July 27, 1866 (158 years ago)
•The Atlantic Cable is successfully completed, allowing transatlantic telegraph communication for the first time.

July 27, 1927 (97 years ago)
•The F-15 Eagle flies for the first time.

July 27, 1940 (84 years ago)
•The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.

July 27, 1987 (37 years ago)
•First expedited salvaging of Titanic wreckage begins by RMS Titanic, Inc.

July 27, 1996 (28 years ago)
•A pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia during the 1996 Summer Olympics. Alice Hawthorne was killed, and a cameraman suffered a heart attack fleeing the scene. 111 injured.