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What happened in history on this day: July 27?
On July 27 in ...
- 1940 - The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character Bugs Bunny.
- 1974 - NBC-TV airs the last episode of Dinah's Place TV show.
- 1991 - TV Guide publishes its 2000th edition.
- 1995 - Disney agrees to buy Capital Cities / ABC for one Disney share plus US$65 cash per ABC share. Total value of the deal is about US$20 billion.
- 2001 - Fox releases the film Planet of the Apes to theaters.
- 2007 - Fox releases the film The Simpsons Movie to theaters.
Births on July 27
- 1880 - Birth of Donald Crisp in Scotland; actor (How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana).
- 1916 - Birth of Keenan (Francis Xavier Aloysius) Wynn in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Dr Strangelove, The Absent Minded Professor, Dallas TV show, The Last Precinct TV show, Zero Hour TV show).
- 1920 - Birth of Beatrice Pearson in Texas, USA; actress (Moving Finger).
- 1922 - Birth of Lillian Hayman in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actress (Leslie Uggams Show).
- 1922 - Birth of Norman Lear; TV writer/producer (All in The Family, Maude, Good Times).
- 1931 - Birth of Jerry Van Dyke in Danville, Illinois, USA; American comedian and actor (My Mother the Car, Coach).
- 1937 - Birth of Don Galloway in Brooksville, Kentucky, USA; actor (Arrest and Trial, Ironside, General Hospital).
- 1938 - Birth of Shirley Anne Field in England; actress (Alfie, War Lover).
- 1939 - Birth of Irv Cross; NFL sportscaster (CBS-TV).
- 1939 - Birth of James Victor in Puerto Rico; actor (Boulevard Night, Streets of LA).
- 1942 - Birth of Barbara Ferris in London, England; actress (Nice Girl Like Me).
- 1942 - Birth of John Pleshette in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Richard - Knots Landing, 7th Avenue, Murder One).
- 1943 - Birth of Stu Gilliam in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor/comedian (Roll Out, Harris and Company).
- 1947 - Birth of Betty Thomas in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actress (Lucy Baines - Hill Street Blues).
- 1948 - Birth of Betty Thomas; actress-director (Hill Street Blues).
- 1949 - Birth of Maury Chaykin; actor (A Nero Wolfe Mystery, Emily of New Moon).
- 1951 - Birth of Janet Eilber in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actress (Hard to Hold, Romantic Comedy).
- 1952 - Birth of Roxanne Hart; actress (Chicago Hope, Dream On, Medium).
- 1967 - Birth of Sasha Mitchell in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Spike of Bensonhurst).
- 1968 - Birth of Julian McMahon; actor (Nip/Tuck).
- 1972 - Birth of Maya Rudolph; comedian (Saturday Night Live).
Deaths on July 27
- 1982 - Death of Dan Seymour at age 68; radio announcer, actor (We the People, Sing it Again), CEO (J. Walter Thompson adertising agency).
- 1984 - Death of James Mason at age 75 of a heart attack at his Swiss home; actor (AD, George Washington, The Search for Alexander the Great, Search for the Nile, Jesus of Nazareth).
- 1986 - Death of Leroy Holmes at age 72 in Los Angeles, California, USA; composer-arranger (The High and the Mighty movie theme), conductor (NBC Tonight Show Orchestra (1956-57)).
- 2022 - Death of Tony Dow from liver cancer at age 77; actor (Wally - Leave it to Beaver TV show (1957-1963)).
- 2022 - Death of Mary Alice at age 85 at home in Manhayyan, New York, USA; actor (A Different World, Sparkle).
- 2022 - Death of Bernard Cribbins at age 93; character actor (Jackanory, The Wombles, The Railway Children).
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