About July 27
July 27, 2021 is the 208th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 157 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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Leo is the sun 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 189 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On July 27
- 1054 –Siward, Earl of Northumbria invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland somewhere north of the Firth of Forth.
- 1189 –Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš, the capital of Serbian King Stefan Nemanja, during the Third Crusade.
- 1202 –Battle of Basian.
- 1214 –Battle of Bouvines: in France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
- 1694 –A Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England.
- 1720 –The Battle of Grengam marks the second important victory of the Russian Navy.
- 1778 –American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant – British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
- 1789 –The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
- 1862 –Sailing from San Francisco to Panama City, the SS Golden Gate catches fire and sinks off Manzanillo, Mexico, killing 231.
- 1917 –The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
- 1921 –Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
- 1941 –Japanese troops occupy French Indo-China.
- 1942 –World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
- 1949 –Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
- 1953 –Fighting in the Korean War ends when the United States, the People’s Republic of China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
- 1955 –The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends.
- 1964 –Vietnam War: 5,000 more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
- 1987 –RMS Titanic, Inc. begins the first expedited salvage of wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
- 2005 –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. During ascent, the external tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery sheds a piece of foam slightly smaller than the piece that caused the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; this foam does not strike the spacecraft.
- 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;
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