• On July 26, 1931, a swarm of grasshoppers descends on crops throughout the American heartland, devastating millions of acres, especially in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. The swarm was said to be so thick that it blocked out the sun and one could shovel the grasshoppers with a scoop.



• On July 27, 1981, Adam John Walsh, age 6, is abducted from a mall in Hollywood, Fla., and later found murdered. Adam's father, John Walsh, became a leading victims' rights activist and host of the long-running television show "America's Most Wanted."

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