Major Events
- 1586 Walter Raleigh brings the 1st tobacco to England from Virginia
- 1689 Battle of Killicrankie: Jacobite Scottish Highlanders under Viscount Dundee defeat royalist force under General MacKay
- 1789 US Congress establishes Department of Foreign Affairs now referred to as the State Department
- 1866 First transatlantic telegraph cable comes ashore at Heart's Content, Newfoundland after being laid out 1,686 miles by Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Great Eastern steamship
- 1921 Frederick Banting and Charles Best isolate insulin at the University of Toronto
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Jul 27 in Film & TV
- 1940 Bugs Bunny, Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Tex Avery, Bob Givens (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "Wild Hare"
Jul 27 in Music
- 1982 Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's musical "Little Shop of Horrors" opens Off-Broadway at the Orpheum Theatre in NYC
Did You Know?
First Christian missionary in Japan, Jesuit priest Francis Xavier reaches Japan but is not permitted to enter any port until August 15
Ludovico Sforza
Hans Fischer
Triple H
Demis Hassabis
Maureen McGovern
Leo Durocher
Peggy Fleming
Allan Border
Christopher Dean
Alex Rodriguez
Jordan Spieth
Fun Fact About July 27
Queen Elizabeth II opens the 30th Olympics in London, United Kingdom (with some help from 007)
Famous Weddings
- 1365 Isabella of England marries Enguerrand of Coucy at Windsor
- 1857 Emperor of Mexico Maximilian I (25) weds princess Charlotte of Belgium (17) in Brussels
- 1927 British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (39) weds Elizabeth Carver in Chiswick, England
More July 27 Weddings
John Dalton
António de Oliveira Salazar
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
William Wyler
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Landing of the Atlantic Cable
Landing of the Atlantic Cable of 1866, Heart's Content, Newfoundland
July 27, 1866
Korean War Ends
Signing of the armistice which ended the active fighting phase of the Korean War
July 27, 1953
Just Perfect! Torvill And Dean Skate To Glory
Ice skater Christopher Dean was born on this day. With his partner Jayne Torvill he would create Olympic history by achieving never to be beaten perfect scores.
July 27, 1958
