On this day: 27 July

Selected events and births on 27 July, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1225 – Saint Mary's Church on Gotland, later to become Visby Cathedral, was consecrated. Read more: Gotland Visby Cathedral Dedication of churches
• 1949 – The world's first commercial jet airliner to reach production, the de Havilland Comet, had its maiden flight. Read more: Jet airliner De Havilland Comet
• 1965 – Mattachine Midwest, a gay rights organization in Chicago, held its first meeting. Read more: Mattachine Midwest Chicago
• 1983 – American musician Madonna released her self-titled debut album, which set the standard for the genre of dance-pop for decades. Read more: Madonna Madonna (album) Dance-pop
• 2020 – A major oil spill from the Colonial Pipeline was discovered in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (system map pictured). Read more: 2020 Colonial Pipeline oil spill Colonial Pipeline Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Born on this day

• 1943 – Jeremy Greenstock, English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations Read more: Jeremy Greenstock Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
• 1951 – Roseanna Cunningham, Scottish lawyer and politician, Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs Read more: Roseanna Cunningham Minister for Victims & Community Safety
• 1953 – Chung Dong-young, South Korean journalist and politician, 31st South Korean Minister of Unification Read more: Chung Dong-young Ministry of Unification
• 1959 – Yiannos Papantoniou, French-Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of National Defence Read more: Yiannos Papantoniou Minister for National Defence (Greece)
• 1992 – Tory Lanez, Canadian singer and rapper Read more: Tory Lanez
• 1993 – Max Power, English footballer Read more: Max Power (footballer)
• 1993 – Jordan Spieth, American golfer Read more: Jordan Spieth
• 1994 – Winnie Harlow, Canadian model Read more: Winnie Harlow
• 1995 – Mercedes Russell, American basketball player Read more: Mercedes Russell
• 1995 – Drew Rasmussen, American baseball player Read more: Drew Rasmussen
• 2001 – Miguel Gutiérrez, Spanish footballer Read more: Miguel Gutiérrez (footballer, born 2001)
• 2003 – Elvina Kalieva, American tennis player Read more: Elvina Kalieva

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