27 Aug 2026
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-BC- Origin of Egyptian Era
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27 Aug 1232
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Kioto Staatsraad accept Joei Legislation
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27 Aug 1549
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Battle at Dussindale: John Dudley destroys English boer army
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27 Aug 1601
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Olivier van Noort completes 1st Dutch exploration of new world
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27 Aug 1610
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Polish King Wladyslaw crowned King of Russia
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27 Aug 1619
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Monarch Frederik van Palts chosen King of Bohemia
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27 Aug 1626
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Battle at Lutter: Catholic League beats Danish King Christian IV
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27 Aug 1628
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Java Sultan Agung van Mataram attacks Batavia
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27 Aug 1634
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Battle of Nordingen-Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, loses Duchy of Francomia
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27 Aug 1665
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"Ye Bare & Ye Cubb" is 1st play, performed in North America (Acomac, Va)
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27 Aug 1665
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"Ye Bare & Ye Cubb" is 1st play performed in N America (Acomac, Va)
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27 Aug 1667
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Earliest recorded hurricane in US (Jamestown Virginia)
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27 Aug 1776
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British defeat Americans in Battle of Long Island
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27 Aug 1783
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1st hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reaches 900 m altitude
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27 Aug 1788
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Jacques Neeker names French Minister of Finance
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27 Aug 1789
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French National Assembly issues "Declaration of Rights of Man & Citizen"
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27 Aug 1789
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French Natl Assembly issues "Decl of the Rights of Man & the Citizen"
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27 Aug 1798
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Battle at Castelbar, Ireland: French army hunts The English
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27 Aug 1799
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English invasion army lands in North-Holland
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27 Aug 1813
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Battle of Dresden-Napoleon defeats Austrians
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27 Aug 1816
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Lord Exmouth bombs Algiers, a refuge for Barbary pirates
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27 Aug 1828
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Uruguay gains independence during Brazil-Argentina peace talk
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27 Aug 1832
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Black Hawk, leader of Sauk-indians, gives himself up
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27 Aug 1859
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1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn by Edwin Drake
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27 Aug 1861
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Battle of Cape Hatteras SC-Union troops take Ft Clark
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27 Aug 1862
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Battle of Cub Run, Virginia
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27 Aug 1881
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Hurricane hits Florida and Carolinas; about 700 die
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27 Aug 1883
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Krakatoa, west of Java, explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons
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27 Aug 1892
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New York City Metropolitan Opera House catches fire
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27 Aug 1894
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Congress passes Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which includes a graduated income tax later struck down by the Supreme Court
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27 Aug 1895
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15th US Mens Tennis: Fred H Hovey beats Robert D Wrenn (63 62 64)
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27 Aug 1896
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England defeated Zanzibar in a 38-minute war (9:02 AM-9:40 AM)
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27 Aug 1896
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Zanzibar loses to England in a 38 minute war (9:02 AM-9:40 AM)
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27 Aug 1897
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Roger Bresnahan debuts as Washingston Senator pitcher (later HOF catcher)
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27 Aug 1900
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Battle at Bergendal: General Buller beats Boer general Botha
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27 Aug 1903
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23rd US Mens Tennis: Hugh L Doherty beats William A Larned (60 63 108)
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27 Aug 1908
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Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as the Tigers
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27 Aug 1909
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Jack Chesbro's final Yankee game
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27 Aug 1910
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Using 20,137,000 candlepower arc lights, 2 amateur baseball teams play a night game at White Sox Park
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27 Aug 1910
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Washington Red Killefer sacrifices record 4 times against Detroit
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27 Aug 1911
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Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits Boston, 5-0
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27 Aug 1912
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Edgar Rice Burroughs' publishes Tarzan
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27 Aug 1913
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Lt Peter Nestrov, of Imperial Russian Air Service, performs a loop in a monoplane at Kiev (1st aerobatic maneuver in an airplane)
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27 Aug 1914
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2nd day of battle at Tannenberg: German bombs Usdau
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27 Aug 1914
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US war reporter Richard H Davis visits Leuven
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27 Aug 1916
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Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary
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27 Aug 1917
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Indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game
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27 Aug 1918
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Christy Mathewson resigns as Reds manager to accept a commission as a captain in chemical warfare branch of Army
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27 Aug 1918
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Dr Joseph L Johnson named minister to Liberia
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27 Aug 1921
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J E Clair of Acme Packing Co of Green Bay granted an NFL franchise
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27 Aug 1922
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Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000m (8:28.6)
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27 Aug 1927
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Parks College, America's oldest aviation school, opens
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27 Aug 1928
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42nd US Womens Tennis: Helen W Moody beats Helen Hull Jacobs (62 61)
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27 Aug 1928
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16 die in a NYC subway's 2nd worst accident
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27 Aug 1928
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Kellogg-Briand Pact, where 60 nations agree to outlaw war
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27 Aug 1932
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200,000 English textile workers strike
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27 Aug 1932
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International Anti-War Congress opens in Amsterdam
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27 Aug 1933
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Earl Averill becomes 2nd Cleveland ballplayer to hit for cycle Moody defaults in 3rd set, trailing 3-0
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27 Aug 1934
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Arlen, Ira Gershwin and Harburgs musical premieres in New York City
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27 Aug 1937
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Brooklyn Dodger Fred Frankhouse no-hits Cin, 5-0 in 7 2 / 3 inn game
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27 Aug 1937
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George E.T. Eyston sets world auto speed record at 345.49 MPH
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27 Aug 1938
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Yanks Monte Pearson no-hits Indians 13-0, DiMaggio hits 3 triples
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27 Aug 1939
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Heinkel He-178 makes 1st manned flight with rocket / jet propulsion
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27 Aug 1939
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Nazi Germany demands Danzig and Polish corridor
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27 Aug 1939
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Queen Wilhelmina receives German ambassador Grave Zech
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27 Aug 1939
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Erich Warsitz makes 1st jet-propelled flight (in a Heinkel He-178)
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27 Aug 1940
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Caproni-Campini CC-2, experimental jet plane, maiden flight (Milan)
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27 Aug 1941
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Shah of Iran abdicates throne to his son Reza Pahlawi
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27 Aug 1942
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Cuba declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy
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27 Aug 1944
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200 Halifax bombers attack oil-installations in Homburg
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27 Aug 1945
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US troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender
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27 Aug 1950
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1st transmission of a TV program from continental Europe shown on BBC
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27 Aug 1950
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General Foods blacklists Jean Muir of Aldrich Family as a communist
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27 Aug 1952
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Emil Zatopek wins 12th olympics marathon (2:23:03.2)
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27 Aug 1955
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"Guinness Book of World Records" 1st published
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27 Aug 1955
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Sandy Koufax fans 14 Reds, both teams combine for record 23 strikeouts
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27 Aug 1956
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Curt Robert of Columbus (International League) hits 4 HRs in 7 inning game
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27 Aug 1957
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Hickory Smoke wins Hambletonian Stakes
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27 Aug 1958
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Clark Griffith says Senators will probably accept offer to move to Minnesota
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27 Aug 1958
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USSR launches Sputnik 3 with 2 dogs aboard
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27 Aug 1960
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Anita Lonsbrough swims world / olympic record 200m (2:49.5)
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27 Aug 1960
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Grossinger Golf Open
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27 Aug 1961
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Francis the Talking Mule is the mystery guest on "What's My Line"
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27 Aug 1962
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Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus
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27 Aug 1965
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Beatles spend an evening with Elvis Presley
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27 Aug 1965
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WTVI TV channel 42 in Charlotte, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
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27 Aug 1966
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Oakland Pitcher Paul Lindblad begins a 385 cons errorless streak
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27 Aug 1966
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Sir Francis Chichester begins 1st solo ocean voyage around the world
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27 Aug 1966
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Francis Chichester begins the 1st solo sail around the world
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27 Aug 1966
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Race riot in Waukegan Illinois
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27 Aug 1967
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Naomi Sims is 1st black model on US cover (Fashion of the Times)
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27 Aug 1969
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Mike Procter hits six consecutive sixes (across two overs)
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27 Aug 1972
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Sandra Haynie wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
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27 Aug 1972
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US bombs Haiphong North Vietnam
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27 Aug 1974
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NY Met Benny Ayala hits a home run in his 1st at bat
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27 Aug 1975
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1st night match at US Tennis Open (Parun defeats Smith)
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27 Aug 1975
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Veronica & Colin Scargill (England) complete tandem bicycle ride, a record 18,020 miles around the world
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27 Aug 1976
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Transsexual Renee Richards barred from competing in US Tennis Open
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27 Aug 1977
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"Chicago" closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 947 performances
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27 Aug 1977
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Army shoots on market vendor women in Conakry Guinee
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27 Aug 1977
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Toby Harrah & Bump Wills hit back-to-back inside-the-park-homers off Yankee Ken Clay at Yankee Stadium, Rangers won 8-2
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27 Aug 1978
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Gerrie Knetemann becomes world cyclist champion
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27 Aug 1978
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Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
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27 Aug 1978
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Reds Joe Morgan is 1st to hit 200 HRs & have 500 stolen bases
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27 Aug 1978
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Yankee Catfish Hunter's 6-2 win gives him a perfect 6-0 in Aug 1978
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27 Aug 1979
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18 British militia die in ambush / bomb attack in Northern Ireland
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27 Aug 1980
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Chon Doo Hwan elected President of South Korea
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27 Aug 1981
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Divers begin to recover a safe found aboard the Andrea Doria
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27 Aug 1982
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Rickey Henderson steals 119th base of season breaks Lou Brock's mark
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27 Aug 1982
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Soyuz T-7 returns to Earth
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27 Aug 1983
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Haiti adopts constitution
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27 Aug 1983
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US performs nuclear test
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27 Aug 1984
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President Reagan announces the Teacher in Space project
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27 Aug 1985
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Mary Joe Fernandez, 14 years and 8 days old is youngest to win a US Tennis Open match (beats Sara Gomer in 1st round)
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27 Aug 1985
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20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-launched
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27 Aug 1986
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Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
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27 Aug 1988
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Dodger Tommy Lasorda wins 1,000th game as manager tops Philadelphia, 4-2
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27 Aug 1989
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89th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Chris Patton
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27 Aug 1989
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Betsy King wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship
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27 Aug 1989
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Tina Barrett wins LPGA Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State Golf Open
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27 Aug 1989
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100 march through Bensonhurst protesting racial killings
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27 Aug 1990
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Brewers-Blue Jays game is delayed 35 minutes due to gnats
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27 Aug 1990
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Rosa Mota wins female marathon (2:31:27)
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27 Aug 1990
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52 Americans arrive in Turkey from Iraq
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27 Aug 1990
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WWF Summer Slam-Ultimate Warrior beats Rick Rude
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27 Aug 1991
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Moldavia declares independence from USSR
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27 Aug 1992
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CFL revokes BC Lions franchise
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27 Aug 1992
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Mets trade David Cone to Toronto for Jeff Kent and Ryan Thompson
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27 Aug 1993
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Yak-40 crashes in Tadzjikistan, 79 killed / 1 lives
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27 Aug 1994
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"Laughter on the 23rd Floor" closes at R Rodgers NYC after 320 performances
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27 Aug 1995
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"Arcadia" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC after 204 performances
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27 Aug 1995
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23rd du Maurier Golf Classic: Jenny Lidback
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27 Aug 1995
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95th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods
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27 Aug 1995
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Worst fire in New York in 80 years ends after 4 days
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