July 27th, 1940: The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the then-unnamed character who became Bugs Bunny. His first line of dialogue? “What’s up, Doc?”
July 27th, 1996: A pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
July 27th, 1999: Tony Hawk landed the first ‘900’ on a skateboard (two-and-a-half complete revolutions) at the fifth annual X Games in San Francisco, California.
TV writer and producer Norman Lear turns 98 years old.
Actor Donnie Yen turns 57 years old.
Professional wrestler Triple H (Paul Michael Levesque) turns 51 years old.
Actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau turns 50 years old.
Actress Maya Rudolph turns 48 years old.
July 27th is National Scotch Day.
