July 27
People born on this day are Leo.
- 1955
The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
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El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into Bulgarian air space. All 58 people on board are killed.
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The Puijo observation tower is opened to the general public at Puijo Hill in Kuopio, Finland.
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Vietnam War: Five thousand more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
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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.
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While landing at Chihuahua International Airport, Aeromexico Flight 230 overshoots the runway. Thirty-two of the 66 passengers and crew on board the DC-9 are killed.
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Black July: Eighteen Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
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While attempting to land at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, Korean Air Flight 803 crashes just short of the runway. Seventy-five of the 199 passengers and crew and four people on the ground are killed, in the second accident involving a DC-10 in less than two weeks, the first being United Airlines Flight 232.
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The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempt a coup d'état in Trinidad and Tobago.
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The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
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In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 77 and injuring more than 500 others, making it the deadliest air show disaster in history.
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2003Elvina Kalieva, American tennis player
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1995Mercedes Russell, American basketball player
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1995Drew Rasmussen, American baseball player
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1994Winnie Harlow, Canadian model
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1993Max Power, English footballer
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1993Jordan Spieth, American golfer
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1992Tory Lanez, Canadian singer and rapper
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1991Wandy Peralta, Dominican baseball player
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1990Paolo Hurtado, Peruvian footballer
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1990Cheyenne Kimball, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1990Stephen Li-Chung Kuo, Taiwanese-American figure skater
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1990Kriti Sanon, Indian actress
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