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What Happened on August 27th This Day in History

Year	Name
2011	Hurricane Irene strikes the United States east coast, killing 47 and causing an estimated $15.6 billion in damage.
2009	Internal conflict in Myanmar: The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the Kokang Special Region.
2006	Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, bound for Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
2003	Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km) distant.
2003	The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
1991	The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
1991	Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
1985	Major General Muhammadu Buhari, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Major General Ibrahim Babangida.
1982	Turkish military diplomat Colonel Atilla Altıkat is shot and killed in Ottawa. Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide claim to be avenging the massacre of 1.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:r
1980	1980 South Korean presidential election: After successfully staging the Coup d'état of May Seventeenth, General Chun Doo-hwan, running unopposed, has the National Conference for Unification elect him President of the Fourth Republic of Korea.
1980	A massive bomb planted by extortionist John Birges explodes at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, after a failed disarming attempt by the FBI. Although the hotel is damaged, no one is injured.
1979	The Troubles: Eighteen British soldiers are killed in an ambush by the Provisional Irish Republican Army near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland, in the deadliest attack on British forces during Operation Banner. An IRA bomb also kills British royal family member Lord Mountbatten and three others on his boat at Mullaghmore, Republic of Ireland.
1975	The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili, and flees to Atauro Island, leaving control to a rebel group.
1971	An attempted coup d'état fails in the African nation of Chad. The Government of Chad accuses Egypt of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off diplomatic relations.
1964	South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Khánh enters into a triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals Trần Thiện Khiêm and Dương Văn Minh, who had both been involved in plots to unseat Khánh.
1963	An explosion at the Cane Creek potash mine near Moab, Utah kills 18 miners.[10]
1962	The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
1956	The nuclear power station at Calder Hall in the United Kingdom was connected to the national power grid becoming the world's first commercial nuclear power station to generate electricity on an industrial scale.
1955	The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records is published in Great Britain.
1943	World War II: Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
1943	World War II: Aerial bombardment by the Luftwaffe razes to the ground the village of Vorizia in Crete.
1942	First day of the Sarny Massacre, perpetrated by Germans and Ukrainians.
1939	First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
1933	The first Afrikaans Bible is introduced during a Bible Festival in Bloemfontein.
1928	The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
1927	Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking: "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?"
1922	Greco-Turkish War: The Turkish army takes the Aegean city of Afyonkarahisar from the Kingdom of Greece.
1918	Mexican Revolution: Battle of Ambos Nogales: U.S. Army forces skirmish against Mexican Carrancistas in the only battle of World War I fought on American soil.
1916	World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
1915	Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona, by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
1914	World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
1914	World War I: Siege of Tsingtao: A Japanese fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Sadakichi Kato imposes a blockade along the whole coastline of German Tsingtao, initiating the Siege of Tsingtao.
1908	The Qing dynasty promulgates the Qinding Xianfa Dagang, the first constitutional document in the history of China, transforming the Qing empire into a constitutional monarchy.
1896	Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
1895	Japanese invasion of Taiwan: Battle of Baguashan: The Empire of Japan decisively defeats a smaller Formosan army at Changhua, crippling the short-lived Republic of Formosa and leading to its surrender two months later.
1893	The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000 and 2,000 people.
1883	Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions almost completely destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
1881	The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
1859	Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania, leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well.
1832	Black Hawk, leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans, surrenders to U.S. authorities, ending the Black Hawk War.
1828	Brazil and Argentina recognize the sovereignty of Uruguay in the Treaty of Montevideo
1813	French Emperor Napoleon I defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden.
1810	Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France.
1798	Wolfe Tone's United Irish and French forces clash with the British Army in the Battle of Castlebar, part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, resulting in the creation of the French puppet Republic of Connacht.
1793	French Revolutionary Wars: The city of Toulon revolts against the French Republic and admits the British and Spanish fleets to seize its port, leading to the Siege of Toulon by French Revolutionary forces.
1791	French Revolution: Frederick William II of Prussia and Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, issue the Declaration of Pillnitz, declaring the joint support of the Holy Roman Empire and Prussia for the French monarchy, agitating the French revolutionaries and contributing to the outbreak of the War of the First Coalition.
1776	American Revolutionary War: Members of the 1st Maryland Regiment repeatedly charged a numerically superior British force during the Battle of Long Island, allowing General Washington and the rest of the American troops to escape.
1689	The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing Empire (Julian calendar).
1600	Ishida Mitsunari’s Western Army commences the Siege of Fushimi Castle, which is lightly defended by a much smaller Tokugawa garrison led by Torii Mototada.
1597	Jeongyu War: Battle of Chilcheollyang: A Japanese fleet of 500 ships decimates Joseon commander Won Gyun’s fleet of 200 ships at Chilcheollyang.
1593	Pierre Barrière failed an attempt to assassinate Henry IV of France.
1557	The Battle of St. Quentin results in Emmanuel Philibert becoming Duke of Savoy.
1232	Shikken Hojo Yasutoki of the Kamakura shogunate promulgates the Goseibai Shikimoku, the first Japanese legal code governing the samurai class.
1172	Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned junior king and queen of England.
410	The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days.

Famous People Born on August 27

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Year	Name
1955	Robert Richardson, American cinematographer
1939	Nikola Pilić, Yugoslav tennis player and coach
1950	Edmund Weiner, English lexicographer and author
1964	Paul Bernardo, Canadian serial rapist and murderer
1957	Bernhard Langer, German golfer
1953	Alex Lifeson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1969	Cesar Millan, Mexican-American dog trainer, television personality, and author
1986	Lana Bastašić, Serbian-Bosnian author and translator
1926	Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist and academic (d. 2002)
1935	Michael Holroyd, English author

Famous People Deaths On August 27

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Date	Name
1990	Avdy Andresson, Estonian soldier and diplomat (b. 1899)
1931	Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)
1782	John Laurens, American Revolutionary and abolitionist (b.1754)
1255	Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (b. 1247)
2014	Jacques Friedel, French physicist and academic (b. 1921)
1950	Cesare Pavese, Italian author, poet, and critic (b. 1908)
1871	William Whiting Boardman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1794)
1963	W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist (b. 1868)
2015	Kazi Zafar Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician, 8th Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1939)
1929	Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)