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- 1586 Walter Raleigh brings the first tobacco to England from Virginia
- 1689 Battle of Killicrankie: Jacobite Scottish Highlanders under Viscount Dundee defeat royalist force under General MacKay
- 1789 US Congress establishes the Department of Foreign Affairs, now referred to as the State Department
Jul 27 in Film & TV
- 1940 Bugs Bunny, Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Tex Avery, Bob Givens (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "Wild Hare"
Jul 27 in Music
- 1982 Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's musical "Little Shop of Horrors" opens Off-Broadway at the Orpheum Theatre in NYC
Jul 27 in Sport
- 1920 American defender Resolute beats Thomas Lipton's British challenger Shamrock IV 3-2 in the 14th America's Cup
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First Christian missionary in Japan, Jesuit priest Francis Xavier reaches Japan but is not permitted to enter any port until August 15
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