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This Day in History – July 27, 2011
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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) 1837 US Mint opens in Charlotte, NC 1844 Fire destroys the US mint at Charlotte, NC 1861 Union Gen George McClellan took command of Potomac Army 1862 Steamer “Golden Gate” burns & sinks off west coast of Mexico 1866 Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long) 1909 Orville Wright tests 1st US Army airplane, flying 1h12m 1944 1st British jet fighter used in combat (Gloster Meteor) 1944 US regains possession of Guam from Japanese 1947 Yogi Berra starts record 148 game errorless streak 1953 Armistice signed ending Korean War 1954 Armistice divides Vietnam into two countries 1960 VP Nixon nominated for pres at Republican convention in Chicago 1962 Martin Luther King Jr jailed in Albany Georgia 1974 House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 recommends Nixon impeachment 1977 John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in US 1982 Indian PM Indira Gandhi 1st visit to US in almost 11 years 1990 Zsa Zsa Gabor begins a 3 day jail sentence for slapping a cop 1991 TV Guide publishes it’s 2000th edition 1995 Korean War Veterans Memorial dedicated in Washington DC 1996 Centennial Olympic Park Bombing in Atlanta, 2 dead, 111 injured]]]]> ]]>
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