August 27 August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. Events 500 BC - AD 1899 479 BC - Battle of Plataea ends the Persian invasion of Greece, Mardonius routed by Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army. 55 BC - Julius Caesar Lands in Britain for the first time. AD 1776 - Battle of Long Island, in present day Brooklyn, New York British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington 1813 - Napoleon defeats the Austrians, Russians and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden 1828 - The Russians defeat the Turks at Akhaltzikke. 1859 - Oil discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania. World's first successful oil well. 1861 - Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina 1883 - A flood in Indonesia kills 36,000 people. 1900-1999 1900 - British defeat Boer commandos at Bergendal 1928 - Kellogg-Briand Pact, outlawing war, signed by sixty nations 1939 - First jet airplane flight 1952 - Reparation negotiations between West Germany and Israel end in Luxembourg; West Germany to pay 3 billion Deutschmarks. 1962 - Mariner 2 launched 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. 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. 1991 - The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. 1991 - Moldova declares independence from the USSR. 2000-2099 2003 - Mars makes closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing approximately 34,646,416 miles (55,758,006 kilometers) from Earth. Births 600 BC - AD 1899 551 BC - Confucius, philosopher (d. 479 BC) AD 1407 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Ashikaga shogun (d. 1425) 1770 - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, philosopher. (d. 1831) 1809 - Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States of America. (d. 1891) 1858 - Giuseppe Peano, mathematician. (d. 1932) 1865 - James Henry Breasted, Egyptologist (d. 1935) 1871 - Theodore Dreiser, author (d. 1945) 1875 - Katharine McCormick, U.S. women's rights activist 1890 - Man Ray, photographer, artist (d. 1976) 1899 - C.S. Forester, author (d. 1966) 1900-1999 1904 - Norah Lofts, author 1906 - Ed Gein, serial killer (d. 1984) 1908 - Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973) 1908 - Don Bradman, cricketer (d. 2001) 1909 - Lester Young, jazz musician (d. 1959) 1910 - Mother Teresa, missionary, humanitarian (d. 1997) 1916 - Martha Raye, actress (d. 1994) 1926 - Kristen Nygaard (d. 2002) 1928 - Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Chief Minister of defunct KwaZulu bantustan, former South African minister of Home Affairs. 1929 - Ira Levin, author 1932 - Antonia Fraser, author 1935 - Frank Yablans, film producer 1952 - Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee Herman), actor 1957 - Bernhard Langer, German golfer 1968 - John Henry Williams, controversial son of baseball great Ted Williams (d. 2004) 1970 - Peter Ebdon, English snooker player 1970 - Jim Thome, baseball player 1974 - Jose Vidro, Major League Baseball All-Star 1975 - Jonny Moseley, Olympic Games gold medal winning skier 1976 - Steven Mermelstein, author 1976 - Carlos Moya, Spanish tennis player 1976 - Mark Webber, Australian Formula One driver 1977 - Deco, football player 1978 - Mase, rapper 1980 - CB Droege, author Deaths 500 BC - AD 1899 479 BC - Confucius, ethicist. 1577 - Titian, artist 1590 - Pope Sixtus V 1635 - Félix Lope de Vega, playwright 1875 - William Ralston, entrepreneur 1900-1999 1909 - Emil Christian Hansen, fermentation physiologist 1929 - Herman Potočnik Noordung, Slovene pioneer of astronautics and cosmonautics, and rocket engineer 1931 - Frank Harris, author and editor 1948 - Charles Evans Hughes, United States Supreme Court justice. 1963 - Garrett Morgan, inventor 1963 - W.E.B. DuBois, civil rights activist and scholar 1964 - Gracie Allen, actress, comedienne. 1965 - Le Corbusier, Swiss architect 1967 - Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles 1968 - Her Royal Highness Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (b. 1906) 1969 - Ivy Compton-Burnett, English novelist 1971 - Bennett Cerf, publisher, television personality 1975 - Haile Selassie I (Ras Tafari Makonnen), Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930-1975 (deposed). (b. July 23, 1892 in Harar) 1979 - Earl Mountbatten killed by an IRA bomb 1990 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, guitarist 1997 - Brandon Tartikoff, television producer 2000-2099 2002 - Richard Ricci, Utah handyman and religious fanatic suspected of kidnapping 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart 2003 - Pierre Poujade, French politician Holidays and observances Roman Empire - Volturnalia held in honor of Volturnus Moldova - Independence Day (the national holiday) Recorded this date 1898 "The Miner's Dream Of Home" (w.m. Will Godwin & Leo Dryden) - Leo Dryden 1923 "I've Got The Yes! We Have No Bananas Blues" (w. Lew Brown m. James F. Hanley & Robert King) - Belle Baker with Virginians 1924 "Somebody Loves Me" (w. Ballard MacDonald & B. G. De Sylva m. George Gershwin) - Cliff Edwards 1926 "There's A New Star In Heaven Tonight - Rudolph Valentino" (w. J. Keirn Brennan & Irving Mills m. Jimmy McHugh) - Vernon Dalhart - Vaughan De Leath (as Angelina Marco) 1926 "Six Feet Of Papa" (Moll, Sizemore) - Aileen Stanley 1928 "I Kiss Your Hand, Madame" (w. (Eng) Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young (Ger) Fritz Rotter m. Ralph Erwin) - Whispering Jack Smith 1928 "Ramona" (w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Mabel Wayne) - Whispering Jack Smith 1929 "If Love Were All" (w.m. Noel Coward) - Ivy St Helier with O/Ray Noble 1929 "I'll See You Again" (w.m. Noel Coward) - George Metaxa & Peggy Wood with Ray Noble 1930 "The Kiss Waltz" (w. Al Dubin m. Joe Burke) - Ruth Etting 1930 "I'm Yours" (w. E. Y. Harburg m. John Green) - Ruth Etting 1930 "Don't Tell Him What Happened To Me" (w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson) - Ruth Etting 1930 "Great Day!" (w. Billy Rose & Edward Eliscu m. Vincent Youmans) - Pat O'Malley with Jack Hylton & his Orchestra 1930 "Without A Song" (w. Edward Eliscu & Billy Rose m. Vincent Youmans) - Pat O'Malley with Jack Hylton & his Orchestra 1931 "Heebie Jeebies" (w.m. Boyd Atkins) - Boswell Sisters with Dorsey Brothers Orchestra 1931 "Shine On Harvest Moon" (w. Jack Norworth m. Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth) - Boswell Sisters with Dorsey Brothers Orchestra 1931 "The Queen Was In The Parlour" (Sherman Myers, Erroll Reaves) - George Baker with Arthur Lally & Millionaires 1932 "The Flies Crawled Up The Window" (w.m. Douglas Furber & Vivian Ellis) - Jack Hulbert 1933 "I Guess It Had to Be That Way" (w.m. Arthur Johnston & Sam Coslow) - Bing Crosby with O/Jimmie Grier 1933 "Thanks" (w. Sam Coslow m. Arthur Johnston) - Bing Crosby with O/Jimmie Grier 1933 "The Day You Came Along" (w.m. Arthur Johnston & Sam Coslow) - Bing Crosby with O/Jimmie Grier 1933 "Black Moonlight" (w.m. Arthur Johnston & Sam Coslow) - Bing Crosby with O/Jimmie Grier 1934 "Miss Otis Regrets" (w.m. Cole Porter) - Anona Winn with The BBC Dance Orchestra 1934 "Stars Fell On Alabama" (w. Mitchell Parish m. Frank Perkins) - Carmen Lombardo with Guy Lombardo & his Orchestra 1938 "Down And Out Blues" (Sam Mayo) - Al Bowlly with Sid Colin with Lew Stone & his Band 1939 "The Last Two Weeks In July" (w. Sam Lewis m. Abel Baer) - Helen Forrest with Artie Shaw & his Orchestra 1939 "Day In - Day Out" (w. Johnny Mercer m. Rube Bloom) - Helen Forrest with Artie Shaw & his Orchestra 1939 "Two Blind Loves" (w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen) - Helen Forrest with Artie Shaw & his Orchestra 1939 "Oh Lady Be Good" (w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin) - Artie Shaw 1940 "Frenesi" (w. (Eng) Ray Charles & Bob Russell m. Alberto Dominguez) - Xavier Cugat & his Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra 1940 "When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano" (w.m. Leon René) - Gene Autry 1941 "I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire" (w.m. Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus, Bennie Benjamin & Eddie Durham) - Ink Spots 1943 "I'd Like To Set You To Music" (w. Paul Francis Webster m. Harry Revel) - Anne Shelton with Personnel from Ambrose Orchestra cond. Stanley Black 1943 "Put Your Arms Around Me Honey" (w. Junie McCree m. Harry Von Tilzer) - Anne Shelton with Ambrose & his Orchestra 1943 "Take It From There" (w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger) - Anne Shelton with Ambrose & his Orchestra 1943 "Silver Wings In The Moonlight" (w.m. Hugh Charles, Sonny Miller & Leo Towers) - Anne Shelton with Personnel from Ambrose Orchestra cond. Stanley Black 1945 "And Yet I Don't Know" (Weston & Lee) - Beatrice Kay & Elm City Four with O/Paul Baron 1945 "I Only Have Eyes For You" (w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren) - Frank Sinatra w. Ken Lane Singers with O/Axel Stordahl 1945 "America the Beautiful" (w. Katherine Lee Bates m. Samuel A. Ward) - Frank Sinatra w. Ken Lane Singers with O/Axel Stordahl 1945 "Silent Night" (w. (Ger) Joseph Mohr w. (Eng) anon m. Franz Gruber) - Frank Sinatra w. Ken Lane Singers with O/Axel Stordahl 1945 "The Moon Was Yellow" (w. Edgar Leslie m. Fred E. Ahlert) - Frank Sinatra w. Ken Lane Singers with O/Axel Stordahl 1946 "That's My Desire" (w. Carroll Loveday m. Helmy Kresa) - Frankie Laine with O/Carl Fischer 1958 "Forget Me Not" - Kalin Twins with O/Jack Pleis 1959 "It's All Right With Me" (w.m. Cole Porter) - Frank Sinatra with O/Nelson Riddle 1959 "C'Est Magnifique" (w.m. Cole Porter) - Frank Sinatra with O/Nelson Riddle 1962 "The Look Of Love" (w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen) - Frank Sinatra with O/Neal Hefti August 26 - August 28 - July 27 - September 27 -- listing of all days FAVORITE ARTICLES: History of the World    History of the United States    History of Europe    Ancient History    History    Military History    World War I    Bombing of Dresden    California    US Constitution    Frank Sinatra    Boston    Marbury v. Madison This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html You may copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license. You must provide a link to http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html To view or edit this article at Wikipedia go to http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_27