27 July 1890 July 27, 2014 Author: Staff Vincent van Gogh shoots himself with a gun and dies two days later. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." Samuel Johnson — Click here for more from Samuel Johnson Related posts: 27 July 1890 19 November 1998 6 October 1723 15 June 1752 22 December 2001 27 July 2002 27 July 1866 Categories: History Tags: 1890, 27 July