July 27

• 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
• 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.
• 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."
• 1865 - Welsh settlers arrive in Argentina at Chubut Valley.
• 1866 - The Atlantic Cable is successfully completed, allowing transatlantic telegraph communication for the first time.
• 1921 - Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting announce the discovery of the hormone insulin.
• 1940 - Bugs Bunny makes his official debut in the animated cartoon A Wild Hare.
• 1943 - World War II: USSR leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227 in response to alarming German advances into Russia. Under the order all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so will be immediately killed.
• 1953 - Korean War ends: The United States, People's Republic of China, North Korea, and South Korea sign an armistice agreement.
• 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.
• 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.
• 2002 - Air show 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.

• 1824 - Alexandre Dumas fils, author (d. 1895)
• 1833 - Thomas George Bonney, geologist (d. 1923)
• 1857 - Augusta Stowe-Gullen, first woman to take a medical degree in Canada, feminist
• 1886 - Ernst May, architect (d. 1970)
• 1901 - Rudy Vallee, singer (d. 1986)
• 1903 - Nikolai Cherkasov, actor (d. 1966)
• 1904 - Isaac Bashevis Singer, writer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature 1978 (d. 1991)
• 1905 - Leo Durocher, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1991)
• 1912 - Hilde Domin, writer
• 1915 - Mario Del Monaco, tenor (d. 1982)
• 1916 - Elizabeth Hardwick, novelist
• 1916 - Keenan Wynn, actor (d. 1986)
• 1917 - Bourvil (André Raimbourg), actor (d. 1970)
• 1922 - Norman Lear, television producer
• 1940 - Pina Bausch, dancer
• 1948 - Peggy Fleming, Olympic gold medalist in figure skating
• 1967 - Juliana Hatfield, musician
• 1967 - Kellie Waymire, actress (Star Trek: Enterprise) (d. 2003)
• 1975 - Alex Rodriguez, baseball star
• 1977 - Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, actor

• 1061 - Pope Nicholas II (or July 19)
• 1276 - James I of Aragon
• 1841 - Mikhail Lermontov, author
• 1844 - John Dalton, English chemist
• 1863 - William Lowndes Yancey, Southern secession leader
• 1917 - Emil Theodor Kocher, surgeon and biologist
• 1924 - Ferruccio Busoni, pianist and composer
• 1958 - Claire Chennault, World War II aviator
• 1980 - Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran
• 1981 - Ryann Lea Forester, president of UAH PRCA
• 1981 - William Wyler, film director
• 1984 - James Mason, actor
• 2001 - Leon Wilkeson, bass (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• 2003 - Bob Hope, entertainer

• Cuba - Revolution Day, 2nd Day
• Maldives - Independence Day, 2nd Day
• Puerto Rico - José Celso Barbosa's Birthday
• Vietnam - Memorial Day for War Martyrs
• Ancient Latvia - Septinu Guletaju Diena held

• 1905 "True Till Death" (Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty) - Peter Dawson
• 1905 "Lanagan's Log" (Lohr) - Peter Dawson
• 1905 "The Gallants Of England" (Scott-Gatty) - Peter Dawson
• 1905 "Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind" (James Serjeant, William Shakespeare) - Peter Dawson
• 1910 "Wild Cherries (Coony, Spoony Rag)" (w. Irving Berlin m. Ted Snyder) - Eddie Morton
• 1911 "I Want A Girl (Just Like The Girl)" (w. William Dillon m. Harry Von Tilzer) - American Quartette
• 1911 "Billy" (w. Joe Goodwin m. James Kendis & Herman Paley) - American Quartette]]
• 1914 "Fido Is A Hot Dog Now" (w. Charles McCarron & Thomas J. Gray m. Raymond Walker) - Billy Watkins
• 1925 "Yes Sir! That's My Baby" (w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson) - Carlton Coon with Coon-Sanders Original Night Hawks
• 1926 "Hello, Baby" (w. Seymour Simons m. Richard A. Whiting) - Ruth Etting with Art Kahn & his Orchestra
• 1928 "I'm On The Crest Of A Wave" (w. B.G. DeSylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson) - Harry Richman & Frances Williams
• 1928 "You Took Advantage Of Me" (w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers) - Miff Mole's Little Molers
• 1932 "We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye" (w.m. Harry Woods) - Carmen Lombardo with Guy Lombardo
• 1932 "Looking On The Bright Side" (w.m. Howard Flynn) - Gracie Fields with O/Ray Noble
• 1932 "You're More Than All The World To Me" (w.m. Michael Carr, Will Haines & L. F. Sumner) - Gracie Fields with O/Ray Noble
• 1934 "You're A Builder-Upper" (w. Ira Gershwin & E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen) - Harold Arlen with Leo Reisman & his Orchestra
• 1938 "Tu-Li-Tulip Time" (Grever, Lawrence) - Andrews Sisters with Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra
• 1938 "Sha-Sha" (Van Heusen, Kurtz, King) - Andrews Sisters with Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra
• 1940 "Prairieland Lullaby" (w. Frank Loesser m. Victor Young) - Bing Crosby with O/John Scott Trotter
• 1940 "Legend Of Old California" (w. Johnny Mercer m. Harry Warren) - Bing Crosby with O/John Scott Trotter
• 1940 "Please" (w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger) - Bing Crosby with O/John Scott Trotter
• 1940 "You Are The One" (w. Carroll m. John Scott Trotter) - Bing Crosby with O/John Scott Trotter
• 1940 "I Get The Blues When It Rains" (w. Marcy Klauber m. Harry Stoddard) - Merry Macs
• 1942 "Rusty Dusty Blues" (w.m. J. Mayo Williams) - Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie & his Orchestra
• 1942 "Why Don't You Do Right?" (w.m. Joe McCoy) - Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman & his Orchestra
• 1942 "You Were Never Lovelier" (w. Johnny Mercer m. Jerome Kern) - Fred Astaire with O/John Scott Trotter
• 1942 "Hello, Mom" (w. Arthur Jones & Frank Loesser m. Eddie Dunstedter) - Bing Crosby with Capt. Eddie Dunstedter & The West Coast American Air Force Training Center Orchestra
• 1944 "At The End Of The Trail" (w.m. Jack O'Hagan) - Joan Clarke with O/George Trevare
• 1944 "Till Stars Forget To Shine" (w.m. Hughie Charles, Joe Lubin & Sonny Miller) - Anne Shelton with Ambrose & his Orchestra
• 1944 "San Fernando Valley" (w.m. Gordon Jenkins) - Anne Shelton with Ambrose & his Orchestra
• 1946 "The House Of Blue Lights" (w.m. Don Raye & Freddie Slack) - Andrews Sisters with O/Eddie Heywood
• 1946 "On Ilkla Moor Baht 'At" (trad arr. Stenfalt) - Ted Heath & his Music
• 1946 "So Would I" (w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen) - Paul Carpenter with Ted Heath & his Music
• 1947 "Lover Man" (w.m. Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez & Jimmy Sherman) - Anne Shelton with Harry Roy & his Band
• 1949 "Tenderly" (w. Jack Lawrence m. Walter Gross) - Les Brown & his Orchestra
• 1950 "Shot Gun Boogie" (w.m. Tennessee Ernie Ford) - Tennessee Ernie Ford with O/Cliffie Stone
• 1950 "Thinking Of You" (w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby) - Sarah Vaughan with O/Norman Leyden
• 1950 "I Love The Guy" (w.m. Cy Coben) - Sarah Vaughan with O/Norman Leyden
• 1954 "If I Give My Heart To You" (w.m. Jimmy Brewster, Jimmie Crane & Al Jacobs) - Doris Day & The Mellomen with O/Frank DeVol
• 1954 "Misty" (w. Johnny Burke m. Erroll Garner) - Erroll Garner Trio
• 1954 "Smile" (w. John Turner & Geoffrey Parsons m. Charles Chaplin) - Nat King Cole with O/Nelson Riddle
• 1961 "Let There Be Drums" (m. Sandy Nelson) - Sandy Nelson
• 1962 "My Three Sons" (m. Frank DeVol) - Nelson Riddle & his Orchestra