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August 27th, 2007 (August 27 2007) | Death | Emma Penella, Spanish actress (born in 1930) | |
August 27th, 2006 (August 27 2006) | Event | Comair Flight 5191 crashed en route from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Forty-nine of the 50 people aboard the flight were confirmed dead in the hours following the crash | |
August 27th, 2006 (August 27 2006) | Death | Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian film director (born in 1922) | |
August 27th, 2006 (August 27 2006) | Death | Maria Capovilla, oldest woman alive from 2004-2006 (born in 1889) | |
August 27th, 2006 (August 27 2006) | Death | Jesse Pintado, Mexican-born guitarist (Napalm Death) (born in 1969) | |
August 27th, 2005 (August 27 2005) | Death | Sean Purcell, Gaelic footballer (born in 1929) | |
August 27th, 2004 (August 27 2004) | Death | Willie Crawford, American baseball player (born in 1946) | |
August 27th, 2003 (August 27 2003) | Event | Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing approximately 34,646,416 miles (55,758,006 kilometers) from Earth. | |
August 27th, 2003 (August 27 2003) | Death | Pierre Poujade, French politician (born in 1920) | |
August 27th, 2001 (August 27 2001) | Death | Abu Ali Mustafa, leader of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (assassinated) (born in 1938) | |
August 27th, 2001 (August 27 2001) | Death | Michael Dertouzos, Greek internet pioneer, Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science (born in 1936) | |
August 27th, 2000 (August 27 2000) | Event | Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire, three people are killed. | |
August 27th, 1999 (August 27 1999) | Death | Helder Camara, Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop (born in 1909) | |
August 27th, 1996 (August 27 1996) | Death | Greg Morris, American actor (born in 1933) | |
August 27th, 1993 (August 27 1993) | Event | The Florida Department of Transportation decides to cease producing its distinctive colored U.S. Highway shields so that it can make use of Federal funds for those signs. | |
August 27th, 1993 (August 27 1993) | Event | The Rainbow Bridge, connecting Tokyo s Shibaura and the island of Odaiba, is completed. | |
August 27th, 1991 (August 27 1991) | Event | The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. | |
August 27th, 1991 (August 27 1991) | Event | Moldova declares independence from the USSR. | |
August 27th, 1990 (August 27 1990) | Event | The British Broadcasting Corporation launches BBC Radio Five Live at 9am GMT with a mixture of sports, news, and children s programming. | |
August 27th, 1990 (August 27 1990) | Death | Stevie Ray Vaughan, American guitarist (born in 1954) | |
August 27th, 1988 (August 27 1988) | Birth | Alexa Vega, American actress | |
August 27th, 1988 (August 27 1988) | Death | William Sargant, British psychiatrist (born in 1907) | |
August 27th, 1988 (August 27 1988) | Death | Mario Montenegro, Filipino actor (born in 1928) | |
August 27th, 1986 (August 27 1986) | Birth | Mario, American R&B singer | |
August 27th, 1985 (August 27 1985) | Event | The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida. | |
August 27th, 1985 (August 27 1985) | Birth | Alexandra Nechita, Artist | |
August 27th, 1984 (August 27 1984) | Birth | David Bentley, English footballer | |
August 27th, 1984 (August 27 1984) | Birth | Sulley Muntari, Ghanaian footballer | |
August 27th, 1984 (August 27 1984) | Death | Bernard Youens, English actor (born in 1914) | |
August 27th, 1983 (August 27 1983) | Birth | Wilson Chen, Taiwanese actor | |
August 27th, 1981 (August 27 1981) | Death | Valery Kharlamov, Soviet Union ice hockey player (born in 1948) | |
August 27th, 1980 (August 27 1980) | Death | Douglas Kenney, American humorist (born in 1947) | |
August 27th, 1979 (August 27 1979) | Event | An IRA bomb kills Lord Mountbatten and 3 others on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Irelandied in Another near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland kills 18 British soldiers. | |
August 27th, 1979 (August 27 1979) | Birth | Giovanni Capitello, American filmmaker/actor | |
August 27th, 1979 (August 27 1979) | Birth | Tian Liang, Chinese diver | |
August 27th, 1979 (August 27 1979) | Birth | Sarah Neufeld, Canadian musician (Arcade Fire) | |
August 27th, 1979 (August 27 1979) | Death | Earl Mountbatten, British admiral and statesman (assassinated) (born in 1900) | |
August 27th, 1978 (August 27 1978) | Birth | Mase, American rapper | |
August 27th, 1977 (August 27 1977) | Birth | Deco, Portuguese footballer | |
August 27th, 1976 (August 27 1976) | Birth | Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress | |
August 27th, 1976 (August 27 1976) | Birth | Carlos Moya, Spanish tennis player | |
August 27th, 1976 (August 27 1976) | Birth | Steve Taylor, British writer | |
August 27th, 1976 (August 27 1976) | Birth | Milano Collection Akihito Terui, Japanese professional wrestler | |
August 27th, 1976 (August 27 1976) | Birth | Mark Webber, Australian race car driver | |
August 27th, 1976 (August 27 1976) | Death | Mukesh, Indian playback singer (born in 1923) | |
August 27th, 1975 (August 27 1975) | Birth | Jonny Moseley, American skier | |
August 27th, 1975 (August 27 1975) | Birth | Mark Rudan, Australian footballer | |
August 27th, 1975 (August 27 1975) | Death | Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (born in 1892) | |
August 27th, 1974 (August 27 1974) | Birth | Jose Vidro, Puerto Rican baseball player | |
August 27th, 1973 (August 27 1973) | Birth | Carlene Begnaud, American professional wrestler | |
August 27th, 1973 (August 27 1973) | Birth | Cory Bowles, Canadian actor | |
August 27th, 1973 (August 27 1973) | Birth | Danny Coyne, Welsh footballer | |
August 27th, 1973 (August 27 1973) | Birth | Dietmar Hamann, German footballer | |
August 27th, 1972 (August 27 1972) | Birth | Mike Smith, Canadian actor | |
August 27th, 1972 (August 27 1972) | Birth | Dalip Singh, Indian professional wrestler | |
August 27th, 1972 (August 27 1972) | Birth | Denise Lewis, English heptathlete | |
August 27th, 1971 (August 27 1971) | Birth | Julian Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer | Julian Quotes |
August 27th, 1971 (August 27 1971) | Death | Bennett Cerf, American publisher and television personality (born in 1898) | |
August 27th, 1971 (August 27 1971) | Death | Margaret Bourke-White, American photo-journalist (born in 1906) | |
August 27th, 1970 (August 27 1970) | Birth | Peter Ebdon, English snooker player | |
August 27th, 1970 (August 27 1970) | Birth | Tony Kanal, English-born musician (No Doubt) | |
August 27th, 1970 (August 27 1970) | Birth | Jeff Kenna, Irish footballer | |
August 27th, 1970 (August 27 1970) | Birth | Jim Thome, American baseball player | |
August 27th, 1969 (August 27 1969) | Event | 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. | |
August 27th, 1969 (August 27 1969) | Birth | Reece Shearsmith, British actor and comedian | |
August 27th, 1969 (August 27 1969) | Birth | Chandra Wilson, American actress | |
August 27th, 1969 (August 27 1969) | Death | Ivy Compton-Burnett, English novelist (born in 1884) | |
August 27th, 1969 (August 27 1969) | Death | Erika Mann, German writer and daughter of Thomas Mann (born in 1905) | Thomas Mann Quotes |
August 27th, 1968 (August 27 1968) | Death | Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (born in 1906) | |
August 27th, 1967 (August 27 1967) | Birth | Bob Nastanovich, American musician (Pavement, Silver Jews) | |
August 27th, 1967 (August 27 1967) | Death | Brian Epstein, English manager of The Beatles (born in 1934) | |
August 27th, 1966 (August 27 1966) | Birth | Juhan Parts, Prime Minister of Estonia | |
August 27th, 1965 (August 27 1965) | Birth | Wayne James, Zimbabwean cricketer | |
August 27th, 1965 (August 27 1965) | Death | Le Corbusier, Swiss architect (born in 1887) | Le Corbusier Quotes |
August 27th, 1964 (August 27 1964) | Birth | Frankie Thorn , American actress | |
August 27th, 1964 (August 27 1964) | Death | Gracie Allen, American actress and comedienne (born in 1895) | |
August 27th, 1963 (August 27 1963) | Birth | Downtown Julie Brown, Welsh TV personality and former MTV VJ | Julie Brown Quotes |
August 27th, 1963 (August 27 1963) | Death | Garrett Morgan, American inventor (born in 1877) | |
August 27th, 1963 (August 27 1963) | Death | W.E.B. DuBois, American civil rights activist and scholar (born in 1868) | W.E.B. DuBois Quotes |
August 27th, 1963 (August 27 1963) | Death | Allama Mashriqi, Pakistani scholar and politician (born in 1888) | |
August 27th, 1962 (August 27 1962) | Event | Mariner 2 launched to Venus. | |
August 27th, 1962 (August 27 1962) | Birth | Adam Oates, Canadian ice hockey player | |
August 27th, 1962 (August 27 1962) | Birth | Vic Mignogna, American voice actor | |
August 27th, 1961 (August 27 1961) | Birth | Tom Ford, American fashion designer | |
August 27th, 1961 (August 27 1961) | Birth | Yolanda Adams, American gospel singer | |
August 27th, 1959 (August 27 1959) | Birth | Gerhard Berger, Austrian race car driver and F1 team co-owner (Scuderia Toro Rosso) | |
August 27th, 1959 (August 27 1959) | Birth | Juan Fernando Cobo, Colombian artist | |
August 27th, 1958 (August 27 1958) | Birth | Sergei Krikalev, Russian cosmonaut | |
August 27th, 1958 (August 27 1958) | Birth | Tom Lanoye, Belgian author | |
August 27th, 1958 (August 27 1958) | Birth | Normand Brathwaite, Canadian comedian and television and radio host | |
August 27th, 1958 (August 27 1958) | Death | Ernest Lawrence, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1901) | |
August 27th, 1957 (August 27 1957) | Event | The Constitution of Malaysia came into force. | |
August 27th, 1957 (August 27 1957) | Birth | Bernhard Langer, German golfer and two-time Masters champion | |
August 27th, 1955 (August 27 1955) | Birth | Diana Scarwid, American actress | |
August 27th, 1955 (August 27 1955) | Birth | Robert Richardson, American cinematographer | |
August 27th, 1955 (August 27 1955) | Birth | Laura Fygi, Dutch singer | |
August 27th, 1954 (August 27 1954) | Birth | John Lloyd, British former tennis player | |
August 27th, 1954 (August 27 1954) | Birth | Derek Warwick, British race car driver | |
August 27th, 1953 (August 27 1953) | Birth | Alex Lifeson, Canadian guitarist (Rush) | |
August 27th, 1953 (August 27 1953) | Birth | Peter Stormare, Swedish-born actor | |
August 27th, 1952 (August 27 1952) | Event | Reparation negotiations between West Germany and Israel end in Luxembourg; West Germany to pay 3 billion Deutschmark. | |
August 27th, 1952 (August 27 1952) | Birth | Paul "Pee-Wee Herman" Reubens, American actor | |
August 27th, 1951 (August 27 1951) | Birth | Mack Brown, University of Texas Head Football Coach | |
August 27th, 1951 (August 27 1951) | Birth | Buddy Bell, American baseball player-manager | |
August 27th, 1950 (August 27 1950) | Birth | Charles Fleischer, American actor | |
August 27th, 1949 (August 27 1949) | Birth | Jeff Cook, vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, fiddle, banjo and mandolin for Alabama | |
August 27th, 1948 (August 27 1948) | Birth | Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek musician (died in 1990) | |
August 27th, 1948 (August 27 1948) | Death | Charles Evans Hughes, U.S. Supreme Court justice (born in 1862) | Charles Evans Hughes Quotes |
August 27th, 1947 (August 27 1947) | Birth | Barbara Bach, American actress | |
August 27th, 1947 (August 27 1947) | Birth | Harry Reems, American actor | |
August 27th, 1945 (August 27 1945) | Birth | G. W. Bailey, American actor | |
August 27th, 1944 (August 27 1944) | Death | Georg von Boeselager, German nobleman (born in 1915) | |
August 27th, 1943 (August 27 1943) | Birth | Tuesday Weld, American actress | |
August 27th, 1942 (August 27 1942) | Birth | Daryl Dragon, American keyboardist (Captain & Tennille) | |
August 27th, 1942 (August 27 1942) | Birth | Brian Peckford, Canadian politician | |
August 27th, 1940 (August 27 1940) | Birth | Sonny Sharrock, American jazz guitarist (died in 1994) | |
August 27th, 1939 (August 27 1939) | Event | First flight of the Heinkel He 178, the first modern jet aircraft. | |
August 27th, 1937 (August 27 1937) | Birth | Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (died in 2007) | |
August 27th, 1937 (August 27 1937) | Birth | Tommy Sands, American actor and singer | |
August 27th, 1936 (August 27 1936) | Birth | Joel Kovel, American politician | |
August 27th, 1935 (August 27 1935) | Birth | Frank Yablans, American film producer | |
August 27th, 1935 (August 27 1935) | Birth | Ernie Broglio, American baseball player | |
August 27th, 1932 (August 27 1932) | Birth | Antonia Fraser, British author | |
August 27th, 1931 (August 27 1931) | Birth | Sri Chinmoy, Indian guru (died in 2007) | |
August 27th, 1931 (August 27 1931) | Birth | Joe Cunningham, American baseball player | |
August 27th, 1931 (August 27 1931) | Death | Frank Harris, Irish author and editor (born in 1856) | Frank Harris Quotes |
August 27th, 1931 (August 27 1931) | Death | Francis Marion Smith, American borax magnate (born in 1846) | |
August 27th, 1929 (August 27 1929) | Birth | Ira Levin, American author (died in 2007) | Ira Levin Quotes |
August 27th, 1929 (August 27 1929) | Death | Herman Potocnik Noordung, Slovenian rocket scientist (born in 1892) | |
August 27th, 1928 (August 27 1928) | Event | Kellogg-Briand Pact, outlawing war, signed by sixty nations. | |
August 27th, 1928 (August 27 1928) | Birth | Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African politician | |
August 27th, 1927 (August 27 1927) | Birth | Jimmy C. Newman, American singer | |
August 27th, 1926 (August 27 1926) | Birth | Pat Coombs, English actress (died in 2002) | |
August 27th, 1926 (August 27 1926) | Birth | Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian mathematician (died in 2002) | |
August 27th, 1925 (August 27 1925) | Birth | Darry Cowl, French actor (died in 2006) | |
August 27th, 1921 (August 27 1921) | Birth | Leo Penn, American film director (died in 1998) | |
August 27th, 1921 (August 27 1921) | Birth | Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died in 1996) | |
August 27th, 1919 (August 27 1919) | Birth | Murray Grand, American songwriter and cabaret singer (died in 2007) | |
August 27th, 1917 (August 27 1917) | Birth | Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player (died in 1986) | |
August 27th, 1916 (August 27 1916) | Birth | Martha Raye, American actress (died in 1994) | |
August 27th, 1915 (August 27 1915) | Birth | Norman F. Ramsey, Nobel Prize laureate | |
August 27th, 1913 (August 27 1913) | Birth | Nina Schenk von Stauffenberg, wife of Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg (died in 2006) | |
August 27th, 1912 (August 27 1912) | Birth | Gloria Guinness, Mexican socialite and writer(d.1980) | |
August 27th, 1911 (August 27 1911) | Birth | Kay Walsh, British actress (died in 2005) | |
August 27th, 1909 (August 27 1909) | Birth | Lester Young, American musician (died in 1959) | |
August 27th, 1909 (August 27 1909) | Birth | Sylvere Maes, Belgian cyclist (died in 1966) | |
August 27th, 1909 (August 27 1909) | Death | Emil Christian Hansen, Danish fermentation physiologist (born in 1842) | |
August 27th, 1908 (August 27 1908) | Birth | Don Bradman, Australian cricketer (died in 2001) | |
August 27th, 1908 (August 27 1908) | Birth | Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (died in 1973) | Lyndon Johnson Quotes |
August 27th, 1908 (August 27 1908) | Birth | Kurt Wegner, German artist (died in 1985) | |
August 27th, 1906 (August 27 1906) | Birth | Ed Gein, American serial killer (died in 1984) | |
August 27th, 1904 (August 27 1904) | Birth | Norah Lofts, British author (died in 1983) | |
August 27th, 1904 (August 27 1904) | Birth | John Hay Whitney, American financier (died in 1982) | |
August 27th, 1899 (August 27 1899) | Birth | C. S. Forester, British author (died in 1966) | |
August 27th, 1899 (August 27 1899) | Birth | Byron Foulger, American actor (died in 1970) | |
August 27th, 1898 (August 27 1898) | Birth | Gaspard Fauteux, French Canadian parliamentarian (died in 1963) | |
August 27th, 1896 (August 27 1896) | Event | Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in world history (09:00 to 09:45) between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar. | |
August 27th, 1896 (August 27 1896) | Birth | Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress (died in 1984) | |
August 27th, 1890 (August 27 1890) | Birth | Man Ray, photographer and artist (died in 1976) | |
August 27th, 1886 (August 27 1886) | Birth | Rebecca Helferich Clarke, English composer and violist (died in 1979) | |
August 27th, 1886 (August 27 1886) | Birth | Eric Coates, English composer (died in 1957) | |
August 27th, 1884 (August 27 1884) | Birth | Vincent Auriol,French President (died in 1966) | |
August 27th, 1883 (August 27 1883) | Event | Krakatoa, an Indonesian volcano, erupts. It is one of the most violent volcanic events in modern times. | |
August 27th, 1882 (August 27 1882) | Birth | Samuel Goldwyn, Hollywood producer (died in 1974) | Samuel Goldwyn Quotes |
August 27th, 1877 (August 27 1877) | Birth | Charles Rolls, Co-founder of Rolls-Royce (died in 1910) | |
August 27th, 1877 (August 27 1877) | Birth | Ernst Wetter, member of the Swiss Federal Council (died in 1963) | |
August 27th, 1875 (August 27 1875) | Birth | Katharine McCormick, American women s rights activist (died in 1967) | |
August 27th, 1875 (August 27 1875) | Death | William Chapman Ralston, American banker (born in 1826) | |
August 27th, 1874 (August 27 1874) | Birth | Carl Bosch, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1940) | |
August 27th, 1871 (August 27 1871) | Birth | Theodore Dreiser, American author (died in 1945) | Theodore Dreiser Quotes |
August 27th, 1871 (August 27 1871) | Death | William Whiting Boardman, American politician (born in 1794) | |
August 27th, 1870 (August 27 1870) | Birth | Amado Nervo, Mexican poet (died in 1919) | |
August 27th, 1865 (August 27 1865) | Birth | James Henry Breasted, American Egyptologist (died in 1935) | Henry James Quotes |
August 27th, 1865 (August 27 1865) | Birth | Charles G. Dawes, 30th Vice President of the United States and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (died in 1951) | |
August 27th, 1861 (August 27 1861) | Event | Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina | |
August 27th, 1859 (August 27 1859) | Event | Petroleum discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania. World s first successful oil well. | |
August 27th, 1858 (August 27 1858) | Birth | Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician (died in 1932) | |
August 27th, 1828 (August 27 1828) | Event | The Russians defeat the Turks at the Battle of Akhalzic. | |
August 27th, 1813 (August 27 1813) | Event | Napoleon defeats the Austrians, Russians and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden. | |
August 27th, 1809 (August 27 1809) | Birth | Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States of America (died in 1891) | |
August 27th, 1803 (August 27 1803) | Birth | Edward Beecher, American theologian (died in 1895) | |
August 27th, 1798 (August 27 1798) | Event | United Irishmen and French forces clash with the British army in the Battle of Castlebar, part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. | |
August 27th, 1793 (August 27 1793) | Event | French counter-revolution, port of Toulon revolts and admits the British fleet, which lands troops and seizes the port leading to Siege of Toulon. | |
August 27th, 1776 (August 27 1776) | Event | Battle of Long Island, in present day Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington. | George Washington Quotes |
August 27th, 1773 (August 27 1773) | Death | Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (born in 1721) | |
August 27th, 1770 (August 27 1770) | Birth | Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher (died in 1831) | Philo Quotes |
August 27th, 1748 (August 27 1748) | Death | James Thomson, Scottish poet (born in 1700) | James Thomson Quotes |
August 27th, 1730 (August 27 1730) | Birth | Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher (died in 1788) | Philo Quotes |
August 27th, 1724 (August 27 1724) | Birth | John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-born Continental Congressman (died in 1781) | |
August 27th, 1698 (August 27 1698) | Birth | Baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement {died in 1760) | |
August 27th, 1689 (August 27 1689) | Event | The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing empire. | |
August 27th, 1677 (August 27 1677) | Birth | Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (died in 1748) | |
August 27th, 1669 (August 27 1669) | Birth | Anne Marie of Orleans, queen of Italy (died in 1728) | |
August 27th, 1665 (August 27 1665) | Birth | John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (died in 1751) | |
August 27th, 1664 (August 27 1664) | Death | Francisco Zurbaran, Spanish painter (born in 1598) | |
August 27th, 1637 (August 27 1637) | Birth | Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of the Province of Maryland (died in 1715) | |
August 27th, 1635 (August 27 1635) | Death | Felix Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright (born in 1562) | Lope de Vega Quotes |
August 27th, 1590 (August 27 1590) | Death | Pope Sixtus V (born in 1521) | |
August 27th, 1577 (August 27 1577) | Death | Titian, Italian artist | |
August 27th, 1572 (August 27 1572) | Death | Claude Goudimel, French composer | |
August 27th, 1545 (August 27 1545) | Death | Piotr Gamrat, Polish Catholic archbishop (born in 1487) | |
August 27th, 1521 (August 27 1521) | Death | Josquin Des Prez, Flemish composer | |
August 27th, 1487 (August 27 1487) | Birth | Anna of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark (died in 1514) | |
August 27th, 1471 (August 27 1471) | Birth | George, Duke of Saxony (died in 1539) | |
August 27th, 1450 (August 27 1450) | Death | Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (born in 1395) | |
August 27th, 1407 (August 27 1407) | Birth | Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (died in 1425) | |
August 27th, 1394 (August 27 1394) | Death | Chokei, Emperor of Japan (born in 1343) | |
August 27th, 1312 (August 27 1312) | Death | Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (born in 1262) | |
August 27th, 1232 (August 27 1232) | Event | The Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent Hojo Yasutoki. (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 1232) | |
August 27th, 0663 (August 27 0663) | Event | Remnants of the Korean Baekje Kingdom and their Yamato Japanese allies engage the combined naval forces of the Tang Chinese and Silla Koreans on the Geum River in Korea; the outcome is a significant Tang-Silla victory, while the Japanese would not attempt another invasion of Korea until the Imjin War of the late 16th century. | |
August 27th, 0542 (August 27 0542) | Death | Saint Caesarius of Arles | |
August 27th, 0479 (August 27 0479) | Event | 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. | |
August 27th, 0410 (August 27 0410) | Event | Visigothic sack of Rome ends after three days. | |