| General Information for July 27th 2016 |
| There are no public holidays today. |
| Day 209 of 2016 |
| 157 days left in 2016 |
| Week 30 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 1981 - British television: On Coronation Street, Ken Barlow marries Deirdre Langton, which proves to be a national event scoring massive viewer numbers for the show. |
| 1862 - Sailing from San Francisco, California to Panama City, Panama, the SS Golden Gate catches fire and sinks off Manzanillo, Mexico, killing 231. |
| 1688 - Glorious Revolution: James II of England, while trying to flee to France, allegedly throws the Great Seal of the Realm into the River Thames. |
| 1054 - Siward, Earl of Northumbria invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland somewhere north of the Firth of Forth. |