On this day

July 27

Cities around the world keep their histories on dates. Here is what happened on July 27 across the 1 editorial events Pyflo has so far catalogued for this date.

1 event 1 century 1 country

1910

Japanese colonial period (1910-1945)

Busan South Korea

Busan was a small fishing village called "Busanpo" for most of its history — the modern city grew rapidly during the Japanese colonial period (1910-1945) when the Japanese developed it as the main Korea-Japan ferry port and naval base; Busan was the temporary capital of South…

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