A bit of July 27th history...
1586 - Walter Raleigh brings 1st tobacco to England from Virginia
1789 - US Congress establishes Department of Foreign Affairs, now referred to as State Department
1866 - Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid - 1686 miles long
1890 - Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh shoots himself, dies of injuries 2 days later
1921 - Insulin is isolated
1940 - Bugs Bunny first debuts in “Wild Hare” (pictured)
1953 - North Korea and the United Nations sign armistice to stop fighting and divide Korea at the 38th parallel
1965 - Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act was signed into law - requires health warnings on all cigarette packages
2003 - It was reported by the BBC that there was no monster in Loch Ness; The investigation used 600 separate sonar beams and satellite navigation technology to trawl the Loch
