What happened today, and who was born/died

BIRTHS
07/27/1824	Alexandre Dumas fils, French playwright, novelist.
07/27/1835	GiosuŠ Carducci, Italian poet (Nobel 1906).
07/27/1948	Peggy Fleming, Olympic gold medalist in figure skating
EVENTS
07/27/	Delta Aquarid meteor shower, radiant in Aquarius.
07/27/1501	Copernicus formally installed as canon of Frauenberg Cathedral
07/27/1694	Bank of England is chartered.
07/27/1836	Adelaide, South Australia founded.
07/27/1866	Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long).
07/27/1940	Billboard magazine starts publishing best-seller's charts.
07/27/1955	Austria regains full independence after 4-power occupation.
07/27/1962	Mariner 2 launched on a flyby mission to venus
07/27/1969	Pioneer 10 Launched.

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