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