This is our day guide for Thursday July 27th 2017 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
Holidays on July 27th 2017
Maldives: Independence Day Holiday
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| General Information for July 27th 2017 | |
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| There are 1 public holidays today. | |
| Day 208 of 2017 | |
| 157 days left in 2017 | |
| Week 30 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 2005 - STS-114: NASA grounds the Space Shuttle, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank. During ascent, the external tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery sheds a piece of foam slightly smaller than the piece that caused the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; this foam does not strike the spacecraft. | |
| 1983 - Black July: Eighteen Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days. | |
| 1921 - Insulin was isolated by Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best in their laboratory at the University of Toronto. This became the treatment for diabetes. | |
| 1549 - The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reaches Japan. |
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