A July 27but in 1929, the Geneva Convention relating to prisoners of war was signed, and that same day in 1953 the armistice was agreed that put an end to the war between the two Koreas.
1866.- Inauguration in the US of the first transatlantic telegraph cable.
1940.- Bugs Bunny, the so-called “Lucky Rabbit” of Warner Bros., makes his debut in the short “Wild Hare”.
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1974.- The US House of Representatives begins the impeachment process against President Nixon for the Watergate case.
1978.- The Spanish Congress of Deputies approves the anti-terrorist and Police laws.
1983.- The American singer Madonna publishes “Madonna”, her first studio album.
1988.- A new Constitution with great innovations is approved in Brazil despite the opposition of President José Sarney.
1990.- Belarus becomes independent from the Soviet Union.
1993.- Cuban Javier Sotomayor breaks the world high jump record by clearing the bar located at 2.45 meters in Salamanca (Spain), which has not yet been surpassed.
1996.- An attack with a homemade bomb causes two deaths and a hundred injuries at the Atlanta Olympic Games.
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2004.- A Bordeaux court annuls the first homosexual wedding in France, held on June 5 in Begles.
2016.- The Parliament of Catalonia ignores the Constitutional Court and approves its unilateral path towards the independence of Catalonia.
2018.- The Spanish Government approves a royal decree that recovers universal healthcare.
2018.- The Walt Disney Company buys all the shares of 21st Century Fox.
2018.- The agreement that delimits the maritime areas of Mexico and Cuba in the Gulf of Mexico comes into force.
2020.- Julian Assange was the victim of systematic espionage in favor of the US by a Spanish security company, according to a declaration before a Spanish court.
2021.- The Vatican holds for the first time a trial of a cardinal, Angelo Becciu, for alleged crimes related to real estate investments.
2022.- A 170-carat rough pink diamond is found in Angola, the largest in the last 300 years.
1824.- Alexander Dumas Jr., French writer.
1867.- Enrique Granados, Spanish composer.
1912.- Igor Markevitch, Russian musician.
1915.- Mario del Monaco, Italian tenor.
1939.- Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Spanish writer.
1940.- Pina Bausch, German choreographer and dancer.
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1941.- Guillermo Summers, Spanish cartoonist.
1968.- Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian actress.
1276.- James I the Conqueror, king of Aragon.
1946.- Gertrude Stein, American writer.
1970.- Antonio Oliveira Salazar, former Portuguese dictator.
1980.- Reza Pahlevi, former shah of Iran.
1981.- William Wyler, American filmmaker.
1984.- James Mason, British actor.
1994.- Rosa Chacel, Spanish writer.
1995.- Miklos Rozsa, Hungarian composer.
2003.- Bob Hope, American actor.
2007.- Gabriel Cisneros, one of the fathers of the Spanish Constitution.
2013.- Fernando Alonso, “father” of Cuban ballet.
2017.- Sam Shepard, American actor and playwright.
2025.- Edgar Allan García, Ecuadorian writer.
