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Born on this Day in History: July 27, 1948 - Peggy Gale Fleming was born in San Jose, California. She began figure skating at age nine and won a gold medal in the 1968 Olympics. She won five U.S. titles and three world championships. She went on to host numerous television specials. |
On this Day in History: July 27, 1996 - In Atlanta, Georgia, the XXVI Summer Olympiad is disrupted by the explosion of a nail-laden pipe bomb in Centennial Olympic Park. The bombing, which occurred during a free concert, killed a mother who had brought her daughter to hear the rock music and injured more than 100 others, including a Turkish cameraman who suffered a fatal heart attack after the blast. Police were warned of the bombing in advance, but the bomb exploded before the anonymous caller said it would, leading authorities to suspect that the law enforcement officers who descended on the park were indirectly targeted. Within a few days, Richard Jewell, a security guard at the concert, was charged with the crime. However, evidence against him was dubious at best, and in October he was fully cleared of all responsibility in the bombing. |