THE HISTORY OF JULY 27
WORLD EVENTS
Today is National Crème Brule Day and National Scotch Day
1789 President Washington established the Department of Foreign Affairs (The State Department)
1888 Philip Pratt demonstrated an electric tricycle to the public
1909 Orville Wright tested the Army’s first plane with Lt. Frank Lahm as a passenger – flight lasted a record 1 hour, 12 minutes, 40 seconds at a speed of 40 MPH
1922 TV pioneer Norman Lear was born – “All in the Family”
1940 Bugs Bunny made his debut in the movie “A Wild Hare”
1945 The U.S.
1953 An armistice ending the Korean War was signed by the UN, Korea China
1960 VP Richard Nixon was nominated for President at the Republican National Convention in Chicago
1964 President Johnson sent an extra 5,000 advisors to Vietnam
1974 The House Judiciary Committee charged President Nixon with the 1st of 3 articles of impeachment for obstruction of justice – the vote was 27-11
1976 John Lennon was granted a green card by the U.S.
1980 The deposed Shah of Iran died in Egypt
1984 Actor James Mason died at age 75
1990 Zsa Zsa Gabor began a 3 day jail sentence for slapping a cop in 1989
1993 IBM reported a $8.4 billion loss for the quarter
1995 The Korean War Veteran’s Memorial was dedicated in Washington
2002 A fighter jet crashed into spectators at an air show in the Ukraine
2003 Bob Hope died in California
2004 Barack Obama gave a keynote speech at the Democratic Convention
SPORTS HISTORY on JUNE 27
2009 Washington
2005 Ryan Freel of the Reds steals 5 bases in the game
2004 Twins Corey Koskie is hit 3 times by White Sox pitchers – ties MLB record
2003 Braves Marcus Giles ties MLB record with 4 consecutive doubles
2003 Gary Carter and Eddie Murray are inducted into the Hall of Fame
1998 Sammy Sosa hits a grand slam – it is his first and 248th HR
1996 A bomb explodes at Atlanta
1992 Houston
1988 Tommy John commits 3 errors on one play vs. Brewers – MLB record
1985 Mets score 16 unearned runs in a 16-4 win over the Astros
1984 Pete Rose gets his 3,053rd single passing Ty Cobb’s MLB record
1983 Gaylord Perry gets his 3,500th strikeout – Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton do the same this year
1982 Rickey Henderson is caught stealing 3 times in the game – 1st player since 1916 to get caught 3 times – but he did manage to steal his 95th
1968 Denny McLain gets his 20th win of the season – record now 20-3 – ends season 31-6 with 1.96 ERA
1953 Dizzy Dean and Al Simmons are inducted into the Hall of Fame
1950 Stan Musial’s 30 game hitting streak comes to an end, but everybody else on the team got a hit
1946 Rudy York of the Red Sox hits two grand slams in the same game – had 10 RBI on the day
#1 SONGS on JULY 27
1960 I’m Sorry – Brenda Lee
1962 Roses Are Red – Bobby Vinton
1964 A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles
1965 (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones
1966 Wild Thing – The Troggs
1967 Light My Fire – The Doors
1969 In the Year 2525 – Zager & Evans
1970 (They Long to Be) Close to You – The Carpenters
1971 You’ve Got a Friend – James Taylor
1972 Alone Again (Naturally) – Gilbert O’Sullivan
1973 Bad, Bad Leroy Brown – Jim Croce
1974 Annie’s Song – John Denver
1975 The Hustle – Van McCoy & The Soul City
1976 Kiss and Say Goodbye – The Manhattans
1977 I Just Want to Be Your Everything – Andy Gibb
1979 Bad Girls – Donna Summer
1980 Magic – Olivia Newton-John
1981 Jessie’s Girl – Rick Springfield
1982 Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
1983 Every Breathe You Take – The Police
1984 When Doves Cry – Prince
1985 Every Time You Go Away – Paul Young
1991 (Everything I Do) I Do It for You – Bryan Adams
1992 Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-a-Lot
1994 I Swear – All-4-One
1995 Waterfalls – TLC
1999 Genie in a Bottle – Christina Aguilera
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