eso ha pasado un 27 Jullo

1794 : Robespierre arrested


On July 27, 1794, the head of the Committee of Public Safety of the National Convention and the instigatorof the Reign of Terror, Maximilien Robespierre was arrested along with his close followers. He was guillotined the following day. During the Terror, 300,000 people were arrested and nearly 30,000 were killed. Robespierre was a leader among the most popular of the French Revolution and a staunch advocate of the people rights prior to violate these rights to get rid of all his opponents when he came to power.

1909 : Orville Wright


On July 27, 1909, Orville Wright beat the world record in an airplane flying 1 hour and 12 minutes with a passenger over a distance of 80 km.

1953 : End of the Korean War


On July 27, 1953, North Korea, China and the United Nations signed the Panmunjom Armistice ending the Korean War. Panmunjom is a village on the border between the two belligerents. South Korea did not sign but pledges to honor the agreement. The agreement provided for the separation of Korea along the 38th parallel where a demilitarized zone is defined.
In fact, after three years of war and nearly 3 million dead, we return to the exact situation as it was before the conflict.

1974 : Vote of the first article of impeachment against Nixon


On July 27, 1974, in the Watergate Scandal, the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted the first article of impeachment against President Nixon for obstructing justice for refusing to provide tape recording which could prove his involvement in an attempt to block investigations for false national security reasons.

2002 : Air show disaster in Ukraine


On July 27, 2002, a Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 crashed into the crowd at Sknyliv airfield near Lviv in Ukraine. 77 people were killed and over 500 injured.

Cita del día : 27 Jullo

Maximilien Robespierre
Pity is treason.

Cumpleaños : 27 Jullo

Thomas Campbell, Poeta escocés (1777)
Alexandre Dumas, fils, Escritor francés (1824)
Giosuè Carducci, Poeta italiano, Premio Nobel de Literatura (1835)
Enrique Granados, Compositor catalán (1867)
Hans Fischer, Químico alemán, Premio Nobel (1881)
Julien Gracq, Escritor francés (1910)
Bourvil, Actor y cantante francés (1917)
Jack Higgins, Escritor Inglés (1929)
Don Galloway, Actor americano (1937)
Isabelle Aubret, Cantante francesa (1938)
Gary Gygax, Diseñador de juegos, co-creador de Dungeons & Dragons (1938)
Pina Bausch, Bailarina y coreógrafa alemana (1940)
Jean-Marie Leblanc, Ciclista francés (1944)
Peggy Fleming, Patinadora artística americana (1948)
Robert Rankin, Novelista británico (1949)
Christopher Dean, Patinador artística inglés (1958)
Julian McMahon, Actor australiano (1968)
Abe Cunningham, Músico americano (Deftones) (1973)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Actor irlandés (1977)
Sidney Govou, Futbolista francés (1979)
Goran Pandev, Futbolista macedonio (1983)

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Pierre Louis Maupertuis, Matemático francés (1759)
John Dalton, Químico y físico inglés (1844)
Ferruccio Busoni, Pianista italiano (1924)
Richard Aldington, Escritor francés (1962)
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Sha de Irán (1980)
William Wyler, Director de cine estadounidense (1981)
James Mason, Actor inglés (1984)
Frank Zamboni, Inventor de la resurfacer de hielo (1988)
Leon Wilkeson, Guitarrista estadounidense (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (2001)
Bob Hope, Comediante estadounidense (2003)
Youssef Chahine, Director de cine egipcio (2007)
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