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| July 27th |
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| About July 27th is the 208th day of the year (209th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 157 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. July 27th is José Celso Barbosa Day is Puerto Rico. Births 1972 - Maya Rudolph, actress, comedian (Saturday Night Live) 1975 - Alex Rodriguez, professional baseball player 1979 - Shannon Moore, professional wrestler 1986 - Courtney Kupets, American gymnast, Olympic medalist 1989 - Charlotte Arnold, actress (Degrassi: The Next Generation) Deaths 1946 - Gertrude Stein, author poet, feminist, playwright 1993 - Reggie Lewis, professional basketball player 2003 - Bob Hope, comedian, actor Events 1940 - The legendary cartoon character Bugs Bunny makes his debut in a carton named A Wild Hare. 1974 - The U.S. House of Representatives charge President Richard M. Nixon with the first of three articles of impeachment for obstruction of justice after Nixon refuses to release recordings incriminating himself of crimes related to Watergate. 1993 - Reggie Lewis, basketball star for the Boston Celtics collapses and dies after suffering cardiac arrest while shooting baskets at Brandeis University in Boston, Massachusetts. 1995 - In Washington D.C., the Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated on the 42nd anniversary of the armistice that ended the war. 1996 - 2 die and 11 are injured when a bomb explodes in Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia during the 1996 Summer Olympics. |
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