Today is Sunday, July 27, the 208th day of 2003. There are 157 days left in the year. On this date
Today is Sunday, July 27, the 208th day of 2003. There are 157 days left in the year. On this date in 1953, the Korean War armistice is signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting.
In 1789, Congress establishes the Department of Foreign Affairs, the forerunner of the Department of State. In 1794, French revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre is overthrown and placed under arrest; he is executed the following day. In 1861, Union Gen. George B. McClellan is put in command of the Army of the Potomac. In 1866, Cyrus W. Field finally succeeds, after two failures, in laying the first underwater telegraph cable between North America and Europe. In 1960, Vice President Richard Nixon is nominated for president at the Republican national convention in Chicago. In 1974, the House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 to recommend President Nixon's impeachment on a charge that he had personally engaged in a "course of conduct" designed to obstruct justice in the Watergate case. In 1976, Air Force veteran Ray Brennan becomes the first person to die of what is later called Legionnaire's Disease after an American Legion convention in Philadelphia. In 1980, on Day 267 of the Iranian hostage crisis, the deposed shah of Iran dies at a military hospital outside Cairo, Egypt, at age 60. In 1995, the Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington by President Clinton and South Korean President Kim Young-sam. In 1996, terror strikes the Atlanta Olympics as a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park, killing one person and injuring more than 100.
July 27, 1978: The Eastern Ohio Forensic Laboratory at Youngstown State University will have to close permanently unless Trumbull County and the cities of Youngstown and Warren agree to pay for its services.
Three New Castle men are arrested for allegedly trying to sell five pounds of marijuana to undercover Pennsylvania state policemen and Bureau of Drug Control agents in Union Township.
More than 100,000 documents and copies are being sought by a federal grand jury in Cleveland that is investigating the Northeast Ohio Manpower and Training Consortium in Youngstown.
July 27, 1963: A Springfield Township swim club manager surprises two would-be burglars who broke into the club's bathhouse, holding them at gunpoint until sheriff's deputies and township constables arrive.
Ohio Gov. James A. Rhodes and six other prominent Republicans, including Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York, have been invited to enter the West Virginia presidential primary in 1964.
The Mahoning Valley Historical Society passes a resolution honoring William F. Maag Jr., editor and publisher of The Vindicator and a trustee of the society, on his 80th birthday. The resolution, sponsored by James L. Wick Jr., president of the society, names Maag "Youngstown's first citizen."
July 27, 1953: Generals in the U.S. Command and the Red Army sign an armistice in the bitter, three-year Korean War, but President Dwight D. Eisenhower says the United States can't relax.
Henry A. Losiewicz, 35, of Jefferson St., a Youngstown steel worker, drowns in Lake Milton while swimming about 35 feet from shore.
Edward M. Muldoon, son of a pioneer Youngstown grocer, is named head of La Choy Food Products, a division of Beatrice foods of Archbold, Ohio.
Phil Easton of Jackson St., Youngstown, lands an 11-pound, 12-ounce walleye at Pymatuning Lake, the record catch for this season at the lake.
July 27, 1928: Atty. Clyde Osborne of Youngstown admits in common pleas court in Akron that 50 of the 56 cases pending for which his firm is counsel had been solicited and he is willing to give up representation in those cases.
Eight daily vacation Bible schools conducted by Youngstown churches and religious and charitable institutions for more than 2,000 children come to an end with closing exercises The schools involved Bible memory work and singing of hymns.
Gene Tunney silences his critics and strengthens his claim to the world heavyweight championship with a technical knockout over Tom Heeney of New Zealand in the 11th round of a 15-round bout in New York. Vindicator Sports Editor Frank B. Ward was the only Youngstown newsman at the brawl.