WillDekkard
07-27-2010, 05:12 AM
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This Date in History - July 27th
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* 1054 Siward, Earl of Northumbria invades Scotland to support Malcolm Canmore against Macbeth of Scotland, who usurped the Scottish throne from Malcolm's father, King Duncan. Macbeth is defeated at Dunsinane.
* 1214 Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
* 1302 Battle of Bapheus: Decisive Ottoman victory over the Byzantines, opens up Bithynia for Turkish conquest.
* 1549 Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reaches Japan.
* 1663 The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports.
* 1689 Glorious Revolution: Battle of Killiecrankie ends.
* 1694 A Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England.
* 1720 The second important victory of the Russian Navy the Battle of Grengam.
* 1778 American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
* 1789 The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (later renamed Department of State).
* 1794 French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution".
* 1862 Sailing from San Francisco to Panama, the SS Golden Gate catches fire and sinks off Manzanillo, Mexico, killing 231.
* 1866 The Atlantic Cable is successfully completed, allowing transatlantic telegraph communication for the first time.
* 1880 Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand In a pyrrhic victory, Afghan forces led by Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
* 1914 Felix Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo with the Philippine government.
* 1919 The Chicago Race Riot erupt after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
* 1917 The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
* 1921 Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting announce the discovery of the hormone insulin.
* 1928 Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before the end of July.
* 1940 The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
* 1941 Japanese troops occupy French Indo-China.
* 1949 Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
* 1953 Korean War ends: The United States, People's Republic of China, and North Korea, sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, president of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
* 1955 The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends.
* 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.
* 1974 Watergate Scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
* 1976 Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in connection with the Lockheed bribery scandals.
* 1981 British television: On Coronation Street, Ken Barlow marries Deirdre Langton, which proves to be a national event scoring massive viewer numbers for the show.
* 1983 Black July: 18 Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
* 1987 RMS Titanic, Inc. begins the first expedited salvaging of wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
* 1990 The Supreme Soviet of the 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 referendum held that year the celebration of independence is transferred to June 3.
* 1990 The Jamaat al Muslimeen stage a coup d'ιtat attempt in Trinidad and Tobago, occupying Parliament and the studios of Trinidad and Tobago Television, holding Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson and most of his Cabinet, as well as the staff at the television station hostage for 6 days.
* 1995 The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..
* 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing: In Atlanta, Georgia, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics. Alice Hawthorne is killed, and a cameraman suffers a heart attack fleeing the scene. 111 are injured.
* 1997 Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria; about 50 people killed.
* 2002 Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 85 and injuring more than 100 others, the largest air show disaster in history.
* 2005 STS-114: NASA grounds the Space shuttle, pending an investigation of the external tank's continued foam-shedding problem. During ascent, the external tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery sheds a piece of foam slightly smaller than the piece that caused the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; this foam does not strike the spacecraft.
* 2006 The Federal Republic of Germany is deemed guilty in the loss of Bashkirian 2937 and DHL Flight 611, because it is illegal to outsource flight surveillance.
* 2007 Phoenix News Helicopter Collision: News helicopters from Phoenix, Arizona television stations KNXV and KTVK collide over Steele Indian School Park in central Phoenix while covering a police chase; there are no survivors. This is the first known incidence of two news helicopters colliding in mid-air, and the worst civil aviation incident in Phoenix history.
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This Date in History - July 27th
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* 1054 Siward, Earl of Northumbria invades Scotland to support Malcolm Canmore against Macbeth of Scotland, who usurped the Scottish throne from Malcolm's father, King Duncan. Macbeth is defeated at Dunsinane.
* 1214 Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
* 1302 Battle of Bapheus: Decisive Ottoman victory over the Byzantines, opens up Bithynia for Turkish conquest.
* 1549 Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reaches Japan.
* 1663 The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports.
* 1689 Glorious Revolution: Battle of Killiecrankie ends.
* 1694 A Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England.
* 1720 The second important victory of the Russian Navy the Battle of Grengam.
* 1778 American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
* 1789 The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (later renamed Department of State).
* 1794 French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution".
* 1862 Sailing from San Francisco to Panama, the SS Golden Gate catches fire and sinks off Manzanillo, Mexico, killing 231.
* 1866 The Atlantic Cable is successfully completed, allowing transatlantic telegraph communication for the first time.
* 1880 Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand In a pyrrhic victory, Afghan forces led by Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
* 1914 Felix Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo with the Philippine government.
* 1919 The Chicago Race Riot erupt after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
* 1917 The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
* 1921 Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting announce the discovery of the hormone insulin.
* 1928 Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before the end of July.
* 1940 The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
* 1941 Japanese troops occupy French Indo-China.
* 1949 Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
* 1953 Korean War ends: The United States, People's Republic of China, and North Korea, sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, president of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
* 1955 The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends.
* 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.
* 1974 Watergate Scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
* 1976 Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in connection with the Lockheed bribery scandals.
* 1981 British television: On Coronation Street, Ken Barlow marries Deirdre Langton, which proves to be a national event scoring massive viewer numbers for the show.
* 1983 Black July: 18 Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
* 1987 RMS Titanic, Inc. begins the first expedited salvaging of wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
* 1990 The Supreme Soviet of the 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 referendum held that year the celebration of independence is transferred to June 3.
* 1990 The Jamaat al Muslimeen stage a coup d'ιtat attempt in Trinidad and Tobago, occupying Parliament and the studios of Trinidad and Tobago Television, holding Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson and most of his Cabinet, as well as the staff at the television station hostage for 6 days.
* 1995 The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..
* 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing: In Atlanta, Georgia, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics. Alice Hawthorne is killed, and a cameraman suffers a heart attack fleeing the scene. 111 are injured.
* 1997 Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria; about 50 people killed.
* 2002 Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 85 and injuring more than 100 others, the largest air show disaster in history.
* 2005 STS-114: NASA grounds the Space shuttle, pending an investigation of the external tank's continued foam-shedding problem. During ascent, the external tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery sheds a piece of foam slightly smaller than the piece that caused the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; this foam does not strike the spacecraft.
* 2006 The Federal Republic of Germany is deemed guilty in the loss of Bashkirian 2937 and DHL Flight 611, because it is illegal to outsource flight surveillance.
* 2007 Phoenix News Helicopter Collision: News helicopters from Phoenix, Arizona television stations KNXV and KTVK collide over Steele Indian School Park in central Phoenix while covering a police chase; there are no survivors. This is the first known incidence of two news helicopters colliding in mid-air, and the worst civil aviation incident in Phoenix history.
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