Major Events
- 1586 Walter Raleigh brings the first tobacco to England from Virginia
- 1689 Battle of Killiecrankie: Jacobite Scottish Highlanders under Viscount Dundee defeat royalist forces under General Hugh Mackay
- 1789 US Congress establishes the Department of Foreign Affairs, now referred to as the State Department
Jul 27 in Film & TV
- 1940 Bugs Bunny, Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Tex Avery and Bob Givens for the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series, debuts in “A Wild Hare”
Jul 27 in Music
- 1940 Billboard publishes its first singles record chart; “I’ll Never Smile Again” by Tommy Dorsey, with vocals by Frank Sinatra, is ranked #1
- 1982 Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s musical “Little Shop of Horrors” opens Off-Broadway at the Orpheum Theatre in NYC
Jul 27 in Sport
- 1920 American defender Resolute beats Thomas Lipton’s British challenger Shamrock IV 3-2 in the 14th America’s Cup
Did You Know?
First Christian missionary in Japan, Jesuit priest Francis Xavier, reaches Japan but is not permitted to enter any port until August 15
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