Today is Monday, July 27, the 208th day of 2009. There are 157 days left in the year.
1501 _ Copernicus formally installed as canon of Frauenberg Cathedral
1586 _ Sir Walter Raleigh brings first tobacco to England from Virginia
1694 _ Bank of England chartered
1940 _ Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts
1941 _ Japanese forces land in Indochina
1953 _ Armistice signed ending Korean War
1954 _ Armistice divides Vietnam into two countries
1955 _ Austria regains full independence after four-power occupation
1976 _ 8.2 Tangshan earthquake kills estimated 240,000 Chinese
1991 _ TV Guide publishes its 2000th edition