Historical Events
Sports History
American gymnast and four-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles withdraws from the women's team final at the Tokyo Games citing need to focus on her mental health; also misses individual finals
- China tests a missile with a hypersonic weapon system, later called “very close” to a Sputnik moment by a US general [1]
- Fiji retains Olympic Rugby Sevens title with 27-12 win over New Zealand in Tokyo; only second gold in the country's Olympic history
- Florida records its highest one-day total of COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic at 21,683
- Ítalo Ferreira of Brazil and American Carissa Moore claim inaugural men's and women's surfing gold medals at the Tokyo Olympic Games
- Largest-ever repatriation of 17,000 looted Iraqi antiquities returned to Baghdad, including items from Hobby Lobby's Museum of the Bible and Cornell University
- Swiss team of Jolanda Neff, Sina Frei and Linda Indergand make a clean sweep of the medals in the women's cross-country mountain bike event at the Tokyo Olympics
- Triathlete Flora Duffy claims historic first ever Olympic gold medal for Bermuda in the women's event at the Tokyo Games
Famous Deaths
- Mike Hendrick, English cricket fast bowler (30 Tests, 87 wickets; 22 ODIs; Derbyshire CCC), dies from bowel cancer at 72
- Pete George, American weightlifter (Olympic gold middle-heavyweight 1952, silver 1948, 56), dies at 92
- Saginaw Grant, Native American character actor, hereditary chief of the Sac & Fox Nation of Oklahoma, musician, and U.S. Marine, dies at 85
- Willie Winfield, American doo-wop singer (Harptones - "Life Is But A Dream"; “A Sunday Kind of Love”), dies of a heart attack at 91
About July 27, 2021
Day of the Week: Tuesday
How Long Ago? 1 year, 10 months and 2 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Generation Alpha
Chinese Zodiac: Ox
Star Sign: Leo
Music Charts
#1 Song: Butter - BTS
#1 Song: Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran