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| August 27th, 2005 (August 27 2005) | Death | Sean Purcell, Gaelic footballer (born in 1929) | |
| 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, 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, 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, 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, 1945 (August 27 1945) | Birth | G. W. Bailey, American actor | |
| 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, 1925 (August 27 1925) | Birth | Darry Cowl, French actor (died in 2006) | |
| August 27th, 1915 (August 27 1915) | Birth | Norman F. Ramsey, Nobel Prize laureate | |
| 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, 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, 1665 (August 27 1665) | Birth | John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (died in 1751) | |
| August 27th, 1635 (August 27 1635) | Death | Felix Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright (born in 1562) | Lope de Vega Quotes |
| August 27th, 1545 (August 27 1545) | Death | Piotr Gamrat, Polish Catholic archbishop (born in 1487) | |
