Associated Press
Today in History: Monday, July 27, 2015
On July 27, 1953, the Korean War armistice was signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting.
On this date in:
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.”
1960- Vice President Richard M. 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 M. Nixon’s impeachment on a charge that he had personally 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 dedicated 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.
2003- Lance Armstrong won a record-tying fifth straight Tour de France title.
2005- Ahmed Ressam, an Algerian who’d plotted to bomb the Los Angeles airport on the eve of the millennium, was sentenced to 22 years in prison.
Today’s Birthdays:
Actress-comedian Maya Rudolph (“Saturday Night Live”, “Bridesmaids”) turns 43 years old today.
Norman Lear, TV producer, 93
Jerry Van Dyke, Actor, 84
Bobbie Gentry, Country singer, 71
Peggy Fleming, Figure skater, 67
Maureen McGovern, Singer, 66
Carol Leifer, Comedian, 59
Bill Engvall, Comedian (“Blue Collar TV”), 58
Stacy Dean Campbell, Country singer, 48
Juliana Hatfield, Rock singer, 48
Julian McMahon, Actor (“Nip/Tuck”), 47
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Actor (“The Tudors”), 38
Cheyenne Kimball, Country singer, 25
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez turns 40 years old today.