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The27t o Augustis the 239t day o the year (240t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 126 days bidin.

Events

410- The Sackin oRoumbi theVisigothsends efter three days.
1664- Shortly efter the Inglis tak-ower, New Amsterdam is renamedNew York.
1728-Vitus Beringdiscovers theDiomede Islandsatween EastrenRoushieanAlaska.
1743-Henry PelhambecomesPrime meenisteroGreat Breetain.
1813-Napoleondefeats anAustrick,ProushieanRoushieforce in theBattleoDresden.
1820-Zugspitze,the heichest peak in present-dayGermany,is climbed for the first time.
1828-BrazilanArgentinaeagree tae recognise the unthirldom oUruguay.
1883- TheKrakatoa volcanaeatweenJavaanSumatra(Indonesie) splodes. Tidal waves kill ower 36,000 fowk.
1896- Shortest war ever atween theUnitit KinrickanZanzibar.
1916-Warld War I:Romaniedeclares war onAustrick-Hungary.
1957- The Constitution oMalaysiecomes intae force.
1962- The Mariner 2spaceprobe is launched.
1975- Umwhile Emperor oEthiopie Haile Selassiedees agit 83.
1979-Louis Mountbatten, 1st Yerl Mountbatten o Burmais murthert bi anIRAbomb off the coast oIreland.
1991-Moldovaedeclares unthirldom frae theSoviet Union.
1991- TheEuropean Economic Communityrecognises the unthirldom oEstonie,LatvieanLithuanie.
1993- The Gohou Dam inQinghaiprovince,Fowkrepublic o Cheenae,breaks, killin 240 fowk.
2003-Marsmaks its closest approach tae theYirdin nearly 60,000 year.
2005-Alabama,LouisianaanMississippideclare a state o emergency in preparation forHurricaneKatrina.
2005- The Turnin Torso skyscraper opens inMalmö,Swaden.
2011-Hurricane Irenestrikes the east coast o theUnitit States.
2020-HurricaneLaura hits pairts oTexasanLouisiana.
2020-Ed Daveybecomes leader o the BreetishLeeberal Democrats.

Births

1545-Alessandro Farnese, Duke o Parma(d.1592)
1669-Anne Marie d'Orléans(d.1728)
1770-Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel,German philosopher (d.1832)
1809-Hannibal Hamlin,Vice Preses o the Unitit States(d.1891)
1858-Giuseppe Peano,Italian mathemateecian (d.1932)
1865-Charles G. Dawes,Vice Preses o the Unitit States(d.1951)
1868-Bob Donaldson,Scots fitbawer (d.1947)
1871-Theodore Dreiser,American novelist an jurnalist (d.1945)
1874-Carl Bosch,German ingineer an chemist (d.1940)
1884-Vincent Auriol,Preses o Fraunce(d.1966)
1890-Man Ray,American airtist (d.1976)
1897-Jock White,Scots fitbawer (d.1986)
1908-Don Bradman,Australian cricketer (d.2001)
1908-Lyndon B. Johnson,36tPreses o the Unitit States(d.1973)
1915-Norman Foster Ramsey Jr.,American pheesicist (d.2011)
1928-Osamu Shimomura,Japanese pheesicist (d.2018)
1932-Antonia Fraser,Inglis writer
1935-Eddie Connachan,Scots fitbawer
1946-Peter Tobin,Scots serial killer an sex offender
1952-Paul Reubens,American actor, writer an producer
1971-Stephen Wright,Scots fitbawer
1972-Denise Lewis,Inglis athlete
1976-Sarah Chalke,Canadian actress
1976-Mark Webber,Australian racin driver
1977-Deco,Portuguese fitbawer
1983-Jamala,Ukrainian sangster
1984-Sulley Muntari,Ghanaian ftbawer
1986-Sebastian Kurz,Chancellor oAustrick

Daiths

1577-Titian,Italian penter
1590-Pape Sixtus V(b.1521)
1635-Lope de Vega,Spainyie poet an playwricht (b.1562)
1666-Robert Blair,Scots divine
1958-Ernest Lawrence,American pheesicist (b.1901)
1963-W. E. B. Du Bois,American sociologist, historian an activist (b.1868)
1965-Le Corbusier,Swiss airchitect (b.1887)
1967-Brian Epstein,manager oThe Beatles(b.1934)
1975-Haile Selassie,Emperor oEthiopie(b.1892)
1979-Louis Mountbatten, 1st Yerl Mountbatten o Burma(b.1900)
2006-Jesse Pintado,Mexican-American guitarist (b.1969)
2019-Dawda Jawara,1stPreseso theGambie(b.1924)

Halidays

Naitional Day oMoldovae
Lyndon B. JohnsonDay (Texas)