07-27-2004, 05:42 AM
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July 27th
1694 ~ A Royal Charter was granted to the Bank of England.
1794 ~ French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre was arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution".
1844 ~ Death of John Dalton, English chemist.
1866 ~ An Atlantic cable was successfully laid, allowing transatlantic telegraph communication for the first time.
1904 ~ Birthday of Isaac Bashevis Singer, writer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature 1978.
1940 ~ Bugs Bunny makes his official debut in the animated cartoon “A Wild Hare”.
1955 ~ The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends (started on May 9, 1945).
2003 ~ Death of Bob Hope.
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