On This Day for July 27 - Terrorist attack at Atlanta Olympics, Charlotte Corday is featured, and more

Created: 2020-07-27 10:03 Updated: 2020-07-27 10:03 Notebook: On this Day in History

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July 27

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

Charlotte Corday

FEATURED EVENT

1996

Terrorist attack at Atlanta Olympics

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2017: American playwright and actor Sam Shepard—whose plays adroitly blend images of the American West, Pop motifs, science fiction, and other elements of popular and youth culture—died at age 73. [ Take our history of theatre quiz.]

2003: British-born American entertainer and comic actor Bob Hope, who was known for his rapid-fire delivery of jokes and one-liners, died in California. [Test your knowledge of actors and acting.]

1953: The armistice agreement ending the Korean War was signed at P'anmunjŏm in central Korea. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about Korea.]

1946: Avant-garde writer Gertrude Stein, whose Paris home was a salon for leading artists and writers, died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. [Take our famous authors quiz.]

1940: Warner Brothers released the Looney Tunes animated short film A Wild Hare, featuring the debut of Bugs Bunny in his familiar incarnation; embryonic versions of the character had appeared in earlier cartoons. [ Watch a clip from Fresh Hare (1942), featuring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd.]

1919: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 was ignited after a young black man was stoned and drowned in Lake Michigan for swimming in an area reserved for whites. [Read more about this and nine other riots in U.S. history.]

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1993

Jordan Spieth
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1975

Alex Rodriguez
American baseball player

1922

Norman Lear
American producer, writer, and director

1938

Ernest Gary Gygax
American entrepreneur

1768

Charlotte Corday
French noble