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Daily Trivia - July 27
Births1452 - Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1508)
1667 - Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1748)
1733 - Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779)
1768 - Charlotte Corday, French aristocrat who killed Jean-Paul Marat (d. 1793)
1781 - Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (d. 1828)
1784 - Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (d. 1839)
1812 - Thomas Clingman, American Confederate general (d. 1897)
1824 - Alexandre Dumas fils, French author (d. 1895)
1833 - Thomas George Bonney, English geologist (d. 1923)
1835 - Giosue Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
1848 - Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist (d. 1919)
1853 - Vladimir Korolenko, Russian writer (d. 1921)
1857 - José Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rican political leader (d. 1921)
1867 - Enrique Granados, Spanish composer (d. 1916)
1870 - Hilaire Belloc, English writer (d. 1953)
1877 - Ernst von Dohnanyi, Hungarian composer and conductor (d. 1960)
1881 - Hans Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1945)
1882 - Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer (d. 1965)
1886 - Ernst May, German architect (d. 1970)
1901 - Rudy Vallee, American singer (d. 1986)
1903 - Nikolai Cherkasov, Russian actor (d. 1966)
1904 - Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish Yiddish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
1905 - Leo Durocher, baseball player (d. 1991)
1908 - Joseph Mitchell, American writer (d. 1996)
1915 - Mario Del Monaco, Italian tenor (d. 1982)
1916 - Keenan Wynn, American actor (d. 1986)
1917 - Bourvil, French actor (d. 1970)
1918 - Leonard Rose, American cellist (d. 1984)
1922 - Norman Lear, American television writer and producer
1922 - Adolfo Celi, Italian actor (d. 1986)
1923 - Masutatsu Oyama, notable martial artist and founder of Kyokushin karate
1924 - Vincent Canby, American film critic (d. 2000)
1930 - Shirley Williams, British politician
1931 - Jerry Van Dyke, American actor
1935 - Billy McCullough, Northern Irish footballer
1938 - Isabelle Aubret, French singer
1938 - Gary Gygax, American role-playing game creator
1939 - Michael Longley, Northern Irish poet
1940 - Pina Bausch, German dancer
1942 - Dennis Ralston, American tennis player
1944 - Tony Capstick, English comedian, actor, and musician (d. 2003)
1946 - Rade Šerbedžija, Croatian-born, Serbian actor
1947 - Betty Thomas, American actor and film director
1948 - Peggy Fleming, American figure skater
1949 - Maureen McGovern, American singer and Broadway actress
1955 - Allan Border, Australian cricketer
1957 - Bill Engvall, American comedian
1958 - Christopher Dean, British Olympic figure skater
1959 - Hugh Green, American Football linebacker
1960 - Jay Maynard, Internet celebrity (Tron Guy)
1962 - Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (d. 2005)
1964 - Rex Brown, American bassist (Pantera)
1967 - Juliana Hatfield, American musician
1967 - Kellie Waymire, American actress (d. 2003)
1968 - Cliff Curtis, New Zealand actor
1968 - Richard McLean, IT1 (SW/MTS), U.S. Navy
1969 - Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian actress
1969 - Triple H, American professional wrestler
1972 - Jill Arrington, American sports reporter
1974 - Eason Chan, Hong Kong singer
1974 - Pete Yorn, American musician
1975 - Shea Hillenbrand, baseball player
1975 - Alex Rodriguez, baseball player
1975 - Alessandro Pistone, Italian footballer
1977 - Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Irish actor
1979 - Shannon Moore, American professional wrestler
1979 - Jorge Arce, Mexican boxer
1981 - Susan King Borchardt, American basketball player
Deaths1101 - Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (b. 1074)
1276 - King James I of Aragon (b. 1208)
1365 - Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (b. 1339)
1564 - Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1503)
1675 - Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (b. 1611)
1759 - Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician (b. 1698)
1770 - Robert Dinwiddie, British colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1693)
1841 - Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author (b. 1814)
1844 - John Dalton, English physicist and chemist (b. 1776)
1863 - William Lowndes Yancey, American Confederate leader (b. 1813)
1917 - Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon and biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1841)
1924 - Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1866)
1931 - Auguste-Henri Forel, Swiss entomologist (b. 1848)
1946 - Gertrude Stein, American writer (b. 1874)
1958 - Claire Chennault, American pilot (b. 1893)
1962 - Richard Aldington, English poet (b. 1892)
1971 - Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1924)
1980 - Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (b. 1919)
1981 - William Wyler, French-born film director ((b. 1902)
1984 - James Mason, English actor and conscientious objector (b. 1909)
1992 - Max Dupain, Australian photographer (b. 1911)
1993 - Reggie Lewis, American basketball star (b. 1965)
1999 - Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and mountaineer (b. 1912)
2001 - Leon Wilkeson, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1952)
2001 - Rhonda Singh, professional wrestler. Stage name: Bertha Faye (b. 1961)
2003 - Vance Hartke, U.S. Senator from Indiana (b. 1919)
2003 - Bob Hope, English-born entertainer (b. 1903)
2005 - Marten Toonder, Dutch comic writer (b. 1912)
Events1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
1549 - Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship arrives in Kagoshima, Japan.
1663 - The British 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.
1714 - The first important victory of the Russian Navy - the Battle of Gangut.
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." (See 9 Thermidor.)
1865 - Welsh settlers arrive in Argentina at Chubut Valley.
1866 - The Atlantic Cable is successfully completed, allowing transatlantic telegraph communication for the first time.
1880 - British army defeated at Battle of Maiwand in Afghanistan.
1914 - Felix Manalo establishes the modern-day Iglesia ni Cristo by registering it with the Filipino government.
1921 - Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting announce the discovery of the hormone insulin.
1928 - Tich Freeman becomes only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before end of July.
1940 - Bugs Bunny makes his official debut in the animated cartoon A Wild Hare.
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 (started on May 9, 1945).
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.
1968 - Pink Floyd releases the album A Saucerful of Secrets in the USA.
1974 - Watergate Scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment against President Richard Nixon: obstruction of justice.
1976 - Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in connection with the Lockheed scandal.
1981 - British television: On Coronation Street, Ken Barlow marries Deirdre Langton, which proves to be a national event, with massive viewer numbers earned for the show.
1990 - The Jamaat al Muslimeen stage a coup d'état attempt in Trinidad and Tobago, occupying Parliament and holding Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson and most of his Cabinet hostage for 6 days.
The last Citroen 2CV rolled off the production line at Mangualde, Portugal.
1995 - In Washington, DC, the Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated.
1996 - Centennial Olympic Park bombing: In Atlanta, Georgia, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics, killing one and injuring 111.
1997 - Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria; about 50 people killed.
1999 - Twenty-one die in a canyoning disaster near Interlaken, Switzerland.
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.
HolidaysCuba - Revolution Day, 2nd Day
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
St. Luican
The Seven Sleepers, Saints
Maximian
Malchus
Martinian
Dionysius
John
Serapion
Constantine
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