CoM Moderators Posted July 27 Posted July 27 1377 - First example of quarantine in Ragusa (now Dubrovnik); city council passes a law stating newcomers from plague areas must isolate for 30 days (later 40 days, quaranta in Italian) 1816 - US troops destroy Fort Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves 1897 - Dutch government of Pierson and Goeman Borgesius resigns 1927 - Mel Ott, 18, hits his first league home run (inside the park) 1988 - Baseball star Tommy John commits a record three errors on one play as the Yankees rout the Brewers 16-3 1992 - Astros begins 26-game road trip to make room for Republican National Convention 2003 - British Senior Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: American Tom Watson wins in a playoff against Carl Mason of England 2021 - Triathlete Flora Duffy wins first Olympic gold medal for Bermuda in the women's event at the Tokyo Games More Historical Events »
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