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| 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, 1996 (August 27 1996) | Death | Greg Morris, American actor (born in 1933) | |
| August 27th, 1986 (August 27 1986) | Birth | Mario, American R&B singer | |
| 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, 1966 (August 27 1966) | Birth | Juhan Parts, Prime Minister of Estonia | |
| August 27th, 1936 (August 27 1936) | Birth | Joel Kovel, American politician | |
| 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, 1916 (August 27 1916) | Birth | Martha Raye, American actress (died in 1994) | |
| August 27th, 1906 (August 27 1906) | Birth | Ed Gein, American serial killer (died in 1984) | |
| 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, 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, 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 |
