FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2007

Today is Friday, July 27, the 207th day of 2007. There are 158 days left in the year.

432 . St Celestine I ends his reign as Catholic Pope

1586 . Sir Walter Raleigh brings 1st tobacco to England from Virginia

1661 . Parliament confirms the Navigation Act

1789 . Congress establishes Dept of Foreign Affairs (State dept)

1866 . Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long)

1909 . Orville Wright tests 1st U.S. Army airplane, flying 1h12m

1919 . Chicago race riot (15 whites & 23 blacks killed, 500 injured)

1924 . 8th Olympic games closes in Paris

1941 . Japanese forces land in Indo-China

1944 . U.S. regains possession of Guam from Japanese

1953 . Armistice signed ending Korean War

1954 . Armistice divides Vietnam into two countries

1955 . Austria regains full independence after 4-power occupation

1968 .Race Riot in Gary Indiana