Today in History: July 27, Korean War hostilities end

Today in HistoryToday is Monday, July 27, the 208th day of 2026. There are 157 days left in the year.Today in History:On July 27, 1953, the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting on the Korean peninsula that killed an estimated 4 million people.Also on this date:In 1789, President George Washington signed a measure establishing the Department of Foreign Affairs, forerunner of the Department of State.In 1866, Cyrus W. Field finished laying out the first successful underwater telegraph cable between North America and Europe.In 1909, during the first official test of the U.S. Army’s first airplane, Orville Wright flew himself and a passenger, Lt. Frank Lahm, above Fort Myer, Virginia, for one hour and 12 minutes.In 1940, Billboard magazine published