What Day of the Week
July 27: Day of the Week
July 27, 2023 is the 208th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 157 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.
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Here’s the July calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
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July 27 Historical Event(s)
- 1214Battle of Bouvines: in France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
- 1720The Battle of Grengam marks the second important victory of the Russian Navy.
- 1789The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
- 1917The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
- 1941Japanese troops occupy French Indo-China.
- 1942World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
- 1953Fighting in the Korean War ends when the United States, the 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.
- 19816 year old Adam Walsh, son of John Walsh is kidnapped in Hollywood, Florida and is found murdered two weeks later.
- 1990The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempt a coup d'état in Trinidad and Tobago, occupying the Trinidad 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.
- 2002Ukraine 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.
Who were born on July 27?
- 1781Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (d. 1828)
- 1848Thomas Herbst German painter (d. 1915)
- 1921Émile Genest, Quebec actor (d. 2003)
- 1944Bobbie Gentry, American singer and songwriter
- 1944Jean-Marie Leblanc, French cyclist
- 1969Triple H, American professional wrestler
- 1970Nikolaj Coster Waldau, Danish actor
- 1975Alex Rodriguez, American baseball player
- 1984Tsuyoshi Nishioka, Japanese baseball player
- 1987Jacoby Ford, American football player
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