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July 27

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2012 Summer Olympics

14 years ago

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1835

Giosuè Carducci

Died aged 71

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Famous births29

AD 604 · 1422 yrs

Fatima

Fatima bint Muhammad (Arabic: فَاطِمَة بِنْت مُحَمَّد, romanized: Fāṭima bint Muḥammad; 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fatima al-Zahra' (Arabic: فَاطِمَة ٱلزَّهْرَاء, romanized: Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija.

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LiteratureDied aged 28

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AD 774 · 1252 yrs

Kūkai

Kūkai (空海; Japanese pronunciation:, 27 July 774 – 22 April 835), born Saeki no Mao (佐伯眞魚) posthumously called Kōbō Daishi (弘法大師;, lit. 'the Grand Master Who Propagated the Dharma'), was a Japanese Buddhist monk, calligrapher, and poet who founded the esoteric Shingon school of Buddhism.

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LiteratureDied aged 60

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1452 · 574 yrs

Ludovico Sforza

Ludovico Maria Sforza (Italian:; 3 August 1452 – 27 May 1508), also known as Ludovico il Moro (Italian:; 'the Moor'), and called the "arbiter of Italy" by historian Francesco Guicciardini, was an Italian nobleman who ruled as the Duke of Milan from 1494 to 1499.

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PoliticsDied aged 55

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1612 · 414 yrs

Murad IV

Murad IV (Ottoman Turkish: مراد رابع, Murād-ı Rābiʿ; Turkish: IV. Murad, 27 July 1612 – 8 February 1640) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1623 to 1640, known both for restoring the authority of the state and for the brutality of his methods. Murad IV was born in Constantinople, the son of Sultan Ahmed I (r.

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LiteratureDied aged 27

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1667 · 359 yrs

Johann Bernoulli

Johann Bernoulli (also known as Jean in French or John in English; 6 August 1667 – 1 January 1748) was a Swiss mathematician and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family. He is known for his contributions to infinitesimal calculus and for educating the young Leonhard Euler.

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ScienceDied aged 80

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1768 · 258 yrs

Charlotte Corday

Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont (27 July 1768 – 17 July 1793), known as Charlotte Corday (French:), was a figure of the French Revolution who assassinated revolutionary and Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat on 13 July 1793.

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RoyaltyDied aged 24

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1801 · 225 yrs

George Biddell Airy

Sir George Biddell Airy (27 July 1801 – 2 January 1892) was an English mathematician and astronomer, as well as the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics from 1826 to 1828 and the seventh Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881.

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ScienceDied aged 90

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1824 · 202 yrs

Alexandre Dumas fils

Alexandre Dumas fils (French:; 27 July 1824 – 27 November 1895) was a French author and playwright, best known for the romantic novel La Dame aux Camélias (The Lady of the Camellias, usually titled Camille in English-language versions), published in 1848, which was adapted into Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 opera La traviata…

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LiteratureDied aged 71

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1835 · 191 yrs

Giosuè Carducci

Giosuè Alessandro Giuseppe Carducci (27 July 1835 – 16 February 1907) was an Italian poet, writer, literary critic and teacher. He was noticeably influential, and was regarded as the official national poet of modern Italy.

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LiteratureDied aged 71

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1870 · 156 yrs

Hilaire Belloc

Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (27 July 1870 – 16 July 1953) was a French-English writer and political activist. Belloc was considered one of the most versatile authors of the 20th century, producing essays on history, politics and economics as well as poetry, travelogues and satire.

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LiteratureDied aged 82

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1881 · 145 yrs

Hans Fischer

Hans Fischer (German pronunciation:; 27 July 1881 – 31 March 1945) was a German organic chemist and the recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize for Chemistry "for his researches into the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis of haemin."

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1897 · 129 yrs

Ngô Đình Diệm

Ngô Đình Diệm ( dyem, YEE-əm or zeem; Vietnamese:; 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese politician.

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Famous deaths15

1276 · 750 yrs

James I of Aragon

James I the Conqueror (Catalan: Jaume I or Jaume el Conqueridor; Aragonese: Chaime I o Conqueridor; 2 February 1208 – 27 July 1276) was the 11th King of Aragon, 38th Count of Barcelona, and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276; King of Majorca from 1231 to 1276; and King of Valencia from 1238 to 1276.

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RoyaltyDied aged 68

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1759 · 267 yrs

Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (French:; 1698 – 27 July 1759) was a French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters. He became the director of the Académie des Sciences and the first president of the Prussian Academy of Science, at the invitation of Frederick the Great.

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ScienceDied aged 61

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1844 · 182 yrs

John Dalton

John Dalton (5 or 6 September 1766 – 27 July 1844) was an English chemist, physicist, and meteorologist whose work laid the foundations of modern atomic theory and stoichiometric chemistry.

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ScienceDied aged 77

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1917 · 109 yrs

Emil Theodor Kocher

Emil Theodor Kocher (25 August 1841 – 27 July 1917) was a Swiss physician and medical researcher who received the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in the physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid.

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Notable PeopleDied aged 75

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1924 · 102 yrs

Ferruccio Busoni

Ferruccio Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto Busoni (1 April 1866 – 27 July 1924) was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher.

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MusicDied aged 58

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1946 · 80 yrs

Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. Born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (now part of Pittsburgh), and raised in Oakland, California, Stein moved to Paris in 1903, and made France her home for the remainder of her life.

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LiteratureDied aged 72

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1962 · 64 yrs

Richard Aldington

Richard Aldington (born Edward Godfree Aldington; 8 July 1892 – 27 July 1962) was an English writer and poet. He was an early associate of the Imagist movement.

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LiteratureWould be 134

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1970 · 56 yrs

António de Oliveira Salazar

António de Oliveira Salazar (28 April 1889 – 27 July 1970) was a Portuguese dictator, academic, and economist who served as the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968.

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PoliticsWould be 137

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1980 · 46 yrs

Mohammad Reza I of Iran

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980) was the last Shah of Iran, reigning from 1941 to 1979.

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RoyaltyWould be 107

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1981 · 45 yrs

William Wyler

William Wyler (born Willi Wyler (German:); July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a German-born American film director and producer. Known for his work in numerous genres over five decades, he received numerous accolades, including the most nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director (12).

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1984 · 42 yrs

James Mason

James Neville Mason (15 May 1909 – 27 July 1984) was an English actor. He achieved considerable success in British cinema before becoming a star in Hollywood.

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2003 · 23 yrs100 Club

Bob Hope

Lester Townes "Bob" Hope (né Leslie Townes Hope; May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-born American comedian, actor, musician, entertainer and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in vaudeville, network radio, television, and USO Tours.

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Events5

1214 · 812 yrs

Battle of Bouvines

The Battle of Bouvines took place on 27 July 1214 near the town of Bouvines in the County of Flanders. It was the concluding battle of the Anglo-French War of 1213–1214.

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War

1302 · 724 yrs

Battle of Bapheus

The Battle of Bapheus occurred on 27 July 1299, between an Ottoman Turkish army under Osman I and a Byzantine army under Georgios Mouzalon. The battle ended in a crucial Ottoman victory, cementing the Ottoman state and heralding the final capture of Byzantine Bithynia by the Ottoman Turks.

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War

2010 · 16 yrs

2010 European Athletics Championships

The 2010 European Athletics Championships were the 20th edition of the European Athletics Championships, organised under the supervision of the European Athletic Association. They were held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain from 27 July to 1 August 2010.

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Sports

2012 · 14 yrs

2012 Summer Olympics

The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England. Some events were held at venues elsewhere in the United Kingdom.

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Sports

2018 · 8 yrs

July 2018 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Friday, July 27, 2018, with an umbral magnitude of 1.6100. It was a central lunar eclipse, in which part of the Moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow.

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