh writer and antiquarian scholar (born 1836)

Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1841)

Charles Fryatt, English captain (born 1872)

William Jonas, English footballer (born 1890)

Montgomery Blair, American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General (born 1813)

Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-born American minister and author (born 1811)

Aleksander Kunileid, Estonian composer and educator (born 1845)

Jean-Joseph Dassy, French painter and lithographer (born 1791)

William Lowndes Yancey, American journalist and politician (born 1813)

John Dalton, English physicist, meteorologist, and chemist (born 1776)

Mikhail Lermontov, Russian poet and painter (born 1814)

Robert Dinwiddie, Scottish merchant and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (born 1693)

Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician and philosopher (born 1698)

John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee, Scottish general (born c. 1648)

Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, French general (born 1611)

Salomo Glassius, German theologian and critic (born 1593)

William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (born 1423)

Joanna I of Naples (born 1326)

Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (born 1339)

James I of Aragon (born 1208)

Geoffrey VI, Count of Anjou (born 1134)

Salomea of Berg, High Duchess consort of Poland

Conrad II, king of Italy (born 1074)

Hugh d'Avranches, Earl of Chester (born c. 1047)

Nicholas II, pope of the Catholic Church

Chai Rong, emperor of Later Zhou

Abdallah II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid emir

Christian feast day: Arethas (Western Christianity)

Christian feast day: Aurelius and Natalia and companions of the Martyrs of Córdoba.

Christian feast day: Maurus, Pantalemon, and Sergius

Christian feast day: Pantaleon

Christian feast day: Seven Sleepers of Ephesus (Roman Martyrology) National Sleepy Head Day (Finland)

Christian feast day: Theobald of Marly

Christian feast day: Titus Brandsma, O.Carm.

Christian feast day: July 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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)