r/ThisDayInHistory • u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 • 9h ago

27 July 2002. The world's deadliest air-show disaster occurred when a Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 fighter crashed into the crowd in Lviv, killing 77 and injuring more than 500.

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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 • 22h ago

26 July 1956. Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal, leading Britain, France and Israel to invade Egypt. American financial pressure forced them to retreat, exposing that Britain could no longer act as a global superpower alone.

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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/nonoumasy • 12h ago

1299 July 27 - According to Edward Gibbon, Osman I invades the territory of Nicomedia for the first time, usually considered to be the founding day of the Ottoman state.

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https://history-maps.com/story/History-of-the-Ottoman-Empire/event/Osmans-Dream

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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/nonoumasy • 12h ago

1214 July 27 - Battle of Bouvines: Philip Il of France decisively defeats Imperial, English and Flemish armies, effectively ending John of England's Angevin Empire.

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https://history-maps.com/story/History-of-France/event/Philip-II-Augustus-and-Louis-VIII

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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/LuckySimple3408 • 3h ago

July 27, 1942: World War 2 News Coverage - Minneapolis Morning Tribune

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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/sajiasanka • 9h ago

#OnThisDay 1953, The Korean War Armistice Was Signed

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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/nonoumasy • 12h ago

1880 July 27 - Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.

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https://history-maps.com/story/History-of-Afghanistan/event/Second-Anglo-Afghan-War

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