27TH
JULY
FEAST DAY OF
"THE SEVEN SLEEPERS OF EPHESUS; ST
THEOBALD OF MARLY; THE MARTYRS OF SALSETTE; ST AURELIA; ST NATALIA & THEIR COMPANIONS;
& ST PANTALEON." |
| 27TH |
432 |
"ST CELESTINE I" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 27TH |
1586 |
"SIR WALTER RALEIGH" BRINGS
TOBACCO TO ENGLAND FROM VIRGINIA. |
| 27TH |
1694 |
THE BANK OF ENGLAND WAS FOUNDED. |
| 27TH |
1836 |
THE CITY OF ADELAIDE IS FOUNDED BY
"COLONEL WILLIAM LIGHT." |
| 27TH |
1844 |
FIRE DESTROYS THE U.S. MINT AT CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA. |
| 27TH |
1880 |
THE SYDNEY - MELBOURNE COACH TRIP IS
ACHIEVED IN A RECORD 27 1/2 hrs. |
| 27TH |
1890 |
PAINTER, "VINCENT van GOUGH" SHOOTS HIMSELF. HE
DIES TWO DAYS LATER. |
| 27TH |
1920 |
‘RESOLUTE’ BEATS ‘SHAMROCK
IV’(ENGLAND) IN THE 14TH RUNNING OF THE AMERICA’S CUP. |
| 27TH |
1940 |
"BUGS BUNNY" MAKES HIS DEBUT IN "A WILD
HARE," A WARNER BROTHERS CARTOON. |
| 27TH |
1940 |
BILLBOARD MAGAZINE STARTS PUBLISHING
BEST SELLER CHARTS. |
| 27TH |
1953 |
THE KOREAN WAR ENDS AFTER 3 YEARS & MORE THAN TWO MILLION
DEATHS. |
| 27TH |
1956 |
"JIM LAKER" TAKES 19 WICKETS
IN THE FOURTH TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA AT OLD TRAFFORD. |
| 27TH |
1962 |
"MARTIN LUTHER KING jr" IS GAOLED IN ALBANY,
GEORGIA, USA. |
| 27TH |
1967 |
LINER ‘QUEEN MARY’ 81,237
tons, SOLD FOR  1.2 MILLION TO LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, TO BE USED AS HOTEL
AND MUSEUM. |
| 27TH |
1976 |
8.2 EATHQUAKE KILLS AN ESTIMATED 240,000 AT TANGSHAN, CHINA. |
| 27TH |
1977 |
"JOHN LENNON" IS GRANTED A
GREEN CARD FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN THE USA. |
| 27TH |
1985 |
BRITISH RUNNER, "STEVE CRAM" LOWERS THE WORLD
1500metre TIME FROM 3:47.33 TO 3:46.32. |
| 27TH |
1988 |
BRITISH POLE-VAULT RECORD HOLDER,
"JEFF GUTTERIDGE" IS BANNED FOR LIFE BY THE ‘BRITISH AMATUER ATHLETIC
BOARD’ FOR TAKING STEROIDS. |
| 27TH |
1990 |
"ZSA ZSA GABOR" BEGINS A 3 DAY GAOL SENTENCE FOR
SLAPPING A POLICEMAN. |
| 27TH |
1991 |
"WARRANT" LEAD SINGER,
"JANI LANE," MARRIES MODEL "BOBBIE BROWN," IN LOS ANGELES. |
| 27TH |
1996 |
A JURY FINDS "IVAN MILAT" GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF 7
BACKPACKERS "CAROLINE CLARKE, JOANNE WALTERS, DEBORAH EVERIST, JAMES GIBSON, SIMONE
SCHMIDT, GABOR NEUGEBAUER, AND ANJA HABSCHIEL," IN BELANGELO FOREST, NSW. |
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