Today in History for July 27th

TodayInHistoryToday in History for July 27thToday in History for July 27thThe Associated PressHighlights of this day in history: An armistice ends the Korean War; A House panel votes to impeach President Richard Nixon; A pipe bomb explodes at the Atlanta Olympics; The deposed Shah of Iran and comedian Bob Hope die. (July 27)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] July 27th, 1953:(AP Photos)In Asia, the Korean War ends after more than three years of fighting, with an armistice signed at Panmunjom.President Dwight Eisenhower tells Americans...(SOT of Eisenhower)To this day, the Korean Peninsula remains divided between the communist North --- and the non-communist South.1974:(AP Archive Video / AP Photos)In Washington, the House Judiciary Committee votes to recommend the impeachment of President Richard Nixon.The panel charges Nixon with personally engaging in a 'course of conduct' to obstruct justice in the Watergate scandal.Congressman Joshua Eilberg, Democrat of Pennsylvania.(SOT of Eilberg)More than a dozen days later, Nixon becomes the first American President to resign.1996:(AP Archive Video / AP Photos)Terror strikes the Atlanta Olympics...(NAT of Olympic Park blast)...as a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park, killing one person and injuring 111 others. Eric Rudolph, an anti-government extremist, later pleads guilty to that bombing and others in the South. He receives life behind bars.1980: (AP Archive Video / AP Photos)The deposed Shah of Iran dies at a military hospital outside Cairo, Egypt at age 60.It happens during the Iranian hostage crisis, when dozens of Americans are held captive for 444 days by the Islamic fundamentalist regime that replaced the Shah.And, 2003:(AP Photos)(NAT of "Thanks for the Memory")Comedian Bob Hope --- who entertained Americans, and U.S. troops worldwide, for decades --- dies in Toluca Lake, California. He was 100 years old. Today in History, July 27th , The Associated Press.