July 27

Today is Bugs Bunny Day. 1667: Johann Bernoulli, discoverer of exponential calculus, was born. 1844: John Dalton, known as one of the fathers of modern physical science and formulated the Atomic Theory, died. 1849: John Hopkinson, who developed Hopkinson's Law of magnetism and invented the 3-phase AC generator, was born. 1866: After two failures, the first underwater telegraph cable, 1,686 miles long, was laid across the Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe. 1882: British aircraft designer Sir Geoffrey De Havilland was born. 1888: Philip Pratt unveiled the first electric automobile. 1910: Charles Rolls, half of Rolls-Royce, died. 1917: Ford Motor Company introduced its first truck, the Model TT. 1921: Canadian biochemist Frederick Banting announced the discovery of the hormone insulin. 1940: Billboard Magazine first published its best-seller's charts. 1949: The world's first jet-propelled airliner, the British De Havilland Comet, made its maiden flight in England. 1993: IBM reported a record $8.04 billion quarterly loss. 2003: Bob Hope died.