Famous Quote For July 27
"Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives."
Alexander Hamilton, 1788

This Day In Business

1866 - The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is completed from Ireland to Newfoundland.

This Day In Entertainment

1991 - TV guide circulates its 2,000th edition.

This Day In Geography

1944 - U.S. liberates Guam from Japan.

July 27th Holiday

National Sleepy Head Day (Finland) - Finnish tradition, which dictates that the last person sleeping in the house must be woken up with water or by being thrown in a body of water.

Today's Birthday Trivia

He played the character Nick Van Owen in the 1997 film The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Who is he?

Today's Birthday Horoscope

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