Tukuk-OS📅 August 27
14 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
Advertisement
What happened on August 27? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2013 — Religious violence between Hindus and Muslims erupted in Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India, leaving 62 people dead.
- 2009 — The Myanmar military junta and ethnic armies began three days of violent clashes in the region of Kokang.
- 2006 — Comair Flight 5191 crashed (wreckage pictured) while inadvertently attempting to take off from the wrong runway at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49 of the 50 people on board, and causing the Federal Aviation Administration to modify air traffic control rules.
- 1990 — American musician Stevie Ray Vaughan, one of the most influential guitarists in the revival of blues in the 1980s, was killed in a helicopter crash.
- 1979 — The Troubles: the IRA ambushed and killed 18 British soldiers near Warrenpoint, and assassinated Lord Mountbatten on his boat at Mullaghmore.
The TroublesProvisional Irish Republican ArmyWarrenpoint ambush
- 1964 — South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Khánh entered into a triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals Trần Thiện Khiêm and Dương Văn Minh, both of whom had been involved in plots to unseat Khánh.
- 1955 — The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records was published.
- 1896 — In the shortest recorded war in history, the Sultanate of Zanzibar surrendered to the United Kingdom after less than an hour of conflict.
- 1859 — Edwin Drake successfully drilled for oil in Titusville, Pennsylvania, resulting in the Pennsylvania oil rush, the first oil boom in the United States.
- 1832 — Black Hawk (pictured), the leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans, surrendered to U.S. authorities to end the Black Hawk War.
Black Hawk (Sauk leader)Sauk peopleNative Americans in the United States
- 1810 — Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeated the Royal Navy, preventing them from capturing the harbour of Grand Port on Mauritius.
- 1776 — British forces led by William Howe defeated the Continental Army under George Washington at the Battle of Long Island, the largest battle of the American Revolutionary War.
William Howe, 5th Viscount HoweContinental ArmyGeorge Washington
- 1656 — The Netherlands and the Ahanta people signed the Treaty of Butre, creating a Dutch protectorate over the country of Upper Ahanta in modern-day Ghana.
- 410 — The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ended after three days.
Births
- 2007 — Ariana Greenblatt, American actress
- 2006 — Kang Ju-hyeok, South Korean footballer
- 2001 — Franz Wagner, German basketball player
- 1998 — Kevin Huerter, American basketball player
- 1998 — Matheus Nunes, Portuguese footballer
- 1998 — Rod Wave, American rapper, singer, and songwriter
- 1998 — Brandon Hagel, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1997 — Lucas Paquetá, Brazilian footballer
- 1995 — Jessie Mei Li, English actress
- 1995 — Sergey Sirotkin, Russian race car driver
- 1994 — Ellar Coltrane, American actor
- 1994 — Breanna Stewart, American basketball player
Deaths
- 2026 — Ratko Mladić, Bosnian Serb military officer and war criminal (born 1942)
- 2026 — Rukidi IV of Tooro, 13th Omukama of Tooro (born 1992)
- 2024 — Bob Carr, American politician (born 1943)
- 2024 — Juan Izquierdo, Uruguayan footballer (born 1997)
- 2024 — Charlotte Kretschmann, German supercentenarian (born 1909)
- 2024 — Leonard Riggio, American businessman (born 1941)
- 2016 — Cookie, Australian Major Mitchell's cockatoo, oldest recorded parrot (born 1933)
- 2015 — Kazi Zafar Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician, 8th Prime Minister of Bangladesh (born 1939)
- 2015 — Pascal Chaumeil, French director and screenwriter (born 1961)
- 2015 — Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player and coach (born 1957)
- 2014 — Jacques Friedel, French physicist and academic (born 1921)
- 2014 — Valeri Petrov, Bulgarian poet, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1920)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Baculus of Sorrento
- Christian feast day: Caesarius of Arles
- Christian feast day: David Lewis
- Christian feast day: Decuman
- Christian feast day: Gebhard of Constance
- Christian feast day: Euthalia
- Christian feast day: John of Pavia
- Christian feast day: Lycerius (or: Glycerius, Lizier)
- Christian feast day: Máel Ruba (or Rufus) (Scotland)
- Christian feast day: Margaret the Barefooted
- Christian feast day: Monica of Hippo, mother of Augustine of Hippo
- Christian feast day: Narnus
- Christian feast day: Our Lady of La Vang
- Christian feast day: Phanourios of Rhodes
- Christian feast day: Rufus and Carpophorus
- Christian feast day: Syagrius of Autun
- Christian feast day:
Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle (Episcopal Church)
Thomas Hopkins GallaudetHenry Winter SyleThe Calendar of the Church Year
- Christian feast day: August 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Independence Day (Republic of Moldova), celebrates the independence of Moldova from the USSR in 1991.
Independence Day of the Republic of MoldovaMoldovaSoviet Union
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (Texas, United States)
Advertisement
Advertisement