July 27: José Celso Barbosa Day in Puerto Rico
- 1694 – A Royal Charter was granted to the Bank of England as the English Government's banker.
- 1794 – The National Convention ordered the arrest and execution of Reign of Terror leader Maximilien Robespierre after he encouraged the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the French Revolution".
- 1921 – University of Toronto researchers led by Frederick Banting proved that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
- 1940 – Bugs Bunny debuted in the animated cartoon A Wild Hare.
- 1990 – Members of Jamaat al Muslimeen attempted to overthrow the government of Trinidad and Tobago by taking hostages at the Red House including Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson, before surrendering six days later.
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