WHAT HAPPENED ON 27. JULY
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Felix Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo with the Philippine government. (27. July 1914)

The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele. (27. July 1917)

The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period. (27. July 1919)

Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar. (27. July 1921)

Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before the end of July. (27. July 1928)

The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations. (27. July 1929)

The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny. (27. July 1940)

Japanese troops occupy French Indochina. (27. July 1941)

World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt. (27. July 1942)

Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner. (27. July 1949)

Fighting in the Korean War ends when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice. (27. July 1953)

The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends. (27. July 1955)

Vietnam War: 5,000 more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000. (27. July 1964)

Watergate scandal: the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon. (27. July 1974)

Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in connection with the Lockheed bribery scandals. (27. July 1976)

British television: on Coronation Street, Ken Barlow marries Deirdre Langton, which proves to be a national event scoring massive viewer numbers for the show. (27. July 1981)

6 year old Adam Walsh, son of John Walsh is kidnapped in Hollywood, Florida and is found murdered two weeks later. (27. July 1981)

Black July: 18 Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days. (27. July 1983)

RMS Titanic Inc. begins the first expedited salvage of wreckage of the RMS Titanic. (27. July 1987)

The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union. Until 1996 the day is celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a referendum held that year the celebration of independence is moved to June 3. (27. July 1990)