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- July 27, 1866 (158 years ago)
- •The Atlantic Cable is successfully completed, allowing transatlantic telegraph communication for the first time.
- July 27, 1927 (97 years ago)
- •The F-15 Eagle flies for the first time.
- July 27, 1940 (84 years ago)
- •The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
- July 27, 1987 (37 years ago)
- •First expedited salvaging of Titanic wreckage begins by RMS Titanic, Inc.
- July 27, 1996 (28 years ago)
- •A pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia during the 1996 Summer Olympics. Alice Hawthorne was killed, and a cameraman suffered a heart attack fleeing the scene. 111 injured.
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