Today is Wednesday, July 27, the 209th day of 2016. There are 157 days left in the year.

Today’s birthdays: TV producer Norman Lear is 94. Actor Jerry Van Dyke is 85. Olympic gold medal figure skater Peggy Fleming is 68. Comedian Bill Engvall is 59. Actor Julian McMahon is 48. Comedian Maya Rudolph is 44. MLB All-Star Alex Rodriguez is 41. Golfer Jordan Spieth is 23.

In 1866, Cyrus W. Field finished laying out the first successful underwater telegraph cable between North America and Europe (a previous cable in 1858 burned out after only a few weeks’ use).

In 1974, the House Judiciary Committee voted 27-11 to adopt the first of three articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon.

In 1976, Air Force veteran Ray Brennan became the first person to die of so-called Legionnaire’s Disease following an American Legion convention in Philadelphia.

In 1996, terror struck the Atlanta Olympics as a pipe bomb exploded at Centennial Olympic Park, directly killing one person and injuring 111.

In 2003, comedian Bob Hope died at age 100.

In 2006, Floyd Landis’ stunning Tour de France victory four days earlier was thrown into doubt when he tested positive for high levels of testosterone during the race. (Landis was stripped of his title for doping.)

In 2015, the Boy Scouts of America ended its blanket ban on gay adult leaders while allowing church-sponsored Scout units to maintain the exclusion for religious reasons.