Today in History Today is Wednesday, July 27, the 208th day of 2022. There are 157 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 27, 1953,
Today in History
Today in History
Today is Tuesday, July 27, the 208th day of 2021. There are 157 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On July 27, 1996, terror struck the Atlanta Olympics as a pipe bomb exploded at Centennial Olympic Park, directly killing one person and injuring 111. (Anti-government extremist Eric Rudolph later pleaded guilty to the bombing, exonerating security guard Richard Jewell, who had been wrongly suspected.)
On this date:
In 1866, Cyrus W. Field finished laying out the first successful underwater telegraph cable between North America and Europe (a previous cable in 1858 burned out after only a few weeks’ use).