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Birthday July 27, 1768 Charlotte Corday, assassin of Jean-Paul Marat. |
Birthday July 27, 1801 George Biddle Airyy, seventh Astronomer Royal |
Birthday July 27, 1824 Alexandre Dumas fils, French playwright, novelist. |
Birthday July 27, 1835 Giosu Carducci, Italian poet (Nobel 1906). |
Birthday July 27, 1870 Hilaire Belloc, English author. |
Birthday July 27, 1906 Leo Durocher, baseball coach. |
Birthday July 27, 1916 Elizabeth Hardwick is born |
Birthday July 27, 1916 Keenan Wynn, Actor |
Birthday July 27, 1918 Leonard Rose, concert cellist. |
Birthday July 27, 1922 Norman Lear, TV writer, producer (All in The Family) |
Birthday July 27, 1932 Jerry Van Dyke, Actor. |
Birthday July 27, 1938 Shirley Ann Field, in England |
Birthday July 27, 1942 Barbara Ferris, in London England |
Birthday July 27, 1944 Bobbie Gentry, in Mississippi, What did Billi-Jo throw off the bridge |
Birthday July 27, 1947 Betty Thomas, St Louis (Hill St Blues'-Sgt Lucy Bates) |
Birthday July 27, 1948 Sally Struthers, in Portland Oregon, (Gloria Stivic) |
Birthday July 27, 1948 Peggy Fleming, in San Jose Cal, Olympic gold medal ice skater |
Birthday July 27, 1949 Maureen McGovern, in Youngstown Ohio, singer |
History July 27, 1501 Copernicus formally installed as canon of Frauenberg Cathedral |
History July 27, 1689 Jacobite Scottish Highlanders defeat royal force at Killiecrankie. |
History July 27, 1694 Bank of England is chartered. |
History July 27, 1776 Silas Deane writes Congress of success |
History July 27, 1794 Robespierre overthrown in France |
History July 27, 1806 Meriwether Lewis shoots Blackfoot Indian |
History July 27, 1836 Adelaide South Australia founded. |
History July 27, 1863 Ardent secessionist William Lowndes Yancey dies |
History July 27, 1866 Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1 686 miles long) |
History July 27, 1916 Germans execute British seaman Captain Charles Fryatt |
History July 27, 1921 Insulin isolated in Toronto |
History July 27, 1940 Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts. |
History July 27, 1943 Stalin issues Order No. 227—outlawing cowards |
History July 27, 1947 Yogi Berri starts record 148 game errorless streak |
History July 27, 1949 First jet makes test flight |
History July 27, 1953 Korean War ends |
History July 27, 1953 Armistice ends the Korean War |
History July 27, 1955 Austria regains full independence after 4-power occupation. |
History July 27, 1962 Mariner 2 launched to venus; flyby mission. |
History July 27, 1964 Pentagon announces 5,000 more troops to Vietnam |
History July 27, 1965 U.S. jets attack new North Vietnamese air defense sites |
History July 27, 1969 Pioneer 10 Launched. |
History July 27, 1974 Nixon charged with first of three articles of impeachment |
History July 27, 1980 Ousted shah of Iran dies in exile |
History July 27, 1981 Adam Walsh is abducted |
History July 27, 1990 Last Citroen 2CV rolls off the line in Portugal |
History July 27, 1991 Natalie Cole's Unforgettable: With Love goes to #1 |
History July 27, 1993 Reggie Lewis dies |
History July 27, 1996 Bombing at Centennial Olympic Park |
History July 27, 2002 Fighter jet crashes into crowd at air show |
History July 27, 2003 Bob Hope dies at 100 |