1541 - A Portuguese ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern day Kumamoto Prefecture). (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1541) 1700 - Swedish, English and Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark 1917 - The Queen's Hospital opens to provide pioneering plastic surgery for WWI soldiers, led by Harold Gillies in Sidcup, England 1917 - A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless. 1937 - 1st FM radio construction permit issued (W1X0J (WGTR) in Boston MA) 1943 - Otto Skorzeny's Heinkel-111 shot down at Sardinia 1981 - Jerry Lewis appears on "Donahue" to defend Telethons 1983 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 1983 - Hurricane Alicia battered Houston and Galveston, Texas 1984 - Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Fla, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire More Historical Events »