July 27th -------------- *This Day In History* -------------- MsPriss©

This day in history for July 27th;

1586 -- Sir Walter Raleigh brings 1st tobacco to England from Virginia

1694 -- Bank of England chartered

1789 -- Congress establishes Dept of Foreign Affairs (State dept)

1836 -- Adelaide, South Australia founded

1837 -- US Mint opens in Charlotte, NC

1844 -- Fire destroys the US mint at Charlotte, NC

1866 -- Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long)

1909 -- Orville Wright set a record for the longest airplane flight. He was testing the first Army airplane and kept it in the air for 1 hour 12 minutes and 40 seconds

1940 -- Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts

1940 -- Bugs Bunny made his official debut in the Warner Bros. animated cartoon "A Wild Hare."

1944 -- 1st British jet fighter used in combat (Gloster Meteor)

1944 -- US regains possession of Guam from Japanese

1949 -- Havilland Comet 40-passenger airliner makes maiden flight

1962 -- Martin Luther King Jr jailed in Albany Georgia

1965 -- In the U.S., the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act was signed into law. The law required health warnings on all cigarette packages.

1974 -- House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 recommends Nixon impeachment

1976 -- 8.2 Tangshan earthquake kills estimated 240,000 Chinese

1977 -- John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in US

1990 -- Zsa Zsa Gabor begins a 3 day jail sentence for slapping a cop

1995 -- The Korean War Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC, by U.S. President Clinton and South Korean President Kim Young-sam

1996 -- At the Atlanta Olympics a pipe bomb exploded at the public Centennial Olympic Park. One person was killed and more than 100 were injured.

2001 - The ribbon cutting ceremony was held for American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX. The event set two new world records, one for the 3 mile long ribbon and one for the 2,000 people that cut it.

I hope everyone enjoys this day in history!!

MsPriss *PrissieHuggzz* :)

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