Lost and Found – July 27th Edition

What to remember about July 27th…

• 1775  Benjamin Rush begins his term as the 1st Surgeon General of the Continental Army
• 1929  Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War is signed by 53 countries; known as Geneva Convention
• 1938  American author and game designer Ernest Gary Gygax is born in Chicago (d. 2008); co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons
• 1940  The first Bugs Bunny cartoon “A Wild Hare” is released
• 1953 Armistice is signed ending the Korean War, memorial in Washington D.C. dedicated on same day in 1995
• 1974  U.S. House of Representatives begins impeachment proceedings against President Nixon
• 1981  6-year-old Adam Walsh is abducted and killed; his father John Walsh becomes victims rights advocate and later hosts America’s Most Wanted television show
• 1996  Eric Robert Rudolph sets off a bomb at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia
• 2003  American actor and comedian Bob Hope dies at 100 (b. 1903)
• 2004  Barack Hussein Obama give keynote address at Democratic National Convention; launches national political career