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| July 27th, 2005 (July 27 2005) | Event | STS-114: NASA grounds the Space shuttle, pending an investigation of the external tank s continued foam-shedding problem. During ascent, the external tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery sheds a piece of foam slightly smaller than the piece that caused the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; this foam does not strike the spacecraft. | |
| July 27th, 2005 (July 27 2005) | Death | Swami Shantanand, Mahasamadhi Day, Indian Saint, Philosopher (born in 1934) | Philo Quotes |
| July 27th, 2005 (July 27 2005) | Death | Marten Toonder, Dutch comic writer (born in 1912) | |
| July 27th, 1995 (July 27 1995) | Event | In Washington, DC, the Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated. | |
| July 27th, 1995 (July 27 1995) | Death | Miklos Rozsa, Hungarian-born composer (born in 1907) | |
| July 27th, 1985 (July 27 1985) | Birth | Lou Taylor Pucci, American actor | |
| July 27th, 1985 (July 27 1985) | Death | Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball pitcher (born in 1889) | |
| July 27th, 1975 (July 27 1975) | Birth | Shea Hillenbrand, American baseball player | |
| July 27th, 1975 (July 27 1975) | Birth | Fred Mascherino, American musician | |
| July 27th, 1975 (July 27 1975) | Birth | Alex Rodriguez, American baseball player | Alex Rodriguez Quotes |
| July 27th, 1975 (July 27 1975) | Birth | Alessandro Pistone, Italian footballer | |
| July 27th, 1965 (July 27 1965) | Birth | Jose Luis Chilavert, Paraguayan footballer | |
| July 27th, 1965 (July 27 1965) | Death | Henri Daniel-Rops, French writer and historian (born in 1901) | |
| July 27th, 1955 (July 27 1955) | Event | The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends (started on May 9, 1945). | |
| July 27th, 1955 (July 27 1955) | Birth | Cat Bauer, American novelist | |
| July 27th, 1955 (July 27 1955) | Birth | Allan Border, Australian cricketer | |
| July 27th, 1935 (July 27 1935) | Birth | Billy McCullough, Northern Irish footballer | |
| July 27th, 1915 (July 27 1915) | Birth | Mario Del Monaco, Italian singer (died in 1982) | |
| July 27th, 1915 (July 27 1915) | Birth | Josef "Pips" Priller, German fighter ace (died in 1961) | |
| July 27th, 1905 (July 27 1905) | Birth | Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (died in 1991) | |
| July 27th, 1865 (July 27 1865) | Event | Welsh settlers arrive in Argentina at Chubut Valley. | |
| July 27th, 1835 (July 27 1835) | Birth | Giosue Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (died in 1907) | |
| July 27th, 1675 (July 27 1675) | Death | Henri de la Tour d Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (born in 1611) | |
| July 27th, 1365 (July 27 1365) | Death | Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (born in 1339) | |
