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).
Notable events on this day in history
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Letters to the Editor: Bill Cosby was freed because of sexist, unequal justice, not inalienable rights
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Bill Cosby was freed because of sexist, unequal justice
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