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{{for|the album by [[Fifth Harmony]]|7/27{{!}}''7/27''}} {{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1054]] – [[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]]. *[[1189]] – [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor|Friedrich Barbarossa]] arrives at [[Niš]], the capital of [[Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)|Serbian King]] [[Stefan Nemanja]], during the [[Third Crusade]]. *[[1202]] – [[Georgian–Seljuk wars]]: At the [[Battle of Basian]] the [[Kingdom of Georgia]] defeats the [[Sultanate of Rum]]. *[[1214]] – [[Battle of Bouvines]]: [[Philip II of France]] decisively defeats [[Holy Roman Empire|Imperial]], [[Kingdom of England|English]] and [[County of Flanders|Flemish]] armies, effectively ending [[John, King of England|John of England]]'s [[Angevin Empire]]. *[[1299]] – 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]]. *[[1302]] – [[Battle of Bapheus]]: Decisive [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] victory over the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] opening up [[Bithynia]] for Turkish conquest. *[[1549]] – The [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] priest [[Francis Xavier]]'s ship reaches Japan. ===1601–1900=== *[[1663]] – The [[Parliament of England|English Parliament]] passes the [[Navigation Acts#The Navigation Acts|second Navigation Act]] requiring that all goods bound for the [[Thirteen Colonies|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. *[[1689]] – [[Glorious Revolution]]: The [[Battle of Killiecrankie]] is a victory for the Jacobites.<ref>{{cite book|author=Jeremy Black|title=European Warfare, 1660-1815|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtyfhCBdPOEC&pg=PA107|year=1994|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-85728-173-6|pages=107}}</ref> *[[1694]] – A [[Royal charter]] is granted to the [[Bank of England]]. *[[1714]] – The [[Great Northern War]]: The first significant victory of the [[Russian Navy]] in the [[Battle of Gangut|naval battle of Gangut]] against the [[Swedish Navy]] near the [[Hanko Peninsula]].<ref>[http://www.neva.ru/EXPO96/book/chap2-2.html Vyborg and Gangut] in [http://www.neva.ru/EXPO96/book/book-cont.html History of Russian Navy]</ref> *[[1775]] – Founding of the [[Army Medical Department (United States)|U.S. Army Medical Department]]: The [[Second Continental Congress]] passes legislation establishing "an hospital for [[Continental Army|an army]] consisting of 20,000 men." *[[1778]] – [[American Revolution]]: [[Battle of Ushant (1778)|First Battle of Ushant]]: [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] and French fleets fight to a standoff. *[[1789]] – The first U.S. [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]] agency, the [[United States Department of State#History|Department of Foreign Affairs]], is established (it will be later renamed [[United States Department of State|Department of State]]). *[[1794]] – [[French Revolution]]: [[Maximilien Robespierre]] is [[Thermidorian Reaction|arrested]] after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution". *[[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. *[[1857]] – Indian Rebellion: Sixty-eight men [[Siege of Arrah|hold out for eight days]] against a force of 2,500 to 3,000 mutinying sepoys and 8,000 irregular forces. *[[1865]] – [[Y Wladfa|Welsh settlers]] arrive at [[Chubut River|Chubut]] in [[Argentina]]. *[[1866]] – The first permanent [[transatlantic telegraph cable]] is successfully completed, stretching from [[Valentia Island]], Ireland, to [[Heart's Content, Newfoundland and Labrador|Heart's Content]], [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]]. *[[1880]] – [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]]: [[Battle of Maiwand]]: [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] forces led by [[Mohammad Ayub Khan (Emir of Afghanistan)|Mohammad Ayub Khan]] defeat the British Army in battle near [[Maiwand]], [[Afghanistan]]. *[[1890]] – [[Vincent van Gogh]] shoots himself and dies two days later. *[[1900]] – Kaiser [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II]] makes a [[Hun speech|speech]] comparing Germans to Huns;<ref>{{Cite book |last=Röhl |first=John C. G. |title=Wilhelm II: Into the Abyss of War and Exile, 1900–1941 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2017 |isbn=9781107544192 |pages=73–95 |chapter=The Boxer Rebellion and the Baghdad railway |doi=10.1017/CBO9781139046275 |chapter-url=https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139046275.006}}</ref> for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans. ===1901–present=== *[[1917]] – [[World War I]]: The [[Allies of World War I|Allies]] reach the [[Yser|Yser Canal]] at the [[Battle of Passchendaele]]. *[[1919]] – The [[Chicago race riot of 1919|Chicago Race Riot]] erupts after a racial incident occurred on a [[South Side, Chicago|South Side]] beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period. *[[1921]] – Researchers at the [[University of Toronto]], led by [[biochemist]] [[Frederick Banting]], prove that the [[hormone]] [[insulin]] regulates [[blood sugar]]. *[[1929]] – The [[Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War (1929)|Geneva Convention of 1929]], dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations. *[[1940]] – The animated short ''[[A Wild Hare]]'' is released, introducing the character of [[Bugs Bunny]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Barrier|first=Michael|authorlink=Michael Barrier|title=Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age|location=Oxford, UK|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2003|isbn=9780195167290|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zDJXnzMh7bkC|page=361}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[World War II]]: [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] forces [[First Battle of El Alamein|successfully halt]] the final [[Axis powers|Axis]] advance into Egypt. *[[1947]] – In Vatican City, Rome, [[canonization]] of [[Catherine Labouré]], the saint whose apparitions of the Virgin Mary originated the worldwide diffusion of the Miraculous Medal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://catholicsaints.info/tag/canonized-in-1947/|title = Canonized in 1947}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/it/homilies.index.html|title = Omelie | PIO XII}}</ref> *[[1949]] – Initial flight of the [[de Havilland Comet]], the first jet-powered airliner. *[[1953]] – Cessation of hostilities is achieved in the [[Korean War]] when the United States, China, and North Korea [[Korean Armistice Agreement|sign an armistice agreement]]. [[Syngman Rhee]], [[President of South Korea]], refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice. *[[1955]] – The [[Austrian State Treaty]] restores Austrian sovereignty. * 1955 – [[El Al Flight 402]] is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into Bulgarian air space. All 58 people on board are killed. *[[1959]] – The [[Continental League]] is announced as baseball's "third major league" in the United States. *[[1963]] – The [[Puijo tower|Puijo observation tower]] is opened to the general public at [[Puijo Hill]] in [[Kuopio|Kuopio, Finland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.savonsanomat.fi/paikalliset/3059999|title=Muistatko vielä nämä tapaukset?|first=Helena|last=Korpela|work=[[Savon Sanomat]]|date=2013-07-27|access-date=2021-11-22|language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hs.fi/ihmiset/art-2000002662687.html|title=Puijon torni avataan tämän kuun 27. pnä (HS helsingin sanomat 50 vuotta sitten 21 heinäkuuta 1963)|work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]]|date=2013-07-21|access-date=2021-11-22|language=fi}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[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. *[[1974]] – [[Watergate scandal]]: The [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] [[United States House Committee on the Judiciary|Judiciary Committee]] votes 27 to 11 [[Impeachment process against Richard Nixon|to recommend]] the first [[Article of impeachment|article]] of [[Federal impeachment in the United States|impeachment]] (for [[obstruction of justice]]) against [[President of the United States|President]] [[Richard Nixon]]. *[[1975]] – [[Mayor of Jaffna]] and former MP [[Alfred Duraiappah]] is shot dead. *[[1981]] – While landing at [[Chihuahua International Airport]], [[Aeromexico Flight 230]] [[Runway excursion|overshoots the runway]]. Thirty-two of the 66 passengers and crew on board the [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9|DC-9]] are killed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810727-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 XA-DEN Chihuahua-Gen Fierro Villalobos Airport (CUU)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-07-25}}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Black July]]: Eighteen [[Sri Lankan Tamil people|Tamil]] political prisoners at the [[Welikada]] [[Welikada Prison|high security prison]] in [[Colombo]] are [[Welikada prison massacre|massacred]] by [[Sinhalese people|Sinhalese]] prisoners, the second such massacre in two days. *[[1989]] – 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]]. *[[1990]] – The [[Supreme Soviet]] of the [[Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic|Belarusian Soviet Republic]] declares independence of [[Belarus]] from the [[Soviet Union]]. Until [[1996]] the day is celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a [[1996 Belarusian referendum|referendum]] held that year the celebration of [[independence]] is moved to [[June 3]]. * 1990 – The [[Jamaat al Muslimeen]] [[Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt|attempt a ''coup d'état'']] in [[Trinidad and Tobago]]. *[[1995]] – The [[Korean War Veterans Memorial]] is dedicated in [[Washington, D.C.]] *[[1996]] – In [[Atlanta|Atlanta, United States]], a [[Centennial Olympic Park bombing|pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park]] during the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]. *[[1997]] – About 50 people are killed in the [[Si Zerrouk massacre]] in [[Algeria]]. *[[2002]] – [[Sknyliv air show disaster|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. *[[2005]] – 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 [[Space Shuttle external tank|external fuel tank]]. *[[2015]] – At least seven people are killed and many injured after gunmen [[2015 Gurdaspur attack|attack]] an Indian police station in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== * [[774]] – [[Kūkai]], Japanese Buddhist monk, founder of [[Shingon|Esoteric (Shingon) Buddhism]] (d. 835)<ref>{{cite book|author=Hakeda Yoshito S.|title=Kūkai : Major Works|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FGtbmTMf3r4C|year=1972|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-23103-627-6|pages=14}}</ref> *[[1452]] – [[Ludovico Sforza]], Italian son of [[Francesco I Sforza]] (d. 1508) * 1452 – [[Lucrezia Crivelli]], mistress of Ludovico Sforza (d. 1508) *[[1502]] – [[Francesco Corteccia]], Italian composer (d. 1571) *[[1578]] – [[Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond]] (d. 1639) ===1601–1900=== *[[1612]] – [[Murad IV]], [[Ottoman Sultan]] (d. 1640) *[[1625]] – [[Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich]] (d. 1672) *[[1667]] – [[Johann Bernoulli]], Swiss mathematician and academic (d. 1748) *[[1733]] – [[Jeremiah Dixon]], English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779) *[[1740]] – [[Jeanne Baré]], French explorer (d. 1803) *[[1741]] – [[François-Hippolyte Barthélémon]], French-English violinist and composer (d. 1808) *[[1752]] – [[Samuel Smith (Maryland politician)|Samuel Smith]], American general and politician (d. 1839) *[[1768]] – [[Charlotte Corday]], French assassin of [[Jean-Paul Marat]] (d. 1793) * 1768 – [[Joseph Anton Koch]], Austrian painter (d. 1839) *[[1773]] – [[Jacob Aall]], Norwegian economist and politician (d. 1844) *[[1777]] – [[Thomas Campbell (poet)|Thomas Campbell]], Scottish-French poet and academic (d. 1844) * 1777 – [[Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre]], English general (d. 1853) *[[1781]] – [[Mauro Giuliani]], Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1828) *[[1784]] – [[Denis Davydov]], Russian general and poet (d. 1839) *[[1812]] – [[Thomas Lanier Clingman]], American general and politician (d. 1897) *[[1818]] – [[Agostino Roscelli]], Italian priest and saint (d. 1902) *[[1824]] – [[Alexandre Dumas, fils]], French novelist and playwright (d. 1895) *[[1833]] – [[Thomas George Bonney]], English geologist, mountaineer, and academic (d. 1923) *[[1834]] – [[Miguel Grau Seminario]], Peruvian admiral (d. 1879)<ref>{{Cite book|last=De la Puente |first=José Agustín |title=Miguel Grau |year=2003 |publisher=Instituto de Estudios Históricos-Marítimos del Perú |location=Lima |page=16 |isbn=9972-633-02-0 |language=es}}</ref> *[[1835]] – [[Giosuè Carducci]], Italian poet and educator, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1907) *[[1848]] – [[Loránd Eötvös]], Hungarian physicist and politician, [[Minister of Education (Hungary)|Minister of Education of Hungary]] (d. 1919) * 1848 – [[Friedrich Ernst Dorn]], German physicist (d. 1916) *[[1853]] – [[Vladimir Korolenko]], Ukrainian journalist, author, and activist (d. 1921) * 1853 – [[Elizabeth Plankinton]], American philanthropist (d. 1923) *[[1854]] – [[Takahashi Korekiyo]], Japanese accountant and politician, 20th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. 1936) *[[1857]] – [[José Celso Barbosa]], Puerto Rican physician, sociologist, and politician (d. 1921) * 1857 – [[Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge]], English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist (d. 1934) *[[1858]] – [[George Lyon (golfer)|George Lyon]], Canadian golfer and cricketer (d. 1938) *[[1866]] – [[António José de Almeida]], Portuguese physician and politician, 6th [[President of Portugal]] (d. 1929) *[[1867]] – [[Enrique Granados]], Spanish pianist and composer (d. 1916) *[[1870]] – [[Hilaire Belloc]], French-born British writer and historian (d. 1953) *[[1872]] – [[Stanislav Binički]], Serbian composer, conductor, and pedagogue. (d. 1942) *[[1879]] – [[Francesco Gaeta (poet)|Francesco Gaeta]], Italian poet (d. 1927) *[[1877]] – [[Ernő Dohnányi]], Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1960) *[[1881]] – [[Hans Fischer]], German chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1945) *[[1882]] – [[Geoffrey de Havilland]], English pilot and engineer, founded the [[de Havilland|de Havilland Aircraft Company]] (d. 1965) *[[1886]] – [[Ernst May]], German architect and urban planner (d. 1970) *[[1889]] – [[Vera Karalli]], Russian ballerina, choreographer, and actress (d. 1972) *[[1890]] – [[Benjamin Miessner]], American radio engineer and inventor (d. 1976) * 1890 – [[Armas Taipale]], Finnish discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1976) *[[1891]] – [[Jacob van der Hoeden]], Dutch-Israeli veterinarian and academic (d. 1968) *[[1893]] – [[Ugo Agostoni]], Italian cyclist (d. 1941) *[[1894]] – [[Mientje Kling]], Dutch actress (d. 1966) *[[1896]] – [[Robert George (RAF officer)|Robert George]], Scottish air marshal and politician, 24th [[Governor of South Australia]] (d. 1967) * 1896 – [[Henri Longchambon]], French lawyer and politician (d. 1969) *[[1899]] – [[Percy Hornibrook]], Australian cricketer (d. 1976) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Yaroslav Halan]], Ukrainian playwright and publicist (d. 1949) *[[1903]] – [[Nikolay Konstantinovich Cherkasov|Nikolay Cherkasov]], Russian actor (d. 1966) * 1903 – [[Michail Stasinopoulos]], Greek jurist and politician, [[President of Greece]] (d. 2002) * 1903 – [[Mārtiņš Zīverts]], Latvian playwright (d. 1990) *[[1904]] – [[Lyudmila Rudenko]], Soviet chess player (d. 1986) *[[1905]] – [[Leo Durocher]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1991) *[[1906]] – [[Jerzy Giedroyc]], Polish author and activist (d. 2000) * 1906 – [[Herbert Jasper]], Canadian psychologist and neurologist (d. 1999) *[[1907]] – [[Ross Alexander]], American stage and film actor (d. 1937) * 1907 – [[Carl McClellan Hill]], American educator and academic administrator (d. 1995) * 1907 – [[Irene Fischer]], Austrian-American geodesist and mathematician (d. 2009) *[[1908]] – [[Joseph Mitchell (writer)|Joseph Mitchell]], American journalist and author (d. 1996) *[[1910]] – [[Julien Gracq]], French author and critic (d. 2007) * 1910 – [[Lupita Tovar]], Mexican-American actress (d. 2016) *[[1911]] – [[Rayner Heppenstall]], English author and poet (d. 1981) *[[1912]] – [[Vernon Elliott]], English [[bassoon]] player, composer, and conductor (d. 1996) *[[1913]] – [[George L. Street III]], American captain, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 2000) *[[1914]] – [[August Sang]], Estonian poet and translator (d. 1969) *[[1915]] – [[Mario Del Monaco]], Italian tenor (d. 1982) * 1915 – [[Josef Priller]], German colonel and pilot (d. 1961) *[[1916]] – [[Elizabeth Hardwick (writer)|Elizabeth Hardwick]], American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer (d. 2007) * 1916 – [[Skippy Williams]], American saxophonist and arranger (d. 1994) * 1916 – [[Keenan Wynn]], American actor (d. 1986) *[[1918]] – [[Leonard Rose]], American cellist and educator (d. 1984) *[[1920]] – [[Henry D. "Homer" Haynes]], American comedian and musician (d. 1971) *[[1921]] – [[Garry Davis]], American pilot and activist, created the [[World Passport]] (d. 2013) * 1921 – [[Émile Genest]], Canadian-American actor (d. 2003) *[[1922]] – [[Adolfo Celi]], Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1986) * 1922 – [[Norman Lear]], American screenwriter and producer (d. 2023)<ref name="Morris">{{cite news |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/norman-lear-tv-legend-dies-133220344.html |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |title=Norman Lear, TV Legend, Dies at 101 |via=[[Yahoo!]]|first1=Chris |last1=Morris |date=December 6, 2023}}</ref> *[[1923]] – [[Mas Oyama]], South Korean-Japanese martial artist (d. 1994) *[[1924]] – [[Vincent Canby]], American historian and critic (d. 2000) * 1924 – [[Otar Taktakishvili]], Georgian composer and conductor (d. 1989) *[[1927]] – [[Guy Carawan]], American singer and musicologist (d. 2015) * 1927 – [[Pierre Granier-Deferre]], French director and screenwriter (d. 2007) * 1927 – [[Mel Hunter]], American illustrator (d. 2004)<ref>{{cite book|title=Who Was Who in America With World Notables|location=Wilmette, Ill.|publisher=Marquis|date=2006|isbn=9780837902517|page=118}}</ref> * 1927 – [[Will Jordan]], American comedian and actor (d. 2018) * 1927 – [[C. Rajadurai]], Sri Lankan journalist and politician, 1st [[Mayor of Batticaloa]] * 1927 – [[John Seigenthaler]], American journalist and academic (d. 2014) *[[1928]] – [[Joseph Kittinger]], American colonel and pilot (d. 2022) *[[1929]] – [[Jean Baudrillard]], French sociologist and philosopher (d. 2007) * 1929 – [[Harvey Fuqua]], American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2010) * 1929 – [[Jack Higgins]], English author and academic (d. 2022) * 1929 – [[Marc Wilkinson]], French-Australian composer and conductor (d. 2022) *[[1930]] – [[Joy Whitby]], English director, producer, and screenwriter * 1930 – [[Shirley Williams]], English academic and politician, [[Secretary of State for Education]] (d. 2021) *[[1931]] – [[Khieu Samphan]], Cambodian academic and politician, 28th [[List of Prime Ministers of Cambodia|Prime Minister of Cambodia]] * 1931 – [[Jerry Van Dyke]], American actor (d. 2018) *[[1932]] – [[Forest Able]], American basketball player * 1932 – [[Diane Webber]], American model, dancer and actress (d. 2008) *[[1933]] – [[Nick Reynolds]], American singer and bongo player (d. 2008) * 1933 – [[Ted Whitten]], Australian football player and journalist (d. 1995) *[[1935]] – [[Hillar Kärner]], Estonian chess player (d. 2017) * 1935 – [[Billy McCullough]], Northern Irish footballer *[[1936]] – [[J. Robert Hooper]], American businessman and politician (d. 2008) *[[1937]] – [[Anna Dawson]], English actress and singer * 1937 – [[Don Galloway]], American actor (d. 2009) * 1937 – [[Robert Holmes à Court]], South African-Australian businessman and lawyer (d. 1990) *[[1938]] – [[Pierre Christin]], French comics creator and writer (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-10-03 |title=Le scénariste Pierre Christin, grand nom de la bande dessinée, est mort |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2024/10/03/le-scenariste-pierre-christin-grand-nom-de-la-bande-dessinee-est-mort_6342755_3382.html |access-date=2024-10-04 |language=fr}}</ref> *1938 – [[Gary Gygax]], American game designer, co-created [[Dungeons & Dragons]] (d. 2008) *[[1939]] – [[William Eggleston]], American photographer and academic * 1939 – [[Michael Longley]], Northern Irish poet and academic (d. 2025) * 1939 – [[Paulo Silvino]], Brazilian comedian, composer and actor (d. 2017) *[[1940]] – [[Pina Bausch]], German dancer and choreographer (d. 2009) *[[1941]] – [[Christian Boesch]], Austrian opera singer * 1941 – [[Johannes Fritsch]], German viola player and composer (d. 2010) *[[1942]] – [[Édith Butler]], Canadian singer-songwriter * 1942 – [[Bobbie Gentry]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1942 – [[John Pleshette]], American actor, director, and screenwriter * 1942 – [[Dennis Ralston]], American tennis player (d. 2020) *[[1943]] – [[Jeremy Greenstock]], English diplomat, [[Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations|British Ambassador to the United Nations]] *[[1944]] – [[Jean-Marie Leblanc]], French cyclist and journalist * 1944 – [[Barbara Thompson (musician)|Barbara Thomson]], English saxophonist and composer (d. 2022) *[[1946]] – [[Peter Reading]], English poet and author (d. 2011) *[[1947]] – [[Kazuyoshi Miura (businessman)|Kazuyoshi Miura]], Japanese businessman (d. 2008) * 1947 – [[Giora Spiegel]], Israeli footballer and coach<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maccabi-tlv.co.il/en/the-club/history/past-players/|title=Past players|publisher=Maccabi Tel Aviv}}</ref> * 1947 – [[Betty Thomas]], American actress, director, and producer *[[1948]] – [[Peggy Fleming]], American figure skater and sportscaster * 1948 – [[James Munby]], English lawyer and judge * 1948 – [[Henny Vrienten]], Dutch singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2022) *[[1949]] – [[Maury Chaykin]], American-Canadian actor (d. 2010) * 1949 – [[André Dupont]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1949 – [[Rory Macdonald (musician)|Rory MacDonald]], Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player * 1949 – [[Maureen McGovern]], American singer and actress * 1949 – [[Robert Rankin]], English author and illustrator *[[1950]] – [[Simon Jones (actor)|Simon Jones]], English actor *[[1951]] – [[Roseanna Cunningham]], Scottish lawyer and politician, [[Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs]] * 1951 – [[Bob Diamond (banker)|Bob Diamond]], American-English banker and businessman * 1951 – [[Rolf Thung]], Dutch tennis player *[[1952]] – [[Marvin Barnes]], American basketball player (d. 2014) * 1952 – [[Roxanne Hart]], American actress *[[1953]] – [[Chung Dong-young]], South Korean journalist and politician, 31st [[Ministry of Unification|South Korean Minister of Unification]] * 1953 – [[Yahoo Serious]], Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter *[[1954]] – [[Philippe Alliot]], French race car driver and sportscaster * 1954 – [[G. S. Bali]], Indian lawyer and politician (d. 2021) * 1954 – [[Mark Stanway]], English keyboard player * 1954 – [[Ricardo Uceda]], Peruvian journalist and author<ref name="IPI">{{cite web |url=http://www.freemedia.at/Heroes_IPIReport2.00/47Uceda.htm |title=IPI World Press Freedom Heroes |author=Michael Kudliak |year=2000 |publisher=freemedia.at |access-date=1 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627060348/http://www.freemedia.at/Heroes_IPIReport2.00/47Uceda.htm |archive-date=27 June 2010 }}</ref> *[[1955]] – [[Cat Bauer]], American journalist, author, and playwright * 1955 – [[Allan Border]], Australian cricketer and coach * 1955 – [[John Howell (politician)|John Howell]], English journalist and politician * 1955 – [[Bobby Rondinelli]], American drummer *[[1956]] – [[Carol Leifer]], American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer *[[1957]] – [[Bill Engvall]], American comedian, actor, and producer *[[1958]] – [[Christopher Dean]], English figure skater and choreographer * 1958 – [[Kimmo Hakola]], Finnish composer *[[1959]] – [[Joe DeSa]], American baseball player (d. 1986) * 1959 – [[Hugh Green (American football)|Hugh Green]], American football player * 1959 – [[Neil King Jr.]], American journalist and author (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gabriel |first=Trip |date=September 27, 2024 |title=Neil King Jr., Who Wrote of a Long Walk of 'Renewal,' Dies at 65 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/books/neil-king-jr-dead.html |access-date=September 28, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> * 1959 – [[Yiannos Papantoniou]], French-Greek economist and politician, [[Minister for National Defence (Greece)|Greek Minister of National Defence]] *[[1960]] – [[Jo Durie]], English tennis player and sportscaster * 1960 – [[Conway Savage]], Australian singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2018) * 1960 – [[Emily Thornberry]], English lawyer and politician *[[1961]] – [[Ed Orgeron]], American football coach<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ed Orgeron|url=https://lsusports.net/sports/football/roster/coaches/ed-orgeron/2801|publisher=LSU Tigers|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref> *[[1962]] – [[Neil Brooks]], Australian swimmer * 1962 – [[Karl Mueller (rock musician)|Karl Mueller]], American bass player (d. 2005) *[[1963]] – [[Donnie Yen]], Chinese-Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and martial artist *[[1964]] – [[Rex Brown]], American bass player and songwriter *[[1965]] – [[José Luis Chilavert]], Paraguayan footballer *[[1966]] – [[Steve Tilson]], English footballer and manager *[[1967]] – [[Rahul Bose]], Indian journalist, actor, director, and screenwriter * 1967 – [[Juliana Hatfield]], American singer-songwriter and musician * 1967 – [[Hans Mathisen]], Norwegian guitarist and composer * 1967 – [[Neil Smith (cricketer, born 1967)|Neil Smith]], English cricketer * 1967 – [[Craig Wolanin]], American ice hockey player *[[1968]] – [[Maria Grazia Cucinotta]], Italian actress and producer * 1968 – [[Tom Goodwin]], American baseball player and coach * 1968 – [[Sabina Jeschke]], Swedish-German engineer and academic * 1968 – [[Julian McMahon]], Australian actor and producer * 1968 – [[Ricardo Rosset]], Brazilian race car driver *[[1969]] – [[Triple H]], American wrestler and actor * 1969 – [[Jonty Rhodes]], South African cricketer and coach *[[1970]] – [[Nikolaj Coster-Waldau]], Danish actor and producer * 1970 – [[David Davies (Welsh politician)|David Davies]], English-Welsh politician *[[1971]] – [[Matthew Johns]], Australian rugby league player, sportscaster and television host * 1971 – [[Anna Menconi]], Italian Paralympic archer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anna Menconi |url=https://www.coni.it/it/attivita-istituzionali/onorificenze/home/scheda-persona/schedaatleta.html?cognome=MENCONI&nome=ANNA&id=121721 |website=www.coni.it |access-date=15 August 2020}}</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Clint Robinson (canoeist)|Clint Robinson]], Australian kayaker<ref>{{Cite web|title=Clint Robinson|url=https://www.olympic.org/clint-robinson|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref> * 1972 – [[Maya Rudolph]], American actress * 1972 – [[Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor]], Malaysian surgeon and astronaut *[[1973]] – [[Cassandra Clare]], American journalist and author * 1973 – [[Erik Nys]], Belgian long jumper * 1973 – [[Gorden Tallis]], Australian rugby league player and coach *[[1974]] – [[Eason Chan]], Hong Kong singer, actor, and producer * 1974 – [[Pete Yorn]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1975]] – [[Serkan Çeliköz]], Turkish keyboard player and songwriter * 1975 – [[Shea Hillenbrand]], American baseball player * 1975 – [[Fred Mascherino]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1975 – [[Alessandro Pistone]], Italian footballer * 1975 – [[Alex Rodriguez]], American baseball player *[[1976]] – [[Demis Hassabis]], English computer scientist and academic * 1976 – [[Scott Mason (cricketer)|Scott Mason]], Australian cricketer (d. 2005) *[[1977]] – [[Foo Swee Chin]], Singaporean illustrator * 1977 – [[Björn Dreyer (footballer born 1977)|Björn Dreyer]], German footballer * 1977 – [[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]], Irish actor *[[1978]] – [[Diarmuid O'Sullivan]], Irish hurler and manager *[[1979]] – [[Marielle Franco]], Brazilian politician, feminist, and human rights activist (d. 2018) * 1979 – [[Jorge Arce]], Mexican boxer * 1979 – [[Sidney Govou]], French footballer * 1979 – [[Shannon Moore]], American wrestler and singer *[[1980]] – [[Allan Davis (cyclist)|Allan Davis]], Australian cyclist * 1980 – [[Wesley Gonzales]], Filipino basketball player * 1980 – [[Dolph Ziggler]], American wrestler and comedian<ref>{{cite web |title=Dolph Ziggler |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17122793/wwe-profile-page-dolph-ziggler |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=26 July 2023 |date=15 September 2019}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Susan King Borchardt]], American basketball player * 1981 – [[Collins Obuya]], Kenyan cricketer * 1981 – [[Dash Snow]], American painter and photographer (d. 2009) * 1981 – [[Christopher Weselek]], German rugby player *[[1982]] – [[Neil Harbisson]], English-Catalan painter, composer, and activist *[[1983]] – [[Lorik Cana]], Albanian footballer * 1983 – [[Martijn Maaskant]], Dutch cyclist * 1983 – [[Goran Pandev]], Macedonian footballer * 1983 – [[Soccor Velho]], Indian footballer (d. 2013) *[[1984]] – [[Antoine Bethea]], American football player * 1984 – [[Cecilie Myrseth]], Norwegian politician<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Cecilie Myrseth |first=Knut Are |last=Tvedt |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=16 October 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Cecilie_Myrseth |language=no|access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref> * 1984 – [[Tsuyoshi Nishioka]], Japanese baseball player * 1984 – [[Max Scherzer]], American baseball player * 1984 – [[Taylor Schilling]], American actress * 1984 – [[Kenny Wormald]], American actor, dancer, and choreographer *[[1985]] – [[Husain Abdullah]], American football player * 1985 – [[Matteo Pratichetti]], Italian rugby player * 1985 – [[Ajmal Shahzad]], English cricketer *[[1986]] – [[DeMarre Carroll]], American basketball player * 1986 – [[Ryan Flaherty]], American baseball player * 1986 – [[Ryan Griffen]], Australian footballer *[[1987]] – [[Jacoby Ford]], American football player * 1987 – [[Marek Hamšík]], Slovak footballer * 1987 – [[Jordan Hill (basketball)|Jordan Hill]], American basketball player * 1987 – [[Sarah Parsons]], American ice hockey player *[[1988]] – [[Adam Biddle (soccer)|Adam Biddle]], Australian footballer * 1988 – [[Yoervis Medina]], Venezuelan baseball player * 1988 – [[Ryan Tannehill]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ryan Tannehill |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/nfl/player/_/id/14876/ryan-tannehill |website=ESPN |access-date=30 October 2020}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Maya Ali (actress)|Maya Ali]], Pakistani actress *[[1990]] – [[Nick Hogan]], American race car driver and actor * 1990 – [[Paolo Hurtado]], Peruvian footballer * 1990 – [[Cheyenne Kimball]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1990 – [[Stephen Li-Chung Kuo]], Taiwanese-American figure skater * 1990 – [[Kriti Sanon]], Indian actress *[[1991]] – [[Wandy Peralta]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/peralwa01.shtml|title=Wandy Peralta|website=Baseball Reference|access-date=April 8, 2021}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Tory Lanez]], Canadian singer and rapper<ref>{{cite web |title=Tory Lanez |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/tory-lanez/440458549 |website=Apple Music |access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Max Power (footballer)|Max Power]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Max Power |url=https://www.safc.com/players/1st-team/max-power |website=Sunderland Association Football Club |access-date=30 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Jordan Spieth]], American golfer<ref>{{cite web |title=Jordan Spieth {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jordan-Spieth |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=30 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Elvina Kalieva]], American tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elvina Kalieva - Player Profile - Tennis |url=https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/elvina-kalieva_prs601417/person.shtml |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Eurosport |language=en}}</ref> <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. --> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[903]] – [[Abdallah II of Ifriqiya]], Aghlabid emir * [[959]] – [[Chai Rong]], emperor of Later Zhou *[[1144]] – [[Salomea of Berg]], High Duchess consort of Poland *[[1061]] – [[Pope Nicholas II|Nicholas II]], pope of the Catholic Church *[[1101]] – [[Conrad II of Italy|Conrad II]], king of Italy (b. 1074) * 1101 – [[Hugh d'Avranches, Earl of Chester]] (b. c. 1047) *[[1158]] – [[Geoffrey, Count of Nantes|Geoffrey VI, Count of Anjou]] (b. 1134) *[[1276]] – [[James I of Aragon]] (b. 1208) *[[1365]] – [[Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria]] (b. 1339) *[[1382]] – [[Joanna I of Naples]] (b. 1326) *[[1469]] – [[William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (died 1469)|William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke]] (b. 1423) ===1601–1900=== *[[1656]] – [[Salomo Glassius]], German theologian and critic (b. 1593) *[[1675]] – [[Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne]], French general (b. 1611) *[[1689]] – [[John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee]], Scottish general (b. c. 1648)<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL12|desc=Battle of Killiecrankie|access-date=19 June 2020}}</ref> *[[1759]] – [[Pierre Louis Maupertuis]], French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1698) *[[1770]] – [[Robert Dinwiddie]], Scottish merchant and politician, [[List of colonial governors of Virginia|Colonial Governor of Virginia]] (b. 1693) *[[1841]] – [[Mikhail Lermontov]], Russian poet and painter (b. 1814) *[[1844]] – [[John Dalton]], English physicist, meteorologist, and chemist (b. 1776) *[[1863]] – [[William Lowndes Yancey]], American journalist and politician (b. 1813) *[[1865]] – [[Jean-Joseph Dassy]], French painter and lithographer (b. 1791) *[[1875]] – [[Aleksander Kunileid]], Estonian composer and educator (b. 1845) *[[1876]] – [[Albertus van Raalte]], Dutch-born American minister and author (b. 1811) *[[1883]] – [[Montgomery Blair]], American lieutenant and politician, 20th [[United States Postmaster General]] (b. 1813) ===1901–present=== *[[1916]] – [[Charles Fryatt]], English captain (b. 1872) * 1916 – [[William Jonas]], English footballer (b. 1890) *[[1917]] – [[Emil Theodor Kocher]], Swiss physician and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1841) *[[1921]] – [[Myrddin Fardd]], Welsh writer and antiquarian scholar (b. 1836) *[[1924]] – [[Ferruccio Busoni]], Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1866) *[[1931]] – [[Auguste Forel]], Swiss neuroanatomist and psychiatrist (b. 1848) *[[1938]] – [[Tom Crean (explorer)|Tom Crean]], Irish seaman and explorer (b. 1877)<ref name="Murphy">{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=David |title=Crean, Thomas ("Tom") |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/crean-thomas-tom-a2175 |website=Dictionary of Irish Biography |publisher=Royal Irish Academy |access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Alfred Henry O'Keeffe]], New Zealand painter and educator (b. 1858) *[[1942]] – [[Karl Pärsimägi]], Estonian painter (b. 1902) *[[1942]] – [[Hermann Brauneck]], German physician and SA general (b. 1894)<ref>[http://bibliotekacyfrowa.eu/dlibra/plain-content?id=7537 Brauneck Death Notice: ''SA-Obergruppenführer Brauneck gefallen'' in ''Kösliner Zeitung'', No. 209, 31 July 1942, p. 2.]</ref> *[[1946]] – [[Gertrude Stein]], American novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1874) *[[1948]] – [[Woolf Barnato]], English race car driver and businessman (b. 1898) * 1948 – [[Joe Tinker]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1880) *[[1951]] – [[Paul Kogerman]], Estonian chemist and politician, 22nd [[Estonian Minister of Education]] (b. 1891) *[[1958]] – [[Claire Lee Chennault]], American general and pilot (b. 1893)<ref name="Rice p. 95">{{cite book |author=Earle Rice |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zbr_z99E54QC&pg=PA95 |title=Claire Chennault: Flying Tiger |publisher=Infobase |year=2003 |isbn=9780791072172 |page=95}}</ref> *[[1960]] – [[Julie Vinter Hansen]], Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic (b. 1890) *[[1962]] – [[Richard Aldington]], English poet and author (b. 1892) * 1962 – [[James H. Kindelberger]], American pilot and businessman (b. 1895) *[[1963]] – [[Hooks Dauss]], American baseball player (b. 1889) * 1963 – [[Garrett Morgan]], American inventor (b. 1877) *[[1964]] – [[Winifred Lenihan]], American actress, writer, and director (b. 1898) *[[1965]] – [[Daniel-Rops]], French historian and author (b. 1901) *[[1968]] – [[Babe Adams]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1882) *[[1970]] – [[António de Oliveira Salazar]], Portuguese economist and politician, 100th [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] (b. 1889) *[[1971]] – [[Charlie Tully]], Irish footballer and manager (b. 1924) *[[1975]] – [[Alfred Duraiappah]], Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hoole |first1=Rajan |title=The Murder Of Alfred Duraiappah |url=https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/the-murder-of-alfred-duraiappah/ |access-date=25 July 2020 |work=[[Colombo Telegraph]] |date=12 May 2016}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Kristian Welhaven]], Norwegian police officer (b. 1883)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Kristian Welhaven |first1=Willy |last1=Haugli |first2=Olav |last2=Garvik |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Kristian_Welhaven |language=no|access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Bob Heffron]], New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1890) * 1978 – [[Willem van Otterloo]], Dutch cellist, composer, and conductor (b. 1907) *[[1980]] – [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], Iranian Shah (b. 1919)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi {{!}} Biography, History, & White Revolution |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mohammad-Reza-Shah-Pahlavi |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Rushdy Abaza]], Egyptian actor (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007781/ |title=Rushdy Abaza |publisher=IMDb |access-date=31 October 2023}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[William Wyler]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902) * 1981 – [[Elizabeth Rona]], Hungarian American nuclear chemist (b. 1890)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Brucer |first1=M |title=Elizabeth Rona (1891?-1981). |journal=Journal of Nuclear Medicine |date=January 1982 |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=78–9 |pmid=7033484 |url=http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/23/1/78.full.pdf |access-date=25 July 2020}}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[James Mason]], English actor (b. 1909) *[[1985]] – [[Smoky Joe Wood]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1889) *[[1987]] – [[Travis Jackson]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1903) *[[1988]] – [[Frank Zamboni]], American inventor and businessman, founded the [[Zamboni Company]] (b. 1901) *[[1990]] – [[Bobby Day]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1928) * 1990 – [[René Toribio]], Guadeloupean politician (b. 1912) *[[1991]] – [[John Friedrich (fraudster)|John Friedrich]], German-Australian engineer and conman (b. 1950) *[[1992]] – [[Max Dupain]], Australian photographer and educator (b. 1911) * 1992 – [[Tzeni Karezi]], Greek actress and screenwriter <!-- year of birth questionable and unconfirmable --> *[[1993]] – [[Reggie Lewis]], American basketball player (b. 1965) *[[1994]] – [[Kevin Carter]], South African photographer and journalist (b. 1960) *[[1995]] – [[Melih Esenbel]], Turkish politician and diplomat, 20th [[List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)|Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1915) * 1995 – [[Rick Ferrell]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1905) * 1995 – [[Miklós Rózsa]], Hungarian-American composer and conductor (b. 1907) *[[1998]] – [[Binnie Barnes]], English-American actress (b. 1903) *[[1999]] – [[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]], Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (b. 1912) * 1999 – [[Harry Edison]], American trumpet player (b. 1915) *[[2000]] – [[Gordon Solie]], American sportscaster (b. 1929) *[[2001]] – [[Rhonda Sing]], Canadian wrestler (b. 1961) * 2001 – [[Leon Wilkeson]], American bass player and songwriter (b. 1952) *[[2003]] – [[Vance Hartke]], American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1919) * 2003 – [[Bob Hope]], English-American actor, comedian, television personality, and businessman (b. 1903)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/bob-hope-biography/9725/|title=This Is Bob Hope… Biography|author=Zoglin, Richard|date=November 30, 2017|publisher=[[PBS]]|access-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514064753/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/bob-hope-biography/9725/|archive-date=May 14, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Al Held]], American painter and academic (b. 1928) * 2005 – [[Marten Toonder]], Dutch author and illustrator (b. 1912) *[[2006]] – [[Maryann Mahaffey]], American academic and politician (b. 1925) *[[2007]] – [[James Oyebola]], Nigerian-English boxer (b. 1961) *[[2008]] – [[Youssef Chahine]], Egyptian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926) * 2008 – [[Horst Stein]], German-born Swiss conductor (b. 1928) * 2008 – [[Isaac Saba Raffoul]], Mexican businessman (b. 1923) *[[2010]] – [[Maury Chaykin]], American-Canadian actor (b. 1949) * 2010 – [[Jack Tatum]], American football player (b. 1948) *[[2012]] – [[Norman Alden]], American actor (b. 1924) * 2012 – [[R. G. Armstrong]], American actor and playwright (b. 1917) * 2012 – [[Darryl Cotton]], Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1949) * 2012 – [[Geoffrey Hughes (actor)|Geoffrey Hughes]], English actor (b. 1944) * 2012 – [[Tony Martin (American singer)|Tony Martin]], American actor and singer (b. 1913) * 2012 – [[Jack Taylor (referee)|Jack Taylor]], English footballer and referee (b. 1930) *[[2013]] – [[Fernando Alonso (dancer)|Fernando Alonso]], Cuban dancer, co-founded the [[Cuban National Ballet]] (b. 1914) * 2013 – [[Lindy Boggs]], American politician and diplomat, 5th [[United States Ambassador to the Holy See]] (b. 1916) * 2013 – [[Bud Day]], American colonel and pilot, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1925) * 2013 – [[Kidd Kraddick]], American radio host (b. 1959) * 2013 – [[Ilya Segalovich]], Russian businessman, co-founded [[Yandex]] (b. 1964) *[[2014]] – [[Richard Bolt (RNZAF officer)|Richard Bolt]], New Zealand air marshal and pilot (b. 1923) * 2014 – [[George Freese]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1926) * 2014 – [[Wallace Jones]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1926) * 2014 – [[Francesco Marchisano]], Italian cardinal (b. 1929) * 2014 – [[Paul Schell]], American lawyer and politician, 50th [[List of mayors of Seattle|Mayor of Seattle]] (b. 1937) *[[2015]] – [[Rickey Grundy]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1959) * 2015 – [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]], Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th [[President of India]] (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite news |title=Remembering APJ Abdul Kalam: Five stories on the Missile Man's legacy |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/former-president-abdul-kalam-passed-away-following-sudden-illness/ |access-date=24 July 2020 |work=The Indian Express |date=27 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728170754/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/former-president-abdul-kalam-passed-away-following-sudden-illness/ |archive-date=28 July 2015 |language=en}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Samuel Pisar]], Polish-born American lawyer and author (b. 1929) * 2015 – [[Anthony Shaw (British Army officer)|Anthony Shaw]], English general (b. 1930) *[[2016]] – [[Einojuhani Rautavaara]], Finnish composer (b. 1928)<ref name=WP>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/einojuhani-rautavaara-acclaimed-finnish-composer-dies-at-87/2016/08/03/12c60428-59be-11e6-831d-0324760ca856_story.html |title=Einojuhani Rautavaara, acclaimed Finnish composer, dies at 87 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=28 July 2016 |first=Matti |last=Huuhtanen}}</ref> * 2016 – [[James Alan McPherson]], American short story writer and essayist (b. 1943)<ref name="nytimes-obit">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/books/james-alan-mcpherson-pulitzer-prize-winning-writer-dies-at-72.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/books/james-alan-mcpherson-pulitzer-prize-winning-writer-dies-at-72.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=James Alan McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Writer, Dies at 72|last=Roberts|first=Sam|date=July 27, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 31, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Jerry Doyle]], American actor and talk show host (b. 1956)<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Bacle|first1=Ariana|title=Jerry Doyle, Babylon 5 star, dies|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/28/jerry-doyle-babylon-5-dead-dies|access-date=July 28, 2016|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=July 28, 2016}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Piet de Jong]], Dutch politician and naval officer, [[Ministry of Defence (Netherlands)|Minister of Defence)]], [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (b. 1915)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parlement.com/id/vg09ll213ezn/p_j_s_piet_de_jong|title=P.J.S. (Piet) de Jong|website=parlement.com|language=nl}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Sam Shepard]], American playwright, actor, author, screenwriter, and director (b. 1943)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Deb|first1=Sopan|title=Sam Shepard, Pulitzer-Winning Playwright and Actor, Is Dead at 73|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/theater/sam-shepard-dead.html|access-date=July 31, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=31 July 2017 |issue=July 31, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731155033/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/theater/sam-shepard-dead.html|archive-date=July 31, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Marco Aurelio Denegri]], Peruvian literature critic, television host and sexologist<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://larepublica.pe/sociedad/1286540-marco-aurelio-denegri-fallecio-80-anos-funcion-palabra|title=Marco Aurelio Denegri falleció a los 80 años tras una fibrosis pulmonar|work=La República|date=July 27, 2018|access-date=May 10, 2019|language=es}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Tony Dow]], American actor, film producer, director, and sculptor (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/07/tony-dow-dead-leave-it-to-beaver-actor-was-77-1235077948/|title=Tony Dow Dies: "Leave It To Beaver" Actor's Passing Confirmed Following Earlier Confusion|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=July 27, 2022|author=Evans, Greg}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Edna O'Brien]], Irish novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer (b. 1930)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-07-28 |title=Edna O'Brien, groundbreaking Irish novelist, dies at 93 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/07/28/edna-obrien-irish-novelist-country-girls-dead/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. --> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]: **[[Arethas (martyr)|Arethas]] ([[Western Christianity]]) **[[Aurelius and Natalia]] and companions of the [[Martyrs of Córdoba]]. **[[Maurus, Pantalemon and Sergius|Maurus, Pantalemon, and Sergius]] **[[Saint Pantaleon|Pantaleon]] **[[Seven Sleepers|Seven Sleepers of Ephesus]] ([[Roman Martyrology]]) ***[[National Sleepy Head Day]] ([[Finland]]) **[[Theobald of Marly]] **[[Titus Brandsma]], [[Carmelites|''O.Carm.'']] **[[July 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Day of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War]] ([[North Korea]]) *[[Iglesia ni Cristo Day]] ([[Philippines|the Philippines]]) *[[José Celso Barbosa Day]] ([[Puerto Rico]]) *[[Medical Workers Day]] ([[Ukraine]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/3272023-47033|title=Decree of the President of Ukraine №327/2023}}</ref> *[[Martyrs and Wounded Soldiers Day]] ([[Vietnam]]) == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/27 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=07|day=27}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/july/27 |title=Historical Events on July 27 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:July 27}} [[Category:Days of July]]
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