July 27
Today is the 209th day of 2016, there are 157 days left in the year.
1694 - The Bank of England received a royal charter as a commercial institution.
1789 - Congress established the Department of Foreign Affairs, the forerunner of the State Department.
1794 - French revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre was overthrown and placed under arrest; he was executed the following day.
1861 - Union Gen. George B. McClellan was put in command of the Army of the Potomac.
1866 - After two failures, Cyrus W. Field succeeded in laying the first underwater telegraph cable between North America and Europe.
1940 - Bugs Bunny made his debut in the Warner Bros. animated cartoon "A Wild Hare".
1940 - Billboard magazine published its first singles record chart (for the week of July 20).
1953 - The Korean War armistice was signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting.
1960 - Vice President Richard Nixon was nominated for president at the Republican National Convention in Chicago.
1967 - In the wake of urban rioting, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed the Kerner Commission to assess the causes of the violence.
1974 - The House Judiciary Committee voted 27-11 to recommend President Richard Nixon's impeachment on a charge that he had previously engaged in a "course of conduct" designed to obstruct justice in the Watergate case.
1980 - The deposed Shah of Iran died in Egypt at age 60.
1995 - The Korean War Veterans Memorial was established in Washington, D.C.
1996 - A pipe bomb exploded at a public park during the Olympic Games in Atlanta, killing one person and injuring more than 100.
2003 - Comedian Bob Hope died at age 100.
2005 - Ahmed Ressam, an Algerian who had plotted to bomb the Los Angeles airport on the eve of the millennium, was sentenced to 22 years in prison.
Birthdays
23 - Jordan Spieth (golfer)
26 - Indiana Evans (actress)
26 - Kriti Sanon (actress)
26 - Cheyenne Kimball (singer)
27 - Charlotte Arnold (actress)
32 - Taylor Schilling (actress)
32 - Max Scherzer (baseball player)
36 - Dolph Ziggler (professional wrestler)
40 - Seamus Dever (actor)
41 - Alex Rodriguez (baseball player)
44 - Maya Rudolph (actress)
47 - Paul "Triple H" Levesque (professional wrestler)
48 - Julian McMahon (actor)
59 - Bill Engvall (comedian)
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Today in Sports History - July 27
1918 - Brooklyn rookie Henry Heitman made his major league debut and his last major league appearance in the same day. He pitched four straight hits to the St. Louis Cardinals, left the game and never played again in the majors.
1921 - Baseball fan Reuben Berman sued the New York Giants, claiming he suffered mental and bodily distress after refusing to return a foul ball May 16th at the Polo Grounds. Berman was eventually rewarded $100.
1924 - The Summer Olympic Games close in Paris.
1946 - Rudy York of the Boston Red Sox hits two grand slams in one game.
1972 - NHL star Maurice "Rocket" Richard signs with the Quebec Nordiques of the WHL.
1984 - Pete Rose passes Ty Cobb as Major League Baseball's all-time single-base hit leader as he collects his 3,053rd.
1986 - Greg LeMond wins the Tour de France, becoming the first non-European winner of the race.
1992 - Boston Celtics star Reggie Lewis died after collapsing on a Brandeis University basketball court during practice. He was 27 years old.
1992 - China's Fu Mingxia, only two weeks away from her 14th birthday, became the second youngest gold medalist in Olympic history when she won the women's 10-meter platform diving event at the Summer Games in Barcelona.
1996 - Canadian Donovan Bailey set a new world record in the 100 meter dash at the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta with a time of 9.84 seconds, breaking the old record of 9.85 set by American Leroy Burrell.
2001 - Deion Sanders announced his retirement from football.
2003 - Lance Armstrong won a record-tying fifth straight Tour de France.
2008 - Rich "Goose" Gossage and Dick Williams are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
2012 - The Summer Olympic Games opened in London.
Today is the 209th day of 2016, there are 157 days left in the year.
1694 - The Bank of England received a royal charter as a commercial institution.
1789 - Congress established the Department of Foreign Affairs, the forerunner of the State Department.
1794 - French revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre was overthrown and placed under arrest; he was executed the following day.
1861 - Union Gen. George B. McClellan was put in command of the Army of the Potomac.
1866 - After two failures, Cyrus W. Field succeeded in laying the first underwater telegraph cable between North America and Europe.
1940 - Bugs Bunny made his debut in the Warner Bros. animated cartoon "A Wild Hare".
1940 - Billboard magazine published its first singles record chart (for the week of July 20).
1953 - The Korean War armistice was signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting.
1960 - Vice President Richard Nixon was nominated for president at the Republican National Convention in Chicago.
1967 - In the wake of urban rioting, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed the Kerner Commission to assess the causes of the violence.
1974 - The House Judiciary Committee voted 27-11 to recommend President Richard Nixon's impeachment on a charge that he had previously engaged in a "course of conduct" designed to obstruct justice in the Watergate case.
1980 - The deposed Shah of Iran died in Egypt at age 60.
1995 - The Korean War Veterans Memorial was established in Washington, D.C.
1996 - A pipe bomb exploded at a public park during the Olympic Games in Atlanta, killing one person and injuring more than 100.
2003 - Comedian Bob Hope died at age 100.
2005 - Ahmed Ressam, an Algerian who had plotted to bomb the Los Angeles airport on the eve of the millennium, was sentenced to 22 years in prison.
Birthdays
23 - Jordan Spieth (golfer)
26 - Indiana Evans (actress)
26 - Kriti Sanon (actress)
26 - Cheyenne Kimball (singer)
27 - Charlotte Arnold (actress)
32 - Taylor Schilling (actress)
32 - Max Scherzer (baseball player)
36 - Dolph Ziggler (professional wrestler)
40 - Seamus Dever (actor)
41 - Alex Rodriguez (baseball player)
44 - Maya Rudolph (actress)
47 - Paul "Triple H" Levesque (professional wrestler)
48 - Julian McMahon (actor)
59 - Bill Engvall (comedian)
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Today in Sports History - July 27
1918 - Brooklyn rookie Henry Heitman made his major league debut and his last major league appearance in the same day. He pitched four straight hits to the St. Louis Cardinals, left the game and never played again in the majors.
1921 - Baseball fan Reuben Berman sued the New York Giants, claiming he suffered mental and bodily distress after refusing to return a foul ball May 16th at the Polo Grounds. Berman was eventually rewarded $100.
1924 - The Summer Olympic Games close in Paris.
1946 - Rudy York of the Boston Red Sox hits two grand slams in one game.
1972 - NHL star Maurice "Rocket" Richard signs with the Quebec Nordiques of the WHL.
1984 - Pete Rose passes Ty Cobb as Major League Baseball's all-time single-base hit leader as he collects his 3,053rd.
1986 - Greg LeMond wins the Tour de France, becoming the first non-European winner of the race.
1992 - Boston Celtics star Reggie Lewis died after collapsing on a Brandeis University basketball court during practice. He was 27 years old.
1992 - China's Fu Mingxia, only two weeks away from her 14th birthday, became the second youngest gold medalist in Olympic history when she won the women's 10-meter platform diving event at the Summer Games in Barcelona.
1996 - Canadian Donovan Bailey set a new world record in the 100 meter dash at the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta with a time of 9.84 seconds, breaking the old record of 9.85 set by American Leroy Burrell.
2001 - Deion Sanders announced his retirement from football.
2003 - Lance Armstrong won a record-tying fifth straight Tour de France.
2008 - Rich "Goose" Gossage and Dick Williams are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
2012 - The Summer Olympic Games opened in London.
