July 27: What Happened on This Day in History (High_school Level)?

(Page last edited 10/12/2017)

1. In 1586, Sir Walter Raleigh brings the first tobacco to England from Virginia.
2. In 1866, after two failures, Cyrus W. Field succeeded in laying the first underwater telegraph cable between North America and Europe.
3. In 1909, Orville Wright tests the first US Army airplane, flying 1hour 12minutes 40seconds.
4. In 1920, radio compass used for 1st time for aircraft navigation.
5. In 1940, Bugs Bunny debuts in Warner Brothers animated cartoon "A Wild Hare".
6. In 1949, the first jet-propelled airline, De Havilland Comet, flies.
7. In 1965, President Johnson signs a bill requiring cigarette makers to print health warnings on all cigarette packages about the effects of smoking.
8. In 1974, the House Judiciary Committee recommended that President Richard Nixon be impeached and removed from office
9. In 1986, Greg Lemond is first American to win Tour de France.
10. In 2003, at the age of 100, Bob Hope died in Hollywood.
11. Famous Birthdays: Alex Rodriguez (A-Rod, baseball player), Geoffrey De Havilland (British aircraft designer), Norman Lear (TV producer), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (actor)

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