Today In History

Thu., July 27, 2000

1861: Union Gen. George B. McClellan was put in command of the Army of the Potomac.

1940: Bugs Bunny made his official debut in the Warner Brothers animated cartoon “A Wild Hare.”

1953: The Korean War armistice was signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting.

1974: The House Judiciary Committee voted 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.

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