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On This Day, July 27
- 2015: Seven people are killed and many injured after gunmen attack an Indian police station in Punjab.
- 2002: Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 77 and injuring more than 500 others, making it the deadliest air show disaster in history.
- 1997: About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
- 1996: In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics.
- 1995: The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.