| General Information for July 27th 2018 |
| There are 7 public holidays today. |
| Day 208 of 2018 |
| 157 days left in 2018 |
| Week 30 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 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. |
| 1929 - The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations. |
| 1720 - The Battle of Grengam marks the second important victory of the Russian Navy. |
| 1054 - Siward, Earl of Northumbria invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland somewhere north of the Firth of Forth. |