Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 27 July, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever. ON THIS DAY: 27 JULY 1992 | Nelson Mandela said a general strike will be held to protest the removal of South African President F. W. de Klerk…
1992 | Nelson Mandela said a general strike will be held to protest the removal of South African President F. W. de Klerk from power and for free elections.
2002 | Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet crashed during an air show in Lviv, Ukraine, killing 77 people and injuring more than 500 others, making it the worst disaster in history.
1971 | South Africa Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster completed a tour of homelands in the Northern Transvaal.
2015 | At least seven people died and many were injured after gunmen attacked an Indian police station in Punjab.
1996 | In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb exploded at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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BIRTHDAYS
1950 | English actor, Simon Jones.
1944 | English saxophonist and composer, Barbara Thomson.
1935 | Northern Irish footballer, Billy McCullough.
1989 | Pakistani actress, Maya Ali.
1939 | American photographer and academic, William Eggleston.
ON THIS DAY: DEATHS
2014 | American basketball player and coach, Wallace Jones, 88.
2005 | American painter and academic, Al Held, 77.
2003 | American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, Vance Hartke, 84.
2012 | English footballer and referee, Jack Taylor, 82.
2015 | Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th President of India, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, 84.
SPORTS
1992 | On this day, Southampton’s striker Alan Shearer was bought by Blackburn Rovers for a mahoosive £3.6 million, a record between British clubs at the time.
ENTERTAINMENT
2006 | On this day, “John Tucker Must Die” was released in Puerto Rico.
AFRICA FACT
The San people who lived in Southern African countries are the oldest tribe in Africa.
