July 27

Events
 * 1866 – The Atlantic Cable is successfully completed, allowing transatlantic telegraph communication for the first time.

Births


 * 1781 – Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (d. 1828)
 * 1867 – Enrique Granados, Spanish composer (d. 1916)
 * 1877 – Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian composer and conductor (d. 1960)
 * 1915 – Mario Del Monaco, Italian singer (d. 1982)
 * 1933 – Nick Reynolds, American folk singer
 * 1938 – Isabelle Aubret, French singer
 * 1942 – Édith Butler, Canadian singer and songwriter
 * 1949 – Maureen McGovern, American singer
 * 1962 – Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (d. 2005)
 * 1963 – Karrin Allyson, American Jazz musician & songstress
 * 1964 – Rex Brown, American musician (Pantera)
 * 1967 – Juliana Hatfield, American musician
 * 1969 – Timo Maas, German electronica DJ
 * 1973 – Abe Cunningham, American musician (Deftones)
 * 1974 – Pete Yorn, American musician
 * 1975 – Fred Mascherino, American musician
 * 1990 – Cheyenne Kimball, American musician