1541 – A Portuguese ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern day Kumamoto Prefecture). (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1541)
1700 – Swedish, English and Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark
1917 – The Queen’s Hospital opens to provide pioneering plastic surgery for WWI soldiers, led by Harold Gillies in Sidcup, England
1917 – A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
1937 – 1st FM radio construction permit issued (W1X0J (WGTR) in Boston MA)
1943 – Otto Skorzeny’s Heinkel-111 shot down at Sardinia
1981 – Jerry Lewis appears on “Donahue” to defend Telethons
1983 – USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1983 – Hurricane Alicia battered Houston and Galveston, Texas
1984 – Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Fla, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire
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