What Happened on July 27?
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EVENTS ON JULY 27
Negro Fort
Year:
1816
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.
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Siege of Arrah
Year:
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.
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French Revolution
Year:
1794
French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution".
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Federal government of the United States
Year:
1789
The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
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American Revolution
Year:
1778
American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
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Y Wladfa
Year:
1865
Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
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Transatlantic telegraph cable
Year:
1866
The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
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World War I
Year:
1917
World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
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Wilhelm II
Year:
1900
Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
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Vincent van Gogh
Year:
1890
Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
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BIRTHS ON JULY 27
Guy Carawan
Year of birth:
1927
Guy Carawan, American singer and musicologist (died 2015)
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Joseph Kittinger
Year of birth:
1928
Joseph Kittinger, American colonel and pilot (died 2022)
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Mel Hunter
Year of birth:
1927
Mel Hunter, American illustrator (died 2004)
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John Seigenthaler
Year of birth:
1927
John Seigenthaler, American journalist and academic (died 2014)
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Otar Taktakishvili
Year of birth:
1924
Otar Taktakishvili, Georgian composer and conductor (died 1989)
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Jack Higgins
Year of birth:
1929
Jack Higgins, English author and academic (died 2022)
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Harvey Fuqua
Year of birth:
1929
Harvey Fuqua, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2010)
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Khieu Samphan
Year of birth:
1931
Khieu Samphan, Cambodian academic and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Cambodia
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Diane Webber
Year of birth:
1932
Diane Webber, American model, dancer and actress (died 2008)
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Jerry Van Dyke
Year of birth:
1931
Jerry Van Dyke, American actor (died 2018)
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DEATHS ON JULY 27
Garrett Morgan
Year of death:
1963
Garrett Morgan, American inventor (born 1877)
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Richard Aldington
Year of death:
1962
Richard Aldington, English poet and author (born 1892)
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Hooks Dauss
Year of death:
1963
Hooks Dauss, American baseball player (born 1889)
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Winifred Lenihan
Year of death:
1964
Winifred Lenihan, American actress, writer, and director (born 1898)
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Henri Daniel-Rops
Year of death:
1965
Daniel-Rops, French historian and author (born 1901)
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James H. Kindelberger
Year of death:
1962
James H. Kindelberger, American pilot and businessman (born 1895)
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Julie Vinter Hansen
Year of death:
1960
Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic (born 1890)
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Joe Tinker
Year of death:
1948
Joe Tinker, American baseball player and manager (born 1880)
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Gertrude Stein
Year of death:
1946
Gertrude Stein, American novelist, poet, and playwright (born 1874)
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Woolf Barnato
Year of death:
1948
Woolf Barnato, English race car driver and businessman (born 1898)
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HOLIDAYS ON JULY 27
July 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: July 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Day of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War
Day of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War (North Korea)
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Public holidays in the Philippines
Iglesia ni Cristo Day (the Philippines)
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Public holidays in Puerto Rico
José Celso Barbosa Day (Puerto Rico)
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Arethas of Najran
Christian feast day: Arethas (Western Christianity)
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Titus Brandsma
Christian feast day: Titus Brandsma, O.Carm.
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Theobald of Marly
Christian feast day: Theobald of Marly
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Saint Pantaleon
Christian feast day: Pantaleon
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Maurus, Pantalemon and Sergius
Christian feast day: Maurus, Pantalemon, and Sergius
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National Sleepy Head Day
Christian feast day: Seven Sleepers of Ephesus (Roman Martyrology) National Sleepy Head Day (Finland)
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