On this day: July 27
POSTED: 03:29 PM PDT Jul 26, 2012
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Jul 26, 2012
A wise-cracking cartoon bunny makes his first appearance, the Korean War ends, Madonna drops her debut album, tragedy hits the Olympics and an entertainment legend dies at age 100, all on this day.
NASA
2005: NASA grounds the space shuttle, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank. During ascent, the external tank of the space shuttle Discovery sheds a piece of foam slightly smaller than the piece that caused the Columbia disaster; this foam does not strike the spacecraft.
