Monday, July 27, 2009

TODAY IN HISTORY

1953: After three years of fighting and the loss of more than 34,000 American lives, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison Jr. and North Korean Gen. Nam Il sign an armistice ending the Korean War.

1866: On his fifth attempt, Cyrus W. Field finishes laying the first underwater trans-Atlantic telegraph cable.

1940: “What’s up, Doc?” Carrot in hand, Bugs Bunny makes his Warner Bros. debut in “A Wild Hare.”

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