On this day in History - Aug 27
551 BC Confucius was born (d. 479 BC). Philosopher
479 BC - 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.
55 BC - Julius Caesar lands in Britain for the first time.
0410 - Visigoth sack of Rome ends after three days.
0827 - Papa Eugénio II dies
1232 - The Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent Hojo Yasutoki. (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 1232)
1407 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu was born (d. 1425). Japanese shogun.
1521 - Josquin Des Prez dies. Flemish composer.
1572 - Claude Goudimel dies. French composer.
479 BC - 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.
55 BC - Julius Caesar lands in Britain for the first time.
0410 - Visigoth sack of Rome ends after three days.
0827 - Papa Eugénio II dies
1232 - The Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent Hojo Yasutoki. (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 1232)
1407 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu was born (d. 1425). Japanese shogun.
1521 - Josquin Des Prez dies. Flemish composer.
1572 - Claude Goudimel dies. French composer.
1574 - Morte de Bartolomeo Eustachi. Anatomista italiano.
1577 - Titian dies. Italian artist
1590 - Pope Sixtus V dies (b. 1521)
1635 - Félix Lope de Vega dies (b. 1562). Spanish poet and playwright.
1637 - Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore was born (d. 1715). Governor of the Province of Maryland
1664 - Francisco Zurbarán dies (b. 1598). Spanish painter.
1665 - John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol was born (d. 1751). English politician.
1677 - Otto Ferdinand Graf von Abensperg und Traun was born (d. 1748). Austrian field marshal.
1730 - Johann Georg Hamann was born (d. 1788). German philosopher.
1758 - Morre Maria Bárbara de Bragança (n. 1711). Infanta de Portugal, rainha consorte de Espanha.
1770 - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was born (d. 1831). German philosopher
1776 - Battle of Long Island, in present day Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington
1809 - Hannibal Hamlin was born (d. 1891). 15 th Vice President of the United States of America (1861-1865)
1813 - Napoleon defeats the Austrians, Russians and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden
1827 - Morre em Santiago de Chile, Bernardo de Vera y Pintado. Herói da Independencia e autor do Hino Nacional do Chile
1828 - The Russians defeat the Turks at Akhaltzikke.
1858 - Giuseppe Peano was born (d. 20 Apr 1932). Italian mathematician.
1859 - Petroleum discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania. World's first successful oil well.
1861 - Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
1865 - James Henry Breasted was born (d. 1935). American Egyptologist
1865 - Charles G. Dawes was born (d. 1951). 30th Vice President of the United States (1925-29). Nobel Prize laureate in 1925.
1870 - Amado Nervo was born. Mexican poet and diplomat.
1871 - Theodore Dreiser bwas born (d. 1945). American author.
1874 - Carl Bosch was born (d. 1940). German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate in 1931.
1875 - Katharine McCormick was born (d. 1967). American women's rights activist.
1875 - William Chapman Ralston dies (b. 1826). American banker.
1877 - Charles Stewart Rolls was born British auto manufacturer (Rolls-Royce Ltd) .
1880 - Aurora Fúlgida was born in Bucarest. Actress.
1882 - Samuel Goldwy was born. American film magnate (MGM)
1883 - The after effects caused by the Krakatau explosion in Indonesia kills 36,000 people.
1886 - Eric Coates was born (d. 1957). English composer.
1890 - Man Ray was born (d. 1976). Photographer and artist.
1896 - Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in world history (9:02 to 9:40) between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
1899 - C.S. Forester was born (d. 1966). British author
1900 - British defeat Boer commandos at Bergendal
1904 - Norah Lofts was born (d. 1983). American author
1906 - Ed Gein was born (d. 1984). American serial killer
1908 - Don Bradman was born (d. 2001). Australian cricketer
1908 - Lyndon B. Johnson was born (d. 1973). 36th President of the United States
1909 - Lester Young was born (d. 1959). American musician
1909 - Emil Christian Hansen dies (b. 1842). Danish fermentation physiologist.
1910 - Mother Teresa was born (d. 1997). Albanian missionary and humanitarian
1911 - Kay Walsh was born (d. 2005). British actress
1911 - Frederico Ressano Garcia, político e engenheiro português.
1914 - Eugen von Boehm-Bawerk dies (b. 1851). Austrian economist.
1915 - Norman F. Ramsey was born. American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1916 - Martha Raye was born (d. 1994). American actress
1919 - Louis Botha dies. South African soldier and statesman
1925 - Darry Cowl was born. Actor
1926 - Kristen Nygaard was born (d. 2002). Norwegian mathematician, computer scientist, and politician
1928 - Mangosuthu Buthelezi was born. South African politician.
1928 - Kellogg-Briand Pact, outlawing war, signed by sixty nations
1929 - Ira Levin was born. American author.
1929 - Herman Potočnik Noordung dies (b. 1892). Slovenian rocket scientist.
1577 - Titian dies. Italian artist
1590 - Pope Sixtus V dies (b. 1521)
1635 - Félix Lope de Vega dies (b. 1562). Spanish poet and playwright.
1637 - Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore was born (d. 1715). Governor of the Province of Maryland
1664 - Francisco Zurbarán dies (b. 1598). Spanish painter.
1665 - John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol was born (d. 1751). English politician.
1677 - Otto Ferdinand Graf von Abensperg und Traun was born (d. 1748). Austrian field marshal.
1730 - Johann Georg Hamann was born (d. 1788). German philosopher.
1758 - Morre Maria Bárbara de Bragança (n. 1711). Infanta de Portugal, rainha consorte de Espanha.
1770 - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was born (d. 1831). German philosopher
1776 - Battle of Long Island, in present day Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington
1809 - Hannibal Hamlin was born (d. 1891). 15 th Vice President of the United States of America (1861-1865)
1813 - Napoleon defeats the Austrians, Russians and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden
1827 - Morre em Santiago de Chile, Bernardo de Vera y Pintado. Herói da Independencia e autor do Hino Nacional do Chile
1828 - The Russians defeat the Turks at Akhaltzikke.
1858 - Giuseppe Peano was born (d. 20 Apr 1932). Italian mathematician.
1859 - Petroleum discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania. World's first successful oil well.
1861 - Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
1865 - James Henry Breasted was born (d. 1935). American Egyptologist
1865 - Charles G. Dawes was born (d. 1951). 30th Vice President of the United States (1925-29). Nobel Prize laureate in 1925.
1870 - Amado Nervo was born. Mexican poet and diplomat.
1871 - Theodore Dreiser bwas born (d. 1945). American author.
1874 - Carl Bosch was born (d. 1940). German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate in 1931.
1875 - Katharine McCormick was born (d. 1967). American women's rights activist.
1875 - William Chapman Ralston dies (b. 1826). American banker.
1877 - Charles Stewart Rolls was born British auto manufacturer (Rolls-Royce Ltd) .
1880 - Aurora Fúlgida was born in Bucarest. Actress.
1882 - Samuel Goldwy was born. American film magnate (MGM)
1883 - The after effects caused by the Krakatau explosion in Indonesia kills 36,000 people.
1886 - Eric Coates was born (d. 1957). English composer.
1890 - Man Ray was born (d. 1976). Photographer and artist.
1896 - Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in world history (9:02 to 9:40) between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
1899 - C.S. Forester was born (d. 1966). British author
1900 - British defeat Boer commandos at Bergendal
1904 - Norah Lofts was born (d. 1983). American author
1906 - Ed Gein was born (d. 1984). American serial killer
1908 - Don Bradman was born (d. 2001). Australian cricketer
1908 - Lyndon B. Johnson was born (d. 1973). 36th President of the United States
1909 - Lester Young was born (d. 1959). American musician
1909 - Emil Christian Hansen dies (b. 1842). Danish fermentation physiologist.
1910 - Mother Teresa was born (d. 1997). Albanian missionary and humanitarian
1911 - Kay Walsh was born (d. 2005). British actress
1911 - Frederico Ressano Garcia, político e engenheiro português.
1914 - Eugen von Boehm-Bawerk dies (b. 1851). Austrian economist.
1915 - Norman F. Ramsey was born. American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1916 - Martha Raye was born (d. 1994). American actress
1919 - Louis Botha dies. South African soldier and statesman
1925 - Darry Cowl was born. Actor
1926 - Kristen Nygaard was born (d. 2002). Norwegian mathematician, computer scientist, and politician
1928 - Mangosuthu Buthelezi was born. South African politician.
1928 - Kellogg-Briand Pact, outlawing war, signed by sixty nations
1929 - Ira Levin was born. American author.
1929 - Herman Potočnik Noordung dies (b. 1892). Slovenian rocket scientist.
1930 - Luis M. Sánchez Cerro assume a presidência do Perú
1931 - Frank Harris dies (b. 1856). Irish author and editor.
1932 - Carlos Freile Larrea assume a presidência do Equador.
1932 - Antonia Fraser was born. British author
1934 - Silvinha Teles was born in Rio de Janeiro (d. 17 Dec 1966). Brazilian singer and composer, (Bossa-Nova)
1935 - Frank Yablans was born. American film producer
1936 -Philippe Labro was born. Journalist
1937 - The automobile division of Toyoda Automatic Loom Works is spun off into the Toyota Motor Corporation.
1939 - First jet aircraft flight
1940 - Sonny Sharrock was born. American jazz guitarist
1941 - Shah of Iran abdicates throne to his son Reza Pahlawi
1945 - G.W. Bailey was born. American actor
1947 - Barbara Bach was born. American actress.
1948 - Charles Evans Hughes dies (b. 1862). U.S. Supreme Court justice.
1948 - Lorenzo Fernandez dies (b. 4 Nov 1897). Brazilian musician, composer and conductor.
1950 - Cesare Pavese dies (b. 09 Sep 1908). Italian writer.
1950 - Charles Fleischer was born. American actor
1952 - Pee-Wee Herman was born. American actor
1952 - Reparation negotiations between West Germany and Israel end in Luxembourg; West Germany to pay 3 billion Deutschmarks.
1953 - Peter Stormare was born. Swedish-born actor
1955 - Sandra (Christina Frederico) de Sá was born in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian popular singer and sambista.
1957 - Bernhard Langer was born. German golfer.
1958 - Ernest O Lawrence dies. Inventor (Cyclotron) .1939 Nobel Prize laureate
1958 - A URSS lança o Sputnik 3, levando a bordo dois cães.
1958 - Ernest Lawrence dies (b. 1901). American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
1959 - Gerhard Berger was born in Wörgl. Austrian F-1 race car driver.
1962 - Mariner 2 launched.
1963 - Garrett Morgan dies (b. 1877). American inventor.
1963 - W.E.B. DuBois dies (b. 1868). American civil rights activist and scholar.
1964 - Gracie Allen dies. American actress and comedienne.
1965 - Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret) dies (b. 1887). Swiss architect.
1965 - Nascia Paulo Silas. Jogador brasileiro de futebol que representou o Sao Paulo, Guaraní, Sporting e San Lorenzo.
1967 - Brian Epstein dies (b. 1934). English manager of The Beatles
1968 - Princess Marina dies (b. 1906). Duchess of Kent.
1969 - Ivy Compton-Burnett dies (b. 1884). English novelist.
1969 - Erika Mann dies (b. 1905). German writer and daughter of Thomas Mann.
1969 - 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.
1970 - Peter Ebdon was born. English snooker player
1970 - Jim Thome was born. baseball player
1971 - Nicarágua flag is adopted
1971 - Bennett Cerf dies (b. 1898). American publisher and television personality.
1974 - Lupicínio Rodrigues dies (b. 1914). Brazilian popular composer.
1974 - Jose Vidro was born. Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player
1975 - Jonny Moseley was born. American skier.
1975 - Haile Selassie I dies (b. 1892). Emperor of Ethiopia.
1976 - Mukesh dies (b. 1923). Indian playback singer.
1976 - Carlos Moya was born. Spanish tennis player .
1976 - Mark Webber was born. Australian race car driver
1977 - Deco (Anderson Luiz de Sousa) was born. Brazilian-born Portuguese footballer
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.
1979 - Earl Mountbatten dies assassinated (b. 1900). British admiral and statesman
1980 - Douglas Kenney dies (b. 1947). American humorist.
1983 - Haiti adopts constitution
1985 - The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Babangida.
1988 - Alexa Vega was born. American actress.
1988 - William Sargant dies (b. 1907). British psychiatrist.
1990 - Stevie Ray Vaughan dies in a helicopter crash (b. 3 Oct 1954). American guitarist ( Blues and Jazz).
1990 - Afonso Arinos (Afonso Arino de Melo Franco) dies (b. 27 Nov 1905). Brazilian politician, essayst and historian.
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.
1993 - The Florida DOT decides to cease producing its distinctive colored U.S. Highway shields so that it can make use of Federal funds for those signs.
1993 - The Rainbow Bridge, connecting Tokyo's Shibaura and the island of Odaiba, is completed.
1994 - Morre Roberto "Polaco" Goyeneche. Cantor argentino de tangos.
1996 - Dulcina de Morais dies (b. 3 Feb 1908). Brazilian actress.
1997 - Brandon Tartikoff dies (b. 1949). American television producer.
1999 - D. Hélder (Pessoa) Câmara dies (b. 07 Feb 1909). Brazilian religious. Archbishop of Olinda and Recife
1999 - Michael Johnson bate o record mais antigo do atletismo masculino ao vencer os 400 metros dos Mundiais de Atletismo em Sevilla, com a marca de 43:18 segundos .
1932 - Antonia Fraser was born. British author
1934 - Silvinha Teles was born in Rio de Janeiro (d. 17 Dec 1966). Brazilian singer and composer, (Bossa-Nova)
1935 - Frank Yablans was born. American film producer
1936 -Philippe Labro was born. Journalist
1937 - The automobile division of Toyoda Automatic Loom Works is spun off into the Toyota Motor Corporation.
1939 - First jet aircraft flight
1940 - Sonny Sharrock was born. American jazz guitarist
1941 - Shah of Iran abdicates throne to his son Reza Pahlawi
1945 - G.W. Bailey was born. American actor
1947 - Barbara Bach was born. American actress.
1948 - Charles Evans Hughes dies (b. 1862). U.S. Supreme Court justice.
1948 - Lorenzo Fernandez dies (b. 4 Nov 1897). Brazilian musician, composer and conductor.
1950 - Cesare Pavese dies (b. 09 Sep 1908). Italian writer.
1950 - Charles Fleischer was born. American actor
1952 - Pee-Wee Herman was born. American actor
1952 - Reparation negotiations between West Germany and Israel end in Luxembourg; West Germany to pay 3 billion Deutschmarks.
1953 - Peter Stormare was born. Swedish-born actor
1955 - Sandra (Christina Frederico) de Sá was born in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian popular singer and sambista.
1957 - Bernhard Langer was born. German golfer.
1958 - Ernest O Lawrence dies. Inventor (Cyclotron) .1939 Nobel Prize laureate
1958 - A URSS lança o Sputnik 3, levando a bordo dois cães.
1958 - Ernest Lawrence dies (b. 1901). American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
1959 - Gerhard Berger was born in Wörgl. Austrian F-1 race car driver.
1962 - Mariner 2 launched.
1963 - Garrett Morgan dies (b. 1877). American inventor.
1963 - W.E.B. DuBois dies (b. 1868). American civil rights activist and scholar.
1964 - Gracie Allen dies. American actress and comedienne.
1965 - Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret) dies (b. 1887). Swiss architect.
1965 - Nascia Paulo Silas. Jogador brasileiro de futebol que representou o Sao Paulo, Guaraní, Sporting e San Lorenzo.
1967 - Brian Epstein dies (b. 1934). English manager of The Beatles
1968 - Princess Marina dies (b. 1906). Duchess of Kent.
1969 - Ivy Compton-Burnett dies (b. 1884). English novelist.
1969 - Erika Mann dies (b. 1905). German writer and daughter of Thomas Mann.
1969 - 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.
1970 - Peter Ebdon was born. English snooker player
1970 - Jim Thome was born. baseball player
1971 - Nicarágua flag is adopted
1971 - Bennett Cerf dies (b. 1898). American publisher and television personality.
1974 - Lupicínio Rodrigues dies (b. 1914). Brazilian popular composer.
1974 - Jose Vidro was born. Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player
1975 - Jonny Moseley was born. American skier.
1975 - Haile Selassie I dies (b. 1892). Emperor of Ethiopia.
1976 - Mukesh dies (b. 1923). Indian playback singer.
1976 - Carlos Moya was born. Spanish tennis player .
1976 - Mark Webber was born. Australian race car driver
1977 - Deco (Anderson Luiz de Sousa) was born. Brazilian-born Portuguese footballer
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.
1979 - Earl Mountbatten dies assassinated (b. 1900). British admiral and statesman
1980 - Douglas Kenney dies (b. 1947). American humorist.
1983 - Haiti adopts constitution
1985 - The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Babangida.
1988 - Alexa Vega was born. American actress.
1988 - William Sargant dies (b. 1907). British psychiatrist.
1990 - Stevie Ray Vaughan dies in a helicopter crash (b. 3 Oct 1954). American guitarist ( Blues and Jazz).
1990 - Afonso Arinos (Afonso Arino de Melo Franco) dies (b. 27 Nov 1905). Brazilian politician, essayst and historian.
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.
1993 - The Florida DOT decides to cease producing its distinctive colored U.S. Highway shields so that it can make use of Federal funds for those signs.
1993 - The Rainbow Bridge, connecting Tokyo's Shibaura and the island of Odaiba, is completed.
1994 - Morre Roberto "Polaco" Goyeneche. Cantor argentino de tangos.
1996 - Dulcina de Morais dies (b. 3 Feb 1908). Brazilian actress.
1997 - Brandon Tartikoff dies (b. 1949). American television producer.
1999 - D. Hélder (Pessoa) Câmara dies (b. 07 Feb 1909). Brazilian religious. Archbishop of Olinda and Recife
1999 - Michael Johnson bate o record mais antigo do atletismo masculino ao vencer os 400 metros dos Mundiais de Atletismo em Sevilla, com a marca de 43:18 segundos .
1999 - Paraguai ratifica o Protocolo de Kyoto.
2000 - Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire, three people are killed.
2002 - Richard Ricci dies (b. 1953). American handyman wrongly suspected of being a kidnapper in the Elizabeth Smart case.
2003 - Mars makes closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing approximately 34,646,416 miles (55,758,006 kilometers) from Earth.ar racer.
2003 - Pierre Poujade dies (b. 1920). French politician.
2004 - Willie Crawford dies (b. 1946). Baseball player.
Roman Empire - Volturnalia held in honor of Volturnus
Moldova - Independence Day (the national holiday)
[Hong Kong] Liberation Day (1945)
2000 - Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire, three people are killed.
2002 - Richard Ricci dies (b. 1953). American handyman wrongly suspected of being a kidnapper in the Elizabeth Smart case.
2003 - Mars makes closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing approximately 34,646,416 miles (55,758,006 kilometers) from Earth.ar racer.
2003 - Pierre Poujade dies (b. 1920). French politician.
2004 - Willie Crawford dies (b. 1946). Baseball player.
Roman Empire - Volturnalia held in honor of Volturnus
Moldova - Independence Day (the national holiday)
[Hong Kong] Liberation Day (1945)
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