July 27: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

July 27th marks the 208th day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 209th in case of leap years). There are 157 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Leo. Famous birthdays on this day include Jonathan Rhys Meyers (1977), Mystic Meg (1942) and Julian McMahon (1968).
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Holidays

Malchus
Maldives - Independence Day, 2nd Day
Vietnam - Memorial Day for War Martyrs
Ancient Latvia - Septinu Guletaju Diena held
Roman Catholicism - the feasts of at least 10 saints: St. Pantaleon
St. Congall
The Seven Sleepers, Saints Maximian
Martinian
Dionysius
Cuba - Revolution Day, 2nd Day
John
Serapion
Constantine
St. Luican
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Events

2019 Relations Japan-North Korea: Japan warned Saturday that North Korean projectiles are following trajectories not common for conventional ballistic missiles. This makes it difficult, if not impossible to intercept them on their way to Japan.
2018 Proposed Disney acquisition of 21st Century Fox: 21st Century Fox shareholders approve a $71.3 million merger with The Walt Disney Company.
2017 War in Donbass: The SBU, Ukraine's national intelligence service, reports that a drone carrying ZMG-1 thermite bombs caused the explosions at Balakliia, an Eastern Ukrainian military base, in March 2017. There were 5 people injured and 1 person died in the explosions.
2016 Civil war in Syria: At least 44 people were killed in twin bombings in Al-Qamishli, a Kurdish-controlled town near the Syria-Turkey border. The attack was claimed by ISIL.
2015 Gunmen attack a Punjabi police station, injuring many others and causing at least 7 deaths.
2014 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict Fighting has resumed. (PTI via Business Standard). An Israeli Defence Force soldier is killed by mortar fire while Hamas fires further rockets at Israel. Due to Hamas' continued attacks, the Israeli ceasefire is broken early.
2013 Aftermath to the 2013 Egyptian coup de tat: More than 100 people are killed and approximately 1,500 are injured in violent protests in Cairo, Egypt.
2012 August 12 and 13 ampndash 2012 Summer Olympics will be held in London, United Kingdom.
2011 Norway attacks in 2011
2010 According to the Afghan War Diary, Pakistan's Inter-Service Intelligence orchestrated the attack on Kabul's Indian Embassy in 2008. This suicide attack left 40 people dead. (samaylive).
2009 The 2009 American Samoa quarter-dollar is now in circulation at the US Mint
2008 In a shooting at a Knoxville Unitarian Universalist church, seven people were injured and two others were killed.
2007 Phoenix News Helicopter Collision: News helicopters from Arizona, Arizona television stations KNXV & KTVK collide in Phoenix over Steele Indian School Park in central Phoenix. They were covering a chase by police officers;
2006 Because it is illegal to outsource surveillance flight, the Federal Republic of Germany has been deemed guilty of the loss of Bashkirian 2937 & DHL Flight 611.
2005 STS-114: NASA ground the Space Shuttle while it investigates the ongoing problem of foam insulation leaking from the external fuel tank. The external tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery spits out a small amount of foam during ascent; it does not cause any damage to the spacecraft.
2004 Barack Obama delivers the Keynote Speech at the Democratic National Convention. This is where he launches his career on the national stage.
2003 Bob Hope, comedian, dies in his sleep
2002 Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes at Lviv, Ukraine, killing 85 people and injuring over 100 more. This is the worst airshow accident in Ukraine history.
2001 The movie Planet of the Apes has been released.
1997 Candide, closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 103 performances
1996 Bomb explodes at Atlanta Olympic Park, 1 killed, 110 injured
1995 In Washington, DC, the Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated.
1993 Detroit Tiger Fryman hits for cycle but loses 12-7 to Yankees
1992 Astros begins 26-game road trip to make room for Republican National Convention
1991 Rocker Jani Lane, (Warrant-Cherry Pie) marries model Bobbie Brown
1990 White-Russia declares independence
1989 Atlanta Braves' player Dale Murphy is 10th to get six RBIs in an inning (6th).
1988 General Sein Lwin succeeds Ne Win as President of Burma
1987 Salt Lake City Trappers lose 7-5 to Billings Mustangs, ending their professional-record winning streak at 29 consecutive
1986 14th du Maurier Golf Classic: Pat Bradley
1983 Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton to reach 3,500 career strikeouts this season, he also wins his 1st game as a Royal
1982 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's first visit to US in almost 11 years.
1981 6 year old Adam Walsh, son of John Walsh is kidnapped in Hollywood, Florida and is found murdered two weeks later.
1980 Palestinian throws hand grenade on Jewish children in Antwerp, 1 dead
1978 Indians Duane Kuiper is 3rd to hit 2 bases-loaded triples
1977 John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in US.
1976 8.2 Tangshan earthquake kills estimated 240,000 Chinese
1975 Carol Mann wins LPGA George Washington Ladies Golf Classic
1974 Kanhai and Jameson add 465 for 2nd wicket, Warwickshire vs. Gloucs
1973 40th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Miami 14, All Stars 3
1972 NHL star Maurice "Rocket" Richard signs with WHL Quebec Nordiques.
1970 Expos beat White Sox 10-6 in the annual Hall of Fame game
1969 15th LPGA Championship won by Betsy Rawls
1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Supertest Canadian Golf Open
1967 Arabs Federation Premier Hoesein Al Bayoomi resigns
1965 Pierre Harmel forms Belgium government
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.
1963 Fritz Von Erich beats Verne Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1962 Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission
1960 VP Nixon nominated for President at Republican Convention in Chicago
1959 Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India vs. England on debut
1958 Louise Suggs wins LPGA French Lick Golf Open
1955 Bulgaria shoots down a plane heading for Israel (58 die)
1954 36th PGA Championship: Chick Herbert at Keller Golf Club - St. Paul, Minnesota
1953 1st insulin isolated by F Banting and C Best in Toronto
1952 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record marathon
1950 President Truman promises aid to Taiwan
1949 1st jet-propelled airline (De Havilland Comet) flies
1948 Australia set 404 to win vs. England at Headingley
1947 Yogi Berri starts record 148 game errorless streak
1946 Boston Red Sox Rudy York hits 2 grand slams in 1 game, gets 10 RBIs
1945 Cubs purchase pitcher Hank Borowy from New York Yankees
1944 Soviet Army frees Majdanek concentration camp
1943 772 British bombers attack Hamburg
1941 German army enters Ukraine
1940 Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts.
1939 The first recorded snowfall in Auckland, New Zealand since records began in 1853.
1937 32nd Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Wimbledon
1935 Floods at Yangtzee Jiang and Hoangh, kills 200,000
1931 Grasshoppers in Iowa, Nebr and SD destroyed thousands of acres of crops
1929 Dike of Wieringermeerpolder finished
1928 AVRO, General Vereniging Radio Omroep, forms
1927 Major Bernard Montgomery (29) marries widow Betty Carver
1924 8th Olympic games closes in Paris
1922 International Geographical Union forms in Brussels
1921 2nd government of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms
1920 Radio compass used for 1st time for aircraft navigation
1919 Chicago race riot (15 whites and 23 blacks killed, 500 injured).
1918 Socony 200, first concrete barge in US, launched to carry oil, New York.
1917 The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
1914 Roda JC soccer team forms in Kerkrade
1913 Belgian Philippe Thys wins Tour de France
1909 Orville Wright tests first US Army airplane, flying 1h12m.
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