Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 27
This is a list of selected July 27 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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Iglesia ni Cristo Central Temple, Quezon City
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Panmunjeom, the Joint Security Area in the Korean Demilitarized Zone -
Panmunjeom, the Joint Security Area in the Korean Demilitarized Zone -
Signing of the Korean War armistice agreement at P’anmunjŏm, Korea -
The Joint Security Area in the Korean Demilitarized Zone -
King Philip II of France -
Charles Fryatt
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
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| 1214 – Philip II of France decisively won the Battle of Bouvines and took undisputed control of the territories of Anjou, Brittany, Maine, Normandy and the Touraine. | refimprove section |
| 1663 – The Parliament of England passed the second of the Navigation Acts, which required that all goods bound for the American colonies had to be sent in English ships from English ports. | needs copyediting |
| 1778 – American Revolutionary War: French and British fleets fought to a standoff west of Ushant, which led to political disputes in both countries. | refimprove |
| 1865 – A group of Welsh settlers arrived at Chubut Valley in Argentina's Patagonia region. | needs more footnotes |
| 1880 – Second Anglo-Afghan War: In a Pyrrhic victory, Afghan forces led by Ayub Khan defeated the British Army near Maiwand, Afghanistan. | refimprove section |
| 1996 – A pipe bomb exploded during the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, US, killing two people and injuring 111 others. | refimprove |
Eligible
- 1054 – Siward, Earl of Northumbria, led an invasion of Scotland and defeated Macbeth, King of Scotland, in a battle north of the Firth of Forth.
- 1302 – Byzantine–Ottoman Wars: The Ottoman sultanate scored its first major victory against the Byzantine Empire in the Battle of Bapheus in Bithynia.
- 1789 – The US State Department, then known as the Department of Foreign Affairs, became the first federal agency created under the US Constitution.
- 1914 – Felix Manalo established the modern-day Iglesia ni Cristo religion, an independent, nontrinitarian Christian church, in the Philippines (Iglesia ni Cristo Central Temple pictured).
- 1916 – British mariner Charles Fryatt was executed at Bruges, Belgium, after a court-martial found him to be a franc-tireur.
- 1919 – Red Summer: Race riots erupted in Chicago after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
- 1942 – World War II: Allied forces halted the Axis invasion of Egypt.
- 1949 – The de Havilland Comet, the world's first commercial jet airliner to reach production, made its maiden flight.
- 1953 – An armistice was signed (pictured) to end hostilities in the Korean War, officially making the Division of Korea indefinite by creating an approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) wide demilitarized zone across the Korean Peninsula.
- 2002 – A Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 aircraft crashed during an aerobatics presentation at an airshow near Lviv, Ukraine, killing 84 people and injuring over 100 others.
- 2007 – While covering a police pursuit in Phoenix, Arizona, US, two news helicopters collided in mid-air, killing the crews of both.
July 27: José Celso Barbosa Day in Puerto Rico
- 1694 – A Royal Charter was granted to the Bank of England as the English Government's banker.
- 1794 – The National Convention ordered the arrest and execution of Reign of Terror leader Maximilien Robespierre after he encouraged the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the French Revolution".
- 1921 – University of Toronto researchers led by Frederick Banting proved that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
- 1940 – Bugs Bunny debuted in the animated cartoon A Wild Hare.
- 1990 – Members of Jamaat al Muslimeen attempted to overthrow the government of Trinidad and Tobago by taking hostages at the Red House including Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson, before surrendering six days later.