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Birthday August 27, 1770 G.W.F. Hegel, invented dialectic |
Birthday August 27, 1809 Hannibal Hamlin, (R), 15th VP (1861-65) |
Birthday August 27, 1865 Charles Gates Dawes, (R), 30th VP (1925-29) (Nobel 1925) |
Birthday August 27, 1871 Theodore Dreiser, novelist (Sister Carie, An American Tragedy) |
Birthday August 27, 1871 Theodore Dreiser is born |
Birthday August 27, 1899 C.S. Forester, historical novelist, created of Horatio Hornblower |
Birthday August 27, 1908 LBJ is born |
Birthday August 27, 1908 Lyndon B Johnson, 36th Pres (1963-1969) |
Birthday August 27, 1910 Mother Teresa, of Calcutta (Nobel 1979) |
Birthday August 27, 1915 Walter Heller, economist |
Birthday August 27, 1916 Martha Raye, in Butte Montana, denture wearer |
Birthday August 27, 1929 Ira Levin, author (Rosemary's Baby, Sleuth, This Perfect Day) |
Birthday August 27, 1937 Tommy Sands, singer |
Birthday August 27, 1941 Yuri V. Malyshev, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz T-2, T-11) |
Birthday August 27, 1943 Susan 'Tuesday' Weld, in NYC |
History August 27, 1776 Americans defeated by British in Battle of Long Island |
History August 27, 1776 The Battle of Brooklyn |
History August 27, 1776 Howe brothers defeat Washington in Battle of Brooklyn Heights |
History August 27, 1783 1st hydrogen-filled balloon ascent (unmanned) |
History August 27, 1859 1st successful oil well drilled near Titusville Penn |
History August 27, 1861 The attack on Cape Hatteras begins |
History August 27, 1875 Tycoon William Ralston drowns |
History August 27, 1883 Krakatoa erupts |
History August 27, 1883 Krakatoa west of Java blew apart; top that St. Helens! |
History August 27, 1909 Jack Chesbro's final game as a Yankee |
History August 27, 1912 Edgar Rice Burroughs' publishes Tarzan |
History August 27, 1916 Romania enters World War I |
History August 27, 1921 Green Bay Packers granted NFL franchise |
History August 27, 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact where 60 nations agreed to outlaw war |
History August 27, 1937 George Eyston breaks own automobile land speed record |
History August 27, 1938 Yanks Monte Pearson no hits the Indians 13-0 DiMaggio hits 3 triples |
History August 27, 1939 Erich Warsitz makes 1st jet-propelled flight (in a Heinkel He-178) |
History August 27, 1941 Japanese prime minister requests a summit meeting with FDR |
History August 27, 1950 General Foods blacklists Jean Muir of Aldrich Family as a communist |
History August 27, 1952 Red Scare dominates American politics |
History August 27, 1953 Roman Holiday opens, featuring Hepburn’s first starring role |
History August 27, 1955 “The Guinness Book of Records†debuts |
History August 27, 1962 Launch of Mariner 2 which makes 1st Venus flyby |
History August 27, 1967 Beatles manager Brian Epstein dies |
History August 27, 1970 Agnew meets with President Thieu in Saigon |
History August 27, 1972 U.S. aircraft conduct heavy raids on Hanoi and Haiphong |
History August 27, 1977 Toby Harrah & Bump Wills hit back-to-back inside-the-park-homers off Yankee Ken Clay at Yankee Stadium Rangers won 8-2 |
History August 27, 1978 Yankee Catfish Hunter's 6-2 win gives him a perfect 6-0 in Aug 78 |
History August 27, 1979 Mountbatten killed by IRA |
History August 27, 1982 Henderson steals his way to a record |
History August 27, 1982 Soyuz T-7 returns to Earth |
History August 27, 1985 20th Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 6 launched |
History August 27, 2007 NFL star Michael Vick pleads guilty in dogfighting case |