Portal:United States/Anniversaries/July/July 27
- 1789 – After being approved by Congress six days earlier, President George Washington signs into law a bill creating the first federal executive department, the Department of Foreign Affairs. It is later renamed the Department of State.
- 1928 – The animated short "A Wild Hare" is released, introducing the cartoon character Bugs Bunny.
- 1938 Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons and the father of role-playing games, is born.
- 1953 – The United States, The People's Republic of China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement, ending combat in the Korean War. Syngman Rhee, the president of South Korea, refuses to sign the armistice but pledges to observe it. Because a peace treaty was never signed, the war has yet to technically end.
- 1974 – The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend impeachment proceedings begin against President Richard Nixon for obstruction of justice.
- 1995 – In Washington, DC, the Korean War Veterans Memorial (pictured) is dedicated.
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Events
- 1778 – American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant – British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
- 1789 – The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (later renamed Department of State).
- 1862 – Sailing from San Francisco to Panama, the SS Golden Gate catches fire and sinks off Manzanillo, Mexico, killing 231.
- 1928 – The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
- 1953 – Korean War ends: The United States, People's Republic of China, and North Korea, sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, president of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
- 1964 – Vietnam War: 5,000 more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
- 1972 – The F-15 Eagle flies for the first time.
- 1974 – Watergate Scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment against President Richard Nixon: obstruction of justice.
- 1995 – In Washington, DC, the Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated.
- 1996 – Centennial Olympic Park bombing: In Atlanta, Georgia, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics, killing two and injuring 111.
- 1996 – In Atlanta, Georgia, Canadian sprinter Donovan Bailey set the 100m world record of 9.84s +0.7 m/s wind during the 1996 Summer Olympics.
- 2005 – STS-114: NASA grounds the Space Shuttle, pending an investigation of the external tank's continued foam–shedding problem. During ascent, the external tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery sheds a piece of foam slightly smaller than the piece that caused the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; this foam does not strike the spacecraft.
- 2007 – Phoenix News Helicopter Collision: News helicopters from Phoenix, Arizona television stations KNXV and KTVK collide over Steele Indian School Park in central Phoenix while covering a police chase; there were no survivors. This was the first known incidence of two news helicopters colliding in mid-air, and the worst civil aviation incident in Phoenix history.