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August 27th


- Christian Feast Day:
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Moldova from the USSR in 1991.
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (Texas)
- Volturnalia, held in honor of Volturnus. (Roman Empire)

August 27th


- 2007 - Bluegrass Army Depot Sarin(GB) leak in Lexington, Kentucky. Officials reported the Sarin levels 85 times above the safe limit.
- 2006 - Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound for Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. 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.
- 2000 - 540-metre (1,772 ft)-tall Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire, three people are killed.
- 1993 - The Rainbow Bridge, connecting Tokyo's Shibaura and the island of Odaiba, is completed.
- 1991 - Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
- 1991 - The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
- 1990 - Stevie Ray Vaughan dies in a helicopter crash.
- 1985 - The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.
- 1982 - Turkish military diplomat Colonel Atilla Alt?kat is shot and killed in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's capital. Justice Commandos Against Armenian Genocide claim responsibility, saying they are avenging the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians in the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
- 1979 - An IRA bomb kills British World War II admiral Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and 3 others while they are boating on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland. Another bomb near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland kills 18 British soldiers.
- 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 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.
- 1969 - Israeli commando force penetrates deep into Egyptian territory to stage a mortar attack on regional Egyptian Army headquarters in the Nile Valley of Upper Egypt.
- 1962 - The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
- 1957 - The Constitution of Malaysia comes into force.
- 1943 - Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
- 1939 - First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
- 1928 - The Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by the first fifteen nations to do so. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
- 1922 - The Turkish army takes the Aegean city of Afyonkarahisar from the Greeks.
- 1921 - The British install the son of Sharif Hussein bin Ali (leader of the Arab Revolt of 1916 against the Ottoman Empire) as King Faisal I of Iraq.
- 1916 - Romania declares war against Austria-Hungary, entering World War I as one of the Allied nations.
- 1896 - Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in world history (09:00 to 09:45) between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
- 1861 - Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
- 1859 - Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well.
- 1828 - Uruguay is formally proclaimed independent at preliminary peace talks brokered by Great Britain between Brazil and Argentina during the Argentina-Brazil War.
- 1813 - French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte 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 Connaught.
- 1793 - French counter-revolution: the port of Toulon revolts and admits the British fleet, which lands troops and seizes the port leading to Siege of Toulon.
- 1789 - The French National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, proclaiming that "men are born and remain free and equal in rights".
- 1776 - The Battle of Long Island: in what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
- 1689 - The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing empire.
- 1232 - The Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent H?j? Yasutoki. (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 1232)
- 1172 - Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned as junior king and queen of England.
- 410 - The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days.
- -479 - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army in the Battle of Plataea.

August 27th


- 1993 - Sarah Hecken, German figure skater
- 1988 - Alexa Vega, American actress
- 1987 - Darren McFadden, American football player
- 1986 - Mario, American R&B singer
- 1985 - Alexandra Nechita, Romanian/American artist
- 1984 - David Bentley, English footballer
- 1984 - Sulley Muntari, Ghanaian footballer
- 1983 - Wilson Chen, Taiwanese actor
- 1982 - Damien Monier, French cyclist
- 1981 - Demetria McKinney, American actress
- 1981 - Maxwell Cabelino Andrade, Spanish footballer
- 1980 - Neha Dhupia, Indian model and actress
- 1980 - Kyle Lowder, American actor
- 1979 - Giovanni Capitello, American filmmaker and actor
- 1979 - Aaron Paul, American actor
- 1979 - Tian Liang, Chinese diver
- 1979 - Sarah Neufeld, Canadian musician (Arcade Fire)
- 1979 - Rusty Smith, American shorttracker
- 1977 - Deco, Portuguese footballer
- 1976 - Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress
- 1976 - Carlos Moyà, Spanish tennis player
- 1976 - Milano Collection Akihito Terui, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1976 - Mark Webber, Australian racing driver
- 1975 - Jonny Moseley, American skier
- 1975 - Björn Gelotte, Swedish guitarplayer, In Flames
- 1975 - Mark Rudan, Australian footballer
- 1974 - José Vidro, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1974 - Mohammad Yousuf, Pakistani cricketer
- 1974 - Michael Mason, New Zealand cricketer
- 1973 - Carlene Begnaud, American professional wrestler
- 1973 - Danny Coyne, Welsh footballer
- 1973 - Dietmar Hamann, German footballer
- 1973 - Johan Norberg, Swedish author
- 1973 - Burak Kut, Turkish pop singer
- 1973 - Cory Bowles, Canadian actor
- 1972 - Jimmy Pop, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang)
- 1972 - Jaap-Derk Buma, Dutch field hockey player
- 1972 - Denise Lewis, English heptathlete
- 1972 - The Great Khali, Indian professional wrestler
- 1971 - Julian Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer
- 1971 - Ernest Faber, Dutch footballer and coach
- 1971 - Aygül Özkan, German politician
- 1970 - Andy Bichel, Australian cricketer
- 1970 - Peter Ebdon, English snooker player
- 1970 - Mark Ilott, England cricketer
- 1970 - Tony Kanal, English musician (No Doubt)
- 1970 - Jeff Kenna, Irish footballer
- 1970 - Jim Thome, American baseball player
- 1970 - Karl Unterkircher, Italian mountaineer (d. 2008)
- 1969 - Reece Shearsmith, British actor and comedian
- 1969 - Mark Ealham, England cricketer
- 1969 - Cesar Millan, Mexican dog trainer
- 1969 - Chandra Wilson, American actress
- 1967 - Ogie Alcasid, Filipino singer and actor
- 1966 - Juhan Parts, Prime Minister of Estonia
- 1965 - Wayne James, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1964 - Robert Bogue, American actor
- 1962 - Adam Oates, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1962 - Thomas Duggan, American photographer
- 1962 - Vic Mignogna, American voice actor
- 1961 - Yolanda Adams, American gospel singer
- 1961 - Tom Ford, American fashion designer
- 1959 - Gerhard Berger, Austrian racing driver and F1 team co-owner (Scuderia Toro Rosso)
- 1959 - Juan Fernando Cobo, Colombian artist
- 1959 - Downtown Julie Brown, Welsh TV personality and MTV VJ
- 1958 - Sergei Krikalev, Russian cosmonaut
- 1958 - Tom Lanoye, Belgian author
- 1958 - Normand Brathwaite, Canadian comedian and television and radio host
- 1957 - Jeff Grubb, American author and game designer
- 1957 - Bernhard Langer, German golfer and two-time Masters champion
- 1955 - Laura Fygi, Dutch singer
- 1955 - Robert Richardson, American cinematographer
- 1955 - Diana Scarwid, American actress
- 1954 - John Lloyd, British tennis player
- 1954 - Derek Warwick, British race car driver
- 1953 - Alex Lifeson, Canadian guitarist (Rush)
- 1953 - Peter Stormare, Swedish-born actor
- 1952 - Paul Reubens (aka Pee-wee Herman), American actor
- 1951 - Buddy Bell, American baseball player-manager
- 1951 - Mack Brown, American University of Texas Head Football Coach
- 1950 - Charles Fleischer, American actor
- 1949 - Jeff Cook, vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, fiddle, banjo and mandolin for Alabama
- 1948 - Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek musician (d. 1990)
- 1948 - Sgt. Slaughter, American professional wrestler
- 1947 - Barbara Bach, American actress
- 1947 - Harry Reems, American actor
- 1947 - John Morrison, New Zealand cricketer
- 1947 - Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer (d. 2002)
- 1946 - Tony Howard, West Indian cricketer
- 1944 - G. W. Bailey, American actor
- 1943 - Tuesday Weld, American actress
- 1942 - Daryl Dragon, American keyboardist (Captain & Tennille)
- 1942 - Brian Peckford, Canadian politician
- 1941 - Harrison Page, American actor
- 1940 - Sonny Sharrock, American jazz guitarist (d. 1994)
- 1939 - William Least Heat-Moon, American author
- 1937 - Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (d. 2007)
- 1937 - Tommy Sands, American actor and singer
- 1936 - Joel Kovel, American politician
- 1935 - Ernie Broglio, American baseball player
- 1935 - Frank Yablans, American film producer
- 1932 - Antonia Fraser, British author
- 1931 - Sri Chinmoy, Indian guru (d. 2007)
- 1931 - Joe Cunningham, American baseball player
- 1929 - Ira Levin, American author (d. 2007)
- 1928 - Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African politician
- 1926 - Pat Coombs, English actress (d. 2002)
- 1926 - Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian mathematician (d. 2002)
- 1925 - Darry Cowl, French actor (d. 2006)
- 1925 - Nat Lofthouse, English footballer
- 1924 - David Rowbotham, Australian poet
- 1921 - Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1996)
- 1921 - Leo Penn, American film director (d. 1998)
- 1919 - Murray Grand, American songwriter and cabaret singer (d. 2007)
- 1918 - Jelle Zijlstra, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1966 until 1967 (d. 2001)
- 1917 - Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player (d. 1986)
- 1916 - Martha Raye, American actress (d. 1994)
- 1916 - Tony Harris, South African cricketer (d. 1993)
- 1915 - Norman Foster Ramsey, American physicist Nobel Prize laureate
- 1914 - Heidi Kabel, German actress (d. 2010)
- 1913 - Nina Schenk von Stauffenberg, Russian-born wife of Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg (d. 2006)
- 1912 - Gloria Guinness, Mexican socialite and writer(d. 1980)
- 1911 - Kay Walsh, British actress (d. 2005)
- 1909 - Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist (d. 1966)
- 1909 - Lester Young, American musician (d. 1959)
- 1908 - Don Bradman, Australian cricketer (d. 2001)
- 1908 - Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973)
- 1908 - Kurt Wegner, German artist (d. 1985)
- 1906 - Ed Gein, American serial killer (d. 1984)
- 1904 - Norah Lofts, British author (d. 1983)
- 1904 - John Hay Whitney, American financier (d. 1982)
- 1899 - C. S. Forester, British author (d. 1966)
- 1899 - Byron Foulger, American actor (d. 1970)
- 1898 - Gaspard Fauteux, French Canadian parliamentarian (d. 1963)
- 1896 - Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress (d. 1984)
- 1890 - Man Ray, American photographer and artist (d. 1976)
- 1886 - Rebecca Helferich Clarke, English composer and violist (d. 1979)
- 1886 - Eric Coates, English composer (d. 1957)
- 1884 - Vincent Auriol, French President (d. 1966)
- 1877 - Charles Rolls, British co-founder of Rolls-Royce (d. 1910)
- 1877 - Ernst Wetter, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1963)
- 1875 - Katharine McCormick, American women's rights activist (d. 1967)
- 1874 - Carl Bosch, German chemist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
- 1871 - Theodore Dreiser, American author (d. 1945)
- 1870 - Amado Nervo, Mexican poet (d. 1919)
- 1868 - Hong Beom-do, Korean independence activist (d. 1943)
- 1865 - James Henry Breasted, American Egyptologist (d. 1935)
- 1865 - Charles G. Dawes, 30th Vice President of the United States and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (d. 1951)
- 1858 - Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician (d. 1932)
- 1809 - Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States of America (d. 1891)
- 1803 - Edward Beecher, American theologian (d. 1895)
- 1770 - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher (d. 1831)
- 1730 - Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher (d. 1788)
- 1724 - John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-born Continental Congressman (d. 1781)
- 1698 - Baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement (d. 1760)
- 1677 - Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (d. 1748)
- 1669 - Anne Marie of Orléans, queen of Italy (d. 1728)
- 1665 - John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (d. 1751)
- 1637 - Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of the Province of Maryland (d. 1715)
- 1487 - Anna of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark (d. 1514)
- 1471 - George, Duke of Saxony (d. 1539)
- 1407 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (d. 1425)