Daily Calendar for Sunday, July 27, 2025

James I of Aragon – 1276
Robert Dinwiddie (British statesman, lieutenant governor of colonial Virginia) – 1770
Reggie Lewis (basketball player) – 1993
Bob Hope (comedian & actor) – 2003
Morrie R. Yohai (creator of Cheez Doodles) – 2010
Nabire (northern white rhino) – 2015
Sam Shepard (actor & playwright) – 2017

Congress established the Department of Foreign Affairs (later renamed Department of State) – 1789
The Atlantic Cable was completed, establishing communication by telegraph between England and the U.S. – 1866
Researchers led by biochemist Frederick Banting announced the discovery of the hormone insulin – 1921
Bugs Bunny made his cartoon debut – 1940
Colonel Joseph Duckworth piloted the first plane that purposely flew into the center of a hurricane – 1943
The United States, China, North Korea, and South Korea signed an armistice agreement, ending the Korean War – 1953
An earthquake in Sharpsburg, Kentucky, measured 5.2 on the Richter scale – 1980
Big traffic jam in Boston – 1988
The Korean War Veterans Memorial was dedicated, Washington, D.C. – 1995
In Atlanta, Georgia, a pipe bomb exploded at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics – 1996
At the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, Canadian Donovan Bailey won the men’s 100-meter dash in 9.84 seconds, setting a world record – 1996

Severe thunderstorms in Yuma, Arizona, created zero visibility due to dust blowing in the 90 mph winds – 1989
Several inches of snow fell on Glacier National Park, Big Sky ski area (both in Montana), and a Jackson Hole, Wyoming ski area – 2015
EF-1 tornado touched down in southwestern New Hampshire, causing significant damage in Dublin, home of The Old Farmer’s Almanac – 2023