On This Day for July 27 - Terrorist attack at Atlanta Olympics, Charlotte Corday is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. July 27 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Charlotte Corday READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1996 Terrorist attack at Atlanta Olympics READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2017: American playwright and actor Sam Shepard—whose plays adroitly blend images of the American West, Pop motifs, science fiction, and other elements of popular and youth culture—died at age 73. [ Take our history of theatre quiz.] 2003: British-born American entertainer and comic actor Bob Hope, who was known for his rapid-fire delivery of jokes and one-liners, died in California. [Test your knowledge of actors and acting.] 1953: The armistice agreement ending the Korean War was signed at P'anmunjŏm in central Korea. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about Korea.] 1946: Avant-garde writer Gertrude Stein, whose Paris home was a salon for leading artists and writers, died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. [Take our famous authors quiz.] 1940: Warner Brothers released the Looney Tunes animated short film A Wild Hare, featuring the debut of Bugs Bunny in his familiar incarnation; embryonic versions of the character had appeared in earlier cartoons. [ Watch a clip from Fresh Hare (1942), featuring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd.] 1919: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 was ignited after a young black man was stoned and drowned in Lake Michigan for swimming in an area reserved for whites. [Read more about this and nine other riots in U.S. history.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1993 Jordan Spieth American golfer 1975 Alex Rodriguez American baseball player 1922 Norman Lear American producer, writer, and director 1938 Ernest Gary Gygax American entrepreneur 1768 Charlotte Corday French noble 1612 Murad IV Ottoman sultan SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help