Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 27
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This is a list of selected July 27 anniversaries that appears on the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition may be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors.July 27: Parents' Day in the United States (2008); José Celso Barbosa Day in Puerto Rico
- 1214 – Philip II of France decisively won the Battle of Bouvines and took undisputed control of the territories of Anjou, Brittany, Maine, Normandy and the Touraine.
- 1865 – A group of Welsh settlers arrived at Chubut Valley in Argentina's Patagonia region.
- 1949 – The de Havilland Comet, the world's first jet airliner, made its maiden flight.
- 1953 – Korean War: A cease-fire was signed, creating a demilitarized zone approximately 4 km (2.5 miles) wide running across the Korean Peninsula between North and South Korea. (Joint Security Area pictured)
- 1996 – Centennial Olympic Park bombing: A pipe bomb exploded during the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, killing two and injuring 111.
