On This Day:  June 27

1974 -- U.S. Pres­i­dent Richard Nixon ar­rives in the Sovi­et Union for his sec­ond vis­it, to an en­thu­si­as­tic re­cep­tion. He would re­sign from of­fice just over a month lat­er.

1985 -- His­toric U.S. Route 66 is split up in­to In­ter­states 40, 15, 10, and Cal­i­for­nia Route 1.