A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on August 27 throughout history.
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The second Persian invasion of Greece (480–479 BC) occurred during the Greco-Persian Wars, as King Xerxes I of Persia sought to conquer all of Greece.
Battle of Baekgang: Tang Chinese and Silla Korean forces defeat Baekje Korean forces and their Yamato Japanese allies on the Geum River in Korea, the last Japanese invasion of Korea for 900 years
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French: Déclaration des droits de l'Homme et du citoyen de 1789), set by France's National Constituent Assembly in 1789, is a human and civil...
Krakatoa volcano, located west of Java in Indonesia, erupts with a force of 200 megatons of TNT, killing approximately 36,000 people
Kellogg-Briand Pact, 60 nations agree to condemn the "recourse to war for the solution of international controversies"
Lord Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and last Viceroy of India, is killed along with three companions, two of whom are children, by the IRA when his boat is blown up near Sligo, Ireland
US Senator Barack Obama becomes the first African American to be nominated by a major political party for President of the United States, by the Democratic Party
First transmission of a TV program from continental Europe airs on the BBC
Walt Disney's musical film "Mary Poppins," directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, with songs by Richard and Robert Sherman, premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California, and wins five Academy Awards
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor.
German kayaker Birgit Fischer wins gold in K-4 500 m and silver in K-2 500 m in Athens; she is the first woman in any sport to win gold medals at six different Olympics, with golds 24 years apart, and the first person to win two or more medals in five different Games
Journalist H. L. Mencken (49) weds author Sara Haardt (32) at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
American socialite Gloria Vanderbilt (32) weds "12 Angry Men" director Sidney Lumet (32), her third marriage, his second: divorce in 1963
American law student, and future politician, Joe Biden of Delaware (21) weds fellow Syracuse University student, and future teacher, Neilia Hunter (22) of Skaneateles, New York, at a Catholic church in Skaneateles, until her death in 1972
Japanese legal code Goseibai Shikimoku or the Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent Hōjō Yasutoki
Battle of Dussindale: John Dudley Earl of Warwick destroys Robert Kett's army, ending Kett's rebellion in Norfolk, England
The Republic of Florence (Latin: Res publica Florentina; Old Italian: Republica di Fiorenza), known officially as the Florentine Republic, was a medieval and early modern state that was centered on...
Duke of Parma's troops occupy Antwerp
Olivier van Noort completes first Dutch circumnavigation of the globe, returning home after two years but with little success at trading or taking Spanish possessions
Władysław IV Vasa or Ladislaus IV (9 June 1595 – 20 May 1648) was King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and claimant of the thrones of Sweden and Russia.
German Frederick Elector of the Palatinate is chosen as King of Bohemia
The Battle of Lutter (German: Lutter am Barenberge) took place on 27 August 1626 during the Thirty Years' War, south of Salzgitter, in Lower Saxony.
Sultan Agung Adi Prabu Anyakrakusuma, commonly known as Sultan Agung, was the third Sultan of Mataram in Central Java ruling from 1613 to 1645.
"Ye Bare & Ye Cubb" is the first play performed in North America in Accomac, Virginia
The Treaty of Nerchinsk of 1689 was the first treaty between the Tsardom of Russia and the Qing dynasty of China after the defeat of Russia by Qing China at the Siege of Albazin in 1686.
The Jacobite rising of 1715 was the attempt by James Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) to regain the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland for the exiled Stuarts. At Braemar, Aberdeenshire, the...
The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn and the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, was an action of the American Revolutionary War fought on August 27, 1776, at and near the western...
First hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned) reaches an altitude of 900 m
The Battle of Castlebar was a military engagement of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 which occurred on 27 August 1798 near the town of Castlebar, County Mayo.
The French invasion of Egypt and Syria (1798–1801) was a military expedition to Ottoman-held Egypt and Syria led by Napoleon Bonaparte during the French Revolutionary Wars.
West India Quay officially opens as London’s first purpose-built dock, featuring the largest brick building in the world [1]
Lord Exmouth bombards Algiers, a refuge for Barbary pirates
Russian Empire defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Akhaltsikhe in modern-day Georgia
Mahkatêwe-meshi-kêhkêhkwa, known in English as Black Hawk (1767 – October 3, 1838), was a Sauk leader and warrior who lived in the future Midwestern United States.
Edwin Laurentine Drake (March 29, 1819–November 9, 1880), also known as Colonel Drake, was an American businessman and the first American to successfully drill for oil.
The first international boat race is held on the River Thames; Oxford beats Harvard
Hurricane hits Florida and the Carolinas, killing about 700
New York City's Metropolitan Opera House, which opened in 1883, catches fire and takes two years to restore
Congress passes the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which includes a graduated income tax later struck down by the Supreme Court
Britain defeats Zanzibar in a 38-minute war (9:02 am - 9:40 am), the shortest recorded war in history
Calgary City Rugby Football Club reorganizes as the Tigers
Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Jack Chesbro plays his final game for the New York Highlanders in a 17-6 loss to the Tigers at Bennett Park, Detroit
Using twenty 137,000 candlepower arc lights, two amateur baseball teams play a night game at White Sox Park
The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division.
Pyotr Nesterov becomes the first pilot to fly a loop-the-loop in an airplane in Kyiv, Ukraine (New Style: September 9, 1913)
US war reporter Richard H. Davis visits Leuven in Belgium
Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy and officially as the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe...
Indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game
Christy Mathewson resigns as Cincinnati Reds manager to accept a commission as a captain in the Chemical Warfare Branch of the US Army
American diver Louis Kuehn leads a US medal sweep in the men's 3 m springboard event at the Antwerp Olympics as teammates Clarence Pinkston and Louis Balbach take the minor medals
J.E. Clair of Acme Packing Co. in Green Bay is granted an NFL franchise
The second Women's World Games (track and field competition for women) are conducted over three days at Slottsskogsvallen Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden
America's oldest aviation school, Parks College, opens
,000 English textile workers strike
Brooklyn Dodger Fred Frankhouse no-hits Cincinnati, 5-0, in a 7 2/3 inning game
New York Yankees pitcher Monte Pearson no-hits the Cleveland Indians, 13-0; Joe DiMaggio hits three triples
Erich Warsitz in a Heinkel He 178 makes the first manned jet-propelled flight with a turbojet engine designed by Hans von Ohain
Experimental jet plane Caproni-Campini CC-2 makes its maiden flight in Milan
The Allies, or Allied powers, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers.
RAF Halifax bombers attack oil installations in Hamburg
The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, ending the war.
°F (38.89°C) is the highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British...
Sanford Koufax (né Braun; born December 30, 1935), nicknamed "the Left Arm of God", is an American former baseball player.
The Hambletonian Stakes is a major American harness race for three-year-old trotting horses, named in honor of Hambletonian 10, a foundation sire of the Standardbred horse breed, also known as the...
The US performs a nuclear test over the South Atlantic Ocean as part of Operation Argus to study the Christofilos effect, a theoretical defensive shield to cloud Soviet radar
Anita Lonsbrough,, later known by her married name Anita Porter, is an English former swimmer from Great Britain who won a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Francis the Talking Mule is a mystery guest on "What's My Line"
Mariner 2 (Mariner-Venus 1962), an American space probe to Venus, was the first robotic space probe to report successfully from a planetary encounter.
Naomi Ruth Sims (March 30, 1948 – August 1, 2009) was an American model, businesswoman and author. She is widely credited as being one of the first African-American supermodels.
Protest by the Derry Housing Action Committee (DHAC) at the Guildhall's council chamber, after which Eamon Melaugh phones the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) to organize a march in Derry
The Hambletonian Stakes is a major American harness race for three-year-old trotting horses, named in honor of Hambletonian 10, a foundation sire of the Standardbred horse breed, also known as the...
Operation Lion's Den: US Navy bombards Haiphong Harbor, North Vietnam, from the sea, firing over 700 rounds in 33 minutes [1]
NY Met Benny Ayala hits a home run in his first at-bat
Veronica and Colin Scargill of England complete their tandem bicycle ride around the world, covering a record 18,020 miles (29,000 km)
Army shoots at market vendor women in Conakry, Guinea
Dutch cyclist Gerrie Knetemann wins the UCI Road World Championship, defeating Francesco Moser of Italy and Dane Jorgen Marcussen in Nürburg, West Germany
Chun Doo-hwan was a South Korean army general who served as the fifth president of South Korea from 1980 to 1988.
Divers begin to recover a safe found aboard the Italian liner Andrea Doria, which sank on July 26, 1956, but the safe does not yield the rumored jewels
Haiti adopts a constitution
The USSR performs an underground nuclear test
Protests erupt in Soweto, South Africa, against evictions carried out after an 11-week rent boycott
Dodgers' Tommy Lasorda wins his 1,000th game as manager, topping Philadelphia 4-2
people march through Bensonhurst protesting racial violence
Rosa Mota wins the women's marathon (2:31:27) at the European Championships in Split, Croatia
The independence of Moldova was officially recognized on 2 March 1992, when Moldova gained membership of the United Nations.
The 1992 CFL season is considered to be the 39th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 35th Canadian Football League season.
David Brian Cone is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher, and current color commentator for the New York Yankees on the YES Network and Amazon Prime as well as for ESPN on Sunday...
The Rainbow Bridge connecting Tokyo's Shibaura and the island of Odaiba is completed
Worst fire in New York in 80 years ends after 4 days [1]
Dino Ciccarelli ( DEE-no SIS-ə-RELL-ee, born February 8, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League from 1980 to 1999, primarily...
Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing within 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km)
Australia wins its first-ever Olympic men's field hockey gold medal with a 2-1 win after extra time against the Netherlands in Athens
Australia claims the final Tri Nations Rugby Series with a 25-20 win over New Zealand in Brisbane; Argentina's Pumas join the competition the following year; the series is rebranded as The Rugby Championship
Dove Olivia Cameron is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame for her dual role of the eponymous characters in Disney Channel's comedy series Liv and Maddie (2013–2017) and her leading role...
Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls the international response to Ebola “irresponsible” and “slow and derisory”
Former Spice Girl Mel B announces she is entering rehab for alcohol and sex addiction following her acrimonious divorce
At least 25 people killed in a fire at a bar, deliberately set by gang members in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico
Australian terrorist Brenton Tarrant is sentenced to life without parole for the killing of 51 mosque worshippers in Christchurch, New Zealand, the first time the country imposes the sentence [1]
Britain's Prince Andrew is served with a US federal lawsuit alleging he sexually abused a teenager 20 years ago [1]
Gymnast Simone Biles (26) wins her record 8th US Championship in San Jose, California
Record 10-day streak of 35 degrees Celsius or above in Tokyo, Japan, longest consecutive streak since 1875 [1]
Theodore Dreiser, American novelist and journalist, known for american novelist and journalist, was born on 1871-08-27.
Ira Levin, American novelist, playwright, and songwriter, known for american novelist, playwright, and songwriter, was born on 1929-08-27.
Kathy Hochul is born
Sebastian Kurz is born
Paul Reubens, American actor and comedian, known for american actor and comedian, was born on 1952-08-27.
Tuesday Weld, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1944-08-27. Tuesday Weld is an American retired actress.
Barbara Bach is born
Aaron Paul, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1980-08-27. Aaron Paul is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Jesse Pinkman in the AMC series Breaking Bad (2008–2013).
Patrick J. Adams, American american actor, known for canadian and american actor, was born on 1982-08-27. Patrick Johannes Adams is a Canadian-American actor.
Bernhard Langer, German athlete, known for german professional golfer, was born on 1958-08-27. Bernhard Langer is a German professional golfer.
Breanna Stewart, American athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1995-08-27.
John Laurens, American soldier and abolitionist, known for american soldier and abolitionist, died on 1782-08-27.
Rowland Hill, English devisor of the postal system, inventor and teacher, known for devisor of the postal system, inventor and teacher, died on 1879-08-27.
Le Corbusier, French swiss-french architect, known for swiss-french architect, died on 1965-08-27.
The second Persian invasion of Greece (480–479 BC) occurred during the Greco-Persian Wars, as King Xerxes I of Persia sought to conquer all of Greece.
Battle of Baekgang: Tang Chinese and Silla Korean forces defeat Baekje Korean forces and their Yamato Japanese allies on the Geum River in Korea, the last Japanese invasion of Korea for 900 years
Japanese legal code Goseibai Shikimoku or the Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent Hōjō Yasutoki
Battle of Dussindale: John Dudley Earl of Warwick destroys Robert Kett's army, ending Kett's rebellion in Norfolk, England
The Republic of Florence (Latin: Res publica Florentina; Old Italian: Republica di Fiorenza), known officially as the Florentine Republic, was a medieval and early modern state that was centered on...
Duke of Parma's troops occupy Antwerp
Olivier van Noort completes first Dutch circumnavigation of the globe, returning home after two years but with little success at trading or taking Spanish possessions
Władysław IV Vasa or Ladislaus IV (9 June 1595 – 20 May 1648) was King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and claimant of the thrones of Sweden and Russia.
German Frederick Elector of the Palatinate is chosen as King of Bohemia
The Battle of Lutter (German: Lutter am Barenberge) took place on 27 August 1626 during the Thirty Years' War, south of Salzgitter, in Lower Saxony.
Sultan Agung Adi Prabu Anyakrakusuma, commonly known as Sultan Agung, was the third Sultan of Mataram in Central Java ruling from 1613 to 1645.
"Ye Bare & Ye Cubb" is the first play performed in North America in Accomac, Virginia
The Treaty of Nerchinsk of 1689 was the first treaty between the Tsardom of Russia and the Qing dynasty of China after the defeat of Russia by Qing China at the Siege of Albazin in 1686.
The Jacobite rising of 1715 was the attempt by James Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) to regain the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland for the exiled Stuarts. At Braemar, Aberdeenshire, the...
The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn and the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, was an action of the American Revolutionary War fought on August 27, 1776, at and near the western...
John Laurens, American soldier and abolitionist, known for american soldier and abolitionist, died on 1782-08-27.
First hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned) reaches an altitude of 900 m
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French: Déclaration des droits de l'Homme et du citoyen de 1789), set by France's National Constituent Assembly in 1789, is a human and civil...
The Battle of Castlebar was a military engagement of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 which occurred on 27 August 1798 near the town of Castlebar, County Mayo.
The French invasion of Egypt and Syria (1798–1801) was a military expedition to Ottoman-held Egypt and Syria led by Napoleon Bonaparte during the French Revolutionary Wars.
West India Quay officially opens as London’s first purpose-built dock, featuring the largest brick building in the world [1]
Lord Exmouth bombards Algiers, a refuge for Barbary pirates
Russian Empire defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Akhaltsikhe in modern-day Georgia
Mahkatêwe-meshi-kêhkêhkwa, known in English as Black Hawk (1767 – October 3, 1838), was a Sauk leader and warrior who lived in the future Midwestern United States.
Edwin Laurentine Drake (March 29, 1819–November 9, 1880), also known as Colonel Drake, was an American businessman and the first American to successfully drill for oil.
The first international boat race is held on the River Thames; Oxford beats Harvard
Theodore Dreiser, American novelist and journalist, known for american novelist and journalist, was born on 1871-08-27.
Rowland Hill, English devisor of the postal system, inventor and teacher, known for devisor of the postal system, inventor and teacher, died on 1879-08-27.
Hurricane hits Florida and the Carolinas, killing about 700
Krakatoa volcano, located west of Java in Indonesia, erupts with a force of 200 megatons of TNT, killing approximately 36,000 people
New York City's Metropolitan Opera House, which opened in 1883, catches fire and takes two years to restore
Congress passes the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which includes a graduated income tax later struck down by the Supreme Court
Britain defeats Zanzibar in a 38-minute war (9:02 am - 9:40 am), the shortest recorded war in history
Calgary City Rugby Football Club reorganizes as the Tigers
Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Jack Chesbro plays his final game for the New York Highlanders in a 17-6 loss to the Tigers at Bennett Park, Detroit
Using twenty 137,000 candlepower arc lights, two amateur baseball teams play a night game at White Sox Park
The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division.
Pyotr Nesterov becomes the first pilot to fly a loop-the-loop in an airplane in Kyiv, Ukraine (New Style: September 9, 1913)
US war reporter Richard H. Davis visits Leuven in Belgium
Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy and officially as the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe...
Indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game
Christy Mathewson resigns as Cincinnati Reds manager to accept a commission as a captain in the Chemical Warfare Branch of the US Army
American diver Louis Kuehn leads a US medal sweep in the men's 3 m springboard event at the Antwerp Olympics as teammates Clarence Pinkston and Louis Balbach take the minor medals
J.E. Clair of Acme Packing Co. in Green Bay is granted an NFL franchise
The second Women's World Games (track and field competition for women) are conducted over three days at Slottsskogsvallen Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden
America's oldest aviation school, Parks College, opens
Kellogg-Briand Pact, 60 nations agree to condemn the "recourse to war for the solution of international controversies"
Ira Levin, American novelist, playwright, and songwriter, known for american novelist, playwright, and songwriter, was born on 1929-08-27.
Journalist H. L. Mencken (49) weds author Sara Haardt (32) at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
,000 English textile workers strike
Brooklyn Dodger Fred Frankhouse no-hits Cincinnati, 5-0, in a 7 2/3 inning game
New York Yankees pitcher Monte Pearson no-hits the Cleveland Indians, 13-0; Joe DiMaggio hits three triples
Erich Warsitz in a Heinkel He 178 makes the first manned jet-propelled flight with a turbojet engine designed by Hans von Ohain
Experimental jet plane Caproni-Campini CC-2 makes its maiden flight in Milan
The Allies, or Allied powers, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers.
RAF Halifax bombers attack oil installations in Hamburg
Tuesday Weld, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1944-08-27. Tuesday Weld is an American retired actress.
The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, ending the war.
°F (38.89°C) is the highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August
Barbara Bach is born
First transmission of a TV program from continental Europe airs on the BBC
Paul Reubens, American actor and comedian, known for american actor and comedian, was born on 1952-08-27.
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British...
Sanford Koufax (né Braun; born December 30, 1935), nicknamed "the Left Arm of God", is an American former baseball player.
American socialite Gloria Vanderbilt (32) weds "12 Angry Men" director Sidney Lumet (32), her third marriage, his second: divorce in 1963
The Hambletonian Stakes is a major American harness race for three-year-old trotting horses, named in honor of Hambletonian 10, a foundation sire of the Standardbred horse breed, also known as the...
The US performs a nuclear test over the South Atlantic Ocean as part of Operation Argus to study the Christofilos effect, a theoretical defensive shield to cloud Soviet radar
Bernhard Langer, German athlete, known for german professional golfer, was born on 1958-08-27. Bernhard Langer is a German professional golfer.
Kathy Hochul is born
Anita Lonsbrough,, later known by her married name Anita Porter, is an English former swimmer from Great Britain who won a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Francis the Talking Mule is a mystery guest on "What's My Line"
Mariner 2 (Mariner-Venus 1962), an American space probe to Venus, was the first robotic space probe to report successfully from a planetary encounter.
Walt Disney's musical film "Mary Poppins," directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, with songs by Richard and Robert Sherman, premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California, and wins five Academy Awards
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor.
Le Corbusier, French swiss-french architect, known for swiss-french architect, died on 1965-08-27.
American law student, and future politician, Joe Biden of Delaware (21) weds fellow Syracuse University student, and future teacher, Neilia Hunter (22) of Skaneateles, New York, at a Catholic church in Skaneateles, until her death in 1972
Naomi Ruth Sims (March 30, 1948 – August 1, 2009) was an American model, businesswoman and author. She is widely credited as being one of the first African-American supermodels.
Protest by the Derry Housing Action Committee (DHAC) at the Guildhall's council chamber, after which Eamon Melaugh phones the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) to organize a march in Derry
The Hambletonian Stakes is a major American harness race for three-year-old trotting horses, named in honor of Hambletonian 10, a foundation sire of the Standardbred horse breed, also known as the...
Operation Lion's Den: US Navy bombards Haiphong Harbor, North Vietnam, from the sea, firing over 700 rounds in 33 minutes [1]
NY Met Benny Ayala hits a home run in his first at-bat
Veronica and Colin Scargill of England complete their tandem bicycle ride around the world, covering a record 18,020 miles (29,000 km)
Army shoots at market vendor women in Conakry, Guinea
Dutch cyclist Gerrie Knetemann wins the UCI Road World Championship, defeating Francesco Moser of Italy and Dane Jorgen Marcussen in Nürburg, West Germany
Lord Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and last Viceroy of India, is killed along with three companions, two of whom are children, by the IRA when his boat is blown up near Sligo, Ireland
Chun Doo-hwan was a South Korean army general who served as the fifth president of South Korea from 1980 to 1988.
Aaron Paul, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1980-08-27. Aaron Paul is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Jesse Pinkman in the AMC series Breaking Bad (2008–2013).
Divers begin to recover a safe found aboard the Italian liner Andrea Doria, which sank on July 26, 1956, but the safe does not yield the rumored jewels
Patrick J. Adams, American american actor, known for canadian and american actor, was born on 1982-08-27. Patrick Johannes Adams is a Canadian-American actor.
Haiti adopts a constitution
The USSR performs an underground nuclear test
Protests erupt in Soweto, South Africa, against evictions carried out after an 11-week rent boycott
Sebastian Kurz is born
Dodgers' Tommy Lasorda wins his 1,000th game as manager, topping Philadelphia 4-2
people march through Bensonhurst protesting racial violence
Rosa Mota wins the women's marathon (2:31:27) at the European Championships in Split, Croatia
The independence of Moldova was officially recognized on 2 March 1992, when Moldova gained membership of the United Nations.
The 1992 CFL season is considered to be the 39th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 35th Canadian Football League season.
David Brian Cone is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher, and current color commentator for the New York Yankees on the YES Network and Amazon Prime as well as for ESPN on Sunday...
The Rainbow Bridge connecting Tokyo's Shibaura and the island of Odaiba is completed
Worst fire in New York in 80 years ends after 4 days [1]
Breanna Stewart, American athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1995-08-27.
Dino Ciccarelli ( DEE-no SIS-ə-RELL-ee, born February 8, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League from 1980 to 1999, primarily...
Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing within 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km)
German kayaker Birgit Fischer wins gold in K-4 500 m and silver in K-2 500 m in Athens; she is the first woman in any sport to win gold medals at six different Olympics, with golds 24 years apart, and the first person to win two or more medals in five different Games
Australia wins its first-ever Olympic men's field hockey gold medal with a 2-1 win after extra time against the Netherlands in Athens
US Senator Barack Obama becomes the first African American to be nominated by a major political party for President of the United States, by the Democratic Party
Australia claims the final Tri Nations Rugby Series with a 25-20 win over New Zealand in Brisbane; Argentina's Pumas join the competition the following year; the series is rebranded as The Rugby Championship
Dove Olivia Cameron is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame for her dual role of the eponymous characters in Disney Channel's comedy series Liv and Maddie (2013–2017) and her leading role...
Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls the international response to Ebola “irresponsible” and “slow and derisory”
Former Spice Girl Mel B announces she is entering rehab for alcohol and sex addiction following her acrimonious divorce
At least 25 people killed in a fire at a bar, deliberately set by gang members in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico
Australian terrorist Brenton Tarrant is sentenced to life without parole for the killing of 51 mosque worshippers in Christchurch, New Zealand, the first time the country imposes the sentence [1]
Britain's Prince Andrew is served with a US federal lawsuit alleging he sexually abused a teenager 20 years ago [1]
Gymnast Simone Biles (26) wins her record 8th US Championship in San Jose, California
Record 10-day streak of 35 degrees Celsius or above in Tokyo, Japan, longest consecutive streak since 1875 [1]