Today is Tuesday, July 27, the 208th day of 2010. 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
1924 ― Eighth Olympic Games closes in Paris
1940 ― Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts
1941 ― Japanese forces land in Indochina
1944 ― U.S. regains possession of Guam from Japanese
1953 ― Armistice signed ending Korean War
1954 ― Armistice divides Vietnam into two countries
1962 ― Martin Luther King Jr. jailed in Albany, Ga.
1976 ― 8.2 Tangshan earthquake kills estimated 240,000 Chinese