General Events and Observations of July 27

1101: Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (b. 1074)
1276: King James I of Aragon (b. 1208)
1365: Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (b. 1339)
1656: Salomo Glassius, German theologian (b. 1593)
1675: Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (b. 1611)
1759: Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician (b. 1698)
1770: Robert Dinwiddie, British colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1693)
1841: Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author (b. 1814)
1844: John Dalton, English physicist and chemist (b. 1776)
1863: William Lowndes Yancey, American Confederate leader (b. 1813)
1876: Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-American religious leader (b. 1811)
1883: Montgomery Blair, American politician (b. 1813)
1917: Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, Nobel laureate (b. 1841)
1924: Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist (b. 1866)
1931: Auguste-Henri Forel, Swiss entomologist (b. 1848)
1934: Hubert Lyautey, Frency army general and marshal (b. 1854)
1941: Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand artist (b. 1858)
1946: Gertrude Stein, American writer (b. 1874)
1948: Woolf Barnato, British racing driver (b. 1898)
1958: Claire Chennault, American military leader (b. 1893)
1962: James H. Dutch Kindelberger, American aerospace pioneer (b. 1895)
1962: Richard Aldington, English poet (b. 1892)
1968: Babe Adams, baseball player (b. 1882)
1970: António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese statesman (b. 1889)
1971: Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1924)
1980: Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (b. 1919)
1981: William Wyler, French-born film director (b. 1902)
1984: James Mason, English actor (b. 1909)
1987: Travis Jackson, baseball player (b. 1903)
1988: Frank Zamboni, American inventor (b. 1901)
1990: Bobby Day, American singer (b. 1928)
1992: Max Dupain, Australian photographer (b. 1911)
1993: Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (b. 1965)
1995: Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-born composer (b. 1907)
1998: Binnie Barnes, British actress (b. 1903)
1999: Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician (b. 1912)
1999: Sweets Edison, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1915)
2000: Gordon Solie, American wrestling commentator (b. 1929)
2001: Leon Wilkeson, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1952)
2001: Rhonda Singh, professional wrestler (b. 1961)
2003: Bob Hope, English-born entertainer (b. 1903)
2003: Vance Hartke, American politician (b. 1919)
2005: Marten Toonder, Dutch comic writer (b. 1912)
2005: Swami Shantanand, Mahasamadhi Day, Indian Saint, Philosopher (b. 1934)
2006: Maryann Mahaffey, American politician (b. 1925)
2007: Lucky Grills, Australian actor (b. 1928)

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