August, 27th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Wednesday 27, 2003:
Mars makes closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing approximately 34,646,416 miles (55,758,006 kilometers) from Earth.

Sunday 27, 2000:
Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire, three people are killed.

Friday 27, 1993:
The Rainbow Bridge, connecting Tokyo's Shibaura and the island of Odaiba, is completed.

Tuesday 27, 1991:
Moldova declares independence from the USSR.

Monday 27, 1990:
The British Broadcasting Corporation launches BBC Radio Five Live at 9am GMT with a mixture of sports, news, and children's programming. The station broadcasts for eighteen hours per day.

Tuesday 27, 1985:
The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Babangida.

Monday 27, 1979:
An IRA bomb kills Lord Mountbatten and 3 others on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland. Another near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland kills 18 British soldiers.

Wednesday 27, 1969:
The first installment of the Otoko wa Tsurai yo (It's Tough Being a Man) movies is released in Japan. Director and screenplay writer Yoji Yamada went on to make 48 installments of the series, which is recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running movie series.

Monday 27, 1962:
Mariner 2 launched

Wednesday 27, 1952:
Reparation negotiations between West Germany and Israel end in Luxembourg; West Germany to pay 3 billion Deutschmarks.

Sunday 27, 1939:
First jet aircraft flight

Friday 27, 1937:
The automobile division of Toyoda Automatic Loom Works is spun off into the Toyota Motor Corporation.

Monday 27, 1928:
Kellogg-Briand Pact, outlawing war, signed by sixty nations

Monday 27, 1900:
British defeat Boer commandos at Bergendal

Thursday 27, 1896:
Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in world history (9:02 to 9:40) between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.

Monday 27, 1883:
The after effects caused by the Krakatau explosion in Indonesia kills 36,000 people.

Tuesday 27, 1861:
Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina

Saturday 27, 1859:
Petroleum discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania. World's first successful oil well.

Wednesday 27, 1828:
1828 - The Russians defeat the Turks at Akhaltzikke.

Friday 27, 1813:
Napoleon defeats the Austrians, Russians and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden

Tuesday 27, 1776:
Battle of Long Island, in present day Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington

Friday 27, 1232:
The Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent Hojo Yasutoki. (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 1232)

Friday 27, 410:
Visigoth sack of Rome ends after three days.

Saturday 27, -55:
Julius Caesar lands in Britain for the first time.

Monday 27, -479:
Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army in the Battle of Plataea. Along the with the Greek victory on the same day in the Battle of Mycale, the Persian invasion of Greece ended.

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People born on August 27

1988:
Alexa Vega, American actress (b: August 27, 1988) (Biography of Alexa Vega)

1977:
Deco, Brazilian footballer (b: August 27, 1977) (Biography of Deco)

1976:
Carlos Moya, Spanish tennis player (b: August 27, 1976) (Biography of Carlos Moya)
Mark Webber, Australian race car driver (b: August 27, 1976) (Biography of Mark Webber)
Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress (b: August 27, 1976) (Biography of Sarah Chalke)

1975:
Jonny Moseley, American skier (b: August 27, 1975) (Biography of Jonny Moseley)

1974:
Jose Vidro, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player (b: August 27, 1974) (Biography of Jose Vidro)

1970:
Peter Ebdon, English snooker player (b: August 27, 1970) (Biography of Peter Ebdon)
Tony Kanal, American-British musician (No Doubt) (b: August 27, 1970) (Biography of Tony Kanal)
Jim Thome, baseball player (b: August 27, 1970) (Biography of Jim Thome)

1966:
Juhan Parts, Prime Minister of Estonia (b: August 27, 1966) (Biography of Juhan Parts)

1963:
Downtown Julie Brown, Welsh television personality (b: August 27, 1963) (Biography of Downtown Julie Brown)

1959:
Gerhard Berger, Austrian race car driver (b: August 27, 1959) (Biography of Gerhard Berger)

1957:
Bernhard Langer, German golfer (b: August 27, 1957) (Biography of Bernhard Langer)

1955:
Diana Scarwid, American actress (b: August 27, 1955) (Biography of Diana Scarwid)

1954:
Derek Warwick, British race car driver (b: August 27, 1954) (Biography of Derek Warwick)

1953:
Peter Stormare , Swedish-born actor (b: August 27, 1953) (Biography of Peter Stormare)

1952:
Paul "Pee-Wee Herman" Reubens, American actor (b: August 27, 1952) (Biography of Paul Reubens)

1951:
Buddy Bell, baseball player-manager (b: August 27, 1951) (Biography of Buddy Bell)

1950:
Charles Fleischer, American actor (b: August 27, 1950) (Biography of Charles Fleischer)

1947:
Barbara Bach, American actress (b: August 27, 1947) (Biography of Barbara Bach)
Harry Reems, actor (b: August 27, 1947) (Biography of Harry Reems)

1945:
G.W. Bailey, American actor (b: August 27, 1945) (Biography of G.W. Bailey)

1943:
Tuesday Weld, American actress (b: August 27, 1943) (Biography of Tuesday Weld)

1942:
B. J. Thomas, American singer (b: August 27, 1942) (Biography of B. J. Thomas)

1940:
Sonny Sharrock, American jazz guitarist (b: August 27, 1940 ; d: May 25, 1994) (Biography of Sonny Sharrock)

1937:
Tommy Sands, American actor and singer (b: August 27, 1937) (Biography of Tommy Sands)

1935:
Frank Yablans, American film producer (b: August 27, 1935) (Biography of Frank Yablans)

1932:
Antonia Fraser, British author (b: August 27, 1932) (Biography of Antonia Fraser)

1929:
Ira Levin, American author (b: August 27, 1929) (Biography of Ira Levin)

1928:
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African politician (b: August 27, 1928) (Biography of Mangosuthu Buthelezi)

1926:
Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian mathematician, computer scientist, and politician (b: August 27, 1926 ; d: August 10, 2002) (Biography of Kristen Nygaard)

1921:
Leo Penn, American film director-actor (b: August 27, 1921 ; d: September 5, 1998) (Biography of Leo Penn)

1916:
Martha Raye, American actress (b: August 27, 1916 ; d: October 19, 1994) (Biography of Martha Raye)

1915:
Norman F. Ramsey, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: August 27, 1915) (Biography of Norman F. Ramsey)

1911:
Kay Walsh, British actress (b: August 27, 1911 ; d: April 16, 2005) (Biography of Kay Walsh)

1910:
Mother Teresa, Albanian missionary and humanitarian (b: August 27, 1910 ; d: September 5, 1997) (Biography of Mother Teresa)

1909:
Lester Young, American musician (b: August 27, 1909 ; d: March 15, 1959) (Biography of Lester Young)

1908:
Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (b: August 27, 1908 ; d: January 22, 1973) (Biography of Lyndon B. Johnson)
Don Bradman, Australian cricketer (b: August 27, 1908) (Biography of Sir Donald Bradman)

1906:
Ed Gein, American serial killer (b: August 27, 1906 ; d: July 26, 1984) (Biography of Ed Gein)

1904:
Norah Lofts, British author (b: August 27, 1904) (Biography of Norah Lofts)

1899:
C.S. Forester, British author (b: August 27, 1899 ; d: April 2, 1966) (Biography of C.S. Forester)
Byron Foulger, American character actor (b: August 27, 1899) (Biography of Byron Foulger)

1890:
Man Ray, photographer and artist (b: August 27, 1890 ; d: November 18, 1976) (Biography of Man Ray)

1886:
Rebecca Clarke, English composer and violist (b: August 27, 1886 ; d: October 13, 1979) (Biography of Rebecca Clarke)
Eric Coates, English composer (b: August 27, 1886 ; d: December 21, 1957) (Biography of Eric Coates)

1875:
Katharine McCormick, American women's rights activist (b: August 27, 1875 ; d: December 28, 1967) (Biography of Katharine McCormick)

1874:
Carl Bosch, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: August 27, 1874 ; d: April 26, 1940) (Biography of Carl Bosch)

1871:
Theodore Dreiser, American author (b: August 27, 1871 ; d: December 28, 1945) (Biography of Theodore Dreiser)

1865:
Charles G. Dawes, 30th Vice President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b: August 27, 1865 ; d: April 23, 1951) (Biography of Charles G. Dawes)
James Henry Breasted, American Egyptologist (b: August 27, 1865) (Biography of James Henry Breasted)

1858:
Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician (b: August 27, 1858 ; d: April 20, 1932) (Biography of Giuseppe Peano)

1809:
Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States of America (b: August 27, 1809 ; d: July 4, 1891) (Biography of Hannibal Hamlin)

1770:
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher (b: August 27, 1770 ; d: November 14, 1831) (Biography of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel)

1730:
Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher (b: August 27, 1730) (Biography of Johann Georg Hamann)

1677:
Otto Ferdinand Graf von Abensperg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b: August 27, 1677 ; d: February 18, 1748) (Biography of Otto Ferdinand Graf von Abensperg und Traun)

1665:
John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (b: August 27, 1665 ; d: January 20, 1751) (Biography of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol)

1637:
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of the Province of Maryland (b: August 27, 1637 ; d: February 21, 1715) (Biography of Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore)

1471:
George, Duke of Saxony (b: August 27, 1471 ; d: April 17, 1539) (Biography of George, Duke of Saxony)

1407:
Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (b: August 27, 1407 ; d: March 17, 1425) (Biography of Ashikaga Yoshikazu)

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