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Births, Deaths and Events in History - 2008-10-13
Births
1677-08-27 - Otto Ferdinand Graf von Abensperg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (d. 1748)
1724-08-27 - John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-born Continental Congressman (d. 1781)
1730-08-27 - Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher (d. 1788)
1770-08-27 - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher (d. 1831)
1809-08-27 - Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States of America (d. 1891)
1858-08-27 - Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician (d. 1932)
1865-08-27 - James Henry Breasted, American Egyptologist (d. 1935)
1865-08-27 - Charles G. Dawes, 30th Vice President of the United States and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (d. 1951)
1870-08-27 - Amado Nervo, Mexican poet (d. 1919)
1871-08-27 - Theodore Dreiser, American author (d. 1945)
1874-08-27 - Carl Bosch, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
1875-08-27 - Katharine McCormick, American women's rights activist (d. 1967)
1877-08-27 - Charles Rolls, Co-founder of Rolls-Royce
1877-08-27 - Ernst Wetter, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1963)
1886-08-27 - Rebecca Helferich Clarke, English composer and violist (d. 1979)
1886-08-27 - Eric Coates, English composer (d. 1957)
1890-08-27 - Man Ray, photographer and artist (d. 1976)
1898-08-27 - Gaspard Fauteux, French Canadian parliamentarian (d. 1963)
1899-08-27 - C.S. Forester, British author (d. 1966)
1899-08-27 - Byron Foulger, American actor (d. 1970)
1904-08-27 - Norah Lofts, British author (d. 1983)
1904-08-27 - John Hay Whitney, American financier (d. 1982)
1906-08-27 - Ed Gein, American serial killer (d. 1984)
1908-08-27 - Don Bradman, Australian cricketer (d. 2001)
1908-08-27 - Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973)
1908-08-27 - Kurt Wegner, German artist (d. 1985)
1909-08-27 - Lester Young, American musician (d. 1959)
1909-08-27 - Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist (d. 1966)
1910-08-27 - Mother Teresa, human rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1997)
1911-08-27 - Kay Walsh, British actress (d. 2005)
1913-08-27 - Nina Schenk von Stauffenberg, wife of Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg (d. 2006)
1915-08-27 - Norman F. Ramsey, Nobel Prize laureate
1916-08-27 - Martha Raye, American actress (d. 1994)
1917-08-27 - Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player (d. 1986)
1921-08-27 - Leo Penn, American film director (d. 1998)
1925-08-27 - Darry Cowl, French actor (d. 2006)
1926-08-27 - Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian mathematician (d. 2002)
1928-08-27 - Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African politician
1929-08-27 - Ira Levin, American author
1931-08-27 - Joe Cunningham, American baseball player
1932-08-27 - Antonia Fraser, British author
1935-08-27 - Frank Yablans, American film producer
1935-08-27 - Ernie Broglio, American baseball player
1936-08-27 - Joel Kovel, American politician
1937-08-27 - Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (d. 2007)
1937-08-27 - Tommy Sands, American actor and singer
1940-08-27 - Sonny Sharrock, American jazz guitarist (d. 1994)
1942-08-27 - Daryl Dragon, American keyboardist (Captain & Tennille)
1942-08-27 - Brian Peckford, Canadian politician
1943-08-27 - Tuesday Weld, American actress
1945-08-27 - G.W. Bailey, American actor
1947-08-27 - Barbara Bach, American actress
1947-08-27 - Harry Reems, American actor
1948-08-27 - Sgt. Slaughter, American professional wrestler
1950-08-27 - Charles Fleischer, American actor
1951-08-27 - Buddy Bell, American baseball player-manager
1952-08-27 - Paul "Pee-Wee Herman" Reubens, American actor
1953-08-27 - Alex Lifeson, Canadian guitarist (Rush)
1953-08-27 - Peter Stormare, Swedish-born actor
1954-08-27 - Derek Warwick, British race car driver
1955-08-27 - Diana Scarwid, American actress
1955-08-27 - Robert Richardson, American cinematographer
1957-08-27 - Bernhard Langer, German golfer
1958-08-27 - Tom Lanoye, Belgian author
1959-08-27 - Gerhard Berger, Austrian race car driver
1959-08-27 - Juan Fernando Cobo, Colombian artist
1961-08-27 - Tom Ford, American fashion designer
1962-08-27 - Adam Oates, Canadian ice hockey player
1963-08-27 - Downtown Julie Brown, Welsh TV personality
1965-08-27 - Wayne James, Zimbabwean cricketer
1966-08-27 - Juhan Parts, Prime Minister of Estonia
1969-08-27 - Reece Shearsmith, British actor and comedian
1970-08-27 - Peter Ebdon, English snooker player
1970-08-27 - Tony Kanal, English-born musician (No Doubt)
1970-08-27 - Jim Thome, American baseball player
1970-08-27 - Jeff Kenna, Irish footballer
1971-08-27 - Marlon Ayoví, Ecuadorian footballer
1972-08-27 - Mike Smith, Canadian actor
1972-08-27 - Jimmy Pop, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang)
1972-08-27 - Dalip Singh, Indian professional wrestler
1973-08-27 - Dietmar Hamann, German footballer
1973-08-27 - Carlene Begnaud, American professional wrestler
1973-08-27 - Danny Coyne, Welsh footballer
1974-08-27 - Jose Vidro, Puerto Rican baseball player
1975-08-27 - Jonny Moseley, American skier
1976-08-27 - Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress
1976-08-27 - Carlos Moya, Spanish tennis player
1976-08-27 - Steve Taylor, British writer
1976-08-27 - Milano Collection Akihito Terui, Japanese professional wrestler
1976-08-27 - Mark Webber, Australian race car driver
1977-08-27 - Deco, Portuguese footballer
1978-08-27 - Mase, American rapper
1979-08-27 - Tian Liang, Chinese diver
1979-08-27 - Sarah Neufeld, Canadian musician (The Arcade Fire)
1984-08-27 - Sulley Ali Muntari, Ghanaian footballer
1986-08-27 - Mario, American R&B singer
1988-08-27 - Alexa Vega, American actress
1407-08-27 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (d. 1425)
1471-08-27 - George, Duke of Saxony (d. 1539)
1637-08-27 - Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of the Province of Maryland (d. 1715)
1665-08-27 - John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (d. 1751)
Bizarre
2006-08-27 - Global Forgiveness Day
2006-08-27 - Just Because Day
2007-08-27 - Global Forgiveness Day
2007-08-27 - Just Because Day
Deaths
1312-08-27 - Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1262)
1394-08-27 - Chokei, Emperor of Japan (b. 1343)
1450-08-27 - Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (b. 1395)
1521-08-27 - Josquin Des Prez, Flemish composer
1545-08-27 - Piotr Gamrat, Polish Catholic archbishop (b. 1487)
1572-08-27 - Claude Goudimel, French composer
1577-08-27 - Titian, Italian artist
1590-08-27 - Pope Sixtus V (b. 1521)
1635-08-27 - Félix Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1562)
1664-08-27 - Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (b. 1598)
1748-08-27 - James Thomson, Scottish poet (b. 1700)
1773-08-27 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (b. 1721)
1875-08-27 - William Chapman Ralston, American banker (b. 1826)
1909-08-27 - Emil Christian Hansen, Danish fermentation physiologist (b. 1842)
1929-08-27 - Herman Potočnik Noordung, Slovenian rocket scientist (b. 1892)
1931-08-27 - Francis Marion Smith, American borax magnate (b. 1846)
1944-08-27 - Georg von Boeselager, German nobleman (b. 1915)
1948-08-27 - Charles Evans Hughes, U.S. Supreme Court justice (b. 1862)
1949-08-27 - Leaders of Second East Turkestan Republic die in a plane crash.
1958-08-27 - Ernest Lawrence, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
1963-08-27 - Garrett Morgan, American inventor (b. 1877)
1963-08-27 - W.E.B. DuBois, American civil rights activist and scholar (b. 1868)
1963-08-27 - Allama Mashriqi, Pakistani scholar and politician (b. 1888)
1964-08-27 - Gracie Allen, American actress and comedienne (b. 1895)
1965-08-27 - Le Corbusier, Swiss architect (b. 1887)
1967-08-27 - Brian Epstein, English manager of The Beatles (b. 1934)
1968-08-27 - Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (b. 1906)
1969-08-27 - Ivy Compton-Burnett, English novelist (b. 1884)
1969-08-27 - Erika Mann, German writer and daughter of Thomas Mann (b. 1905)
1971-08-27 - Bennett Cerf, American publisher and television personality (b. 1898)
1971-08-27 - Margaret Bourke-White, American photo-journalist (b. 1906)
1975-08-27 - Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1892)
1976-08-27 - Mukesh, Indian playback singer (b. 1923)
1979-08-27 - Earl Mountbatten, British admiral and statesman (assassinated) (b. 1900)
1980-08-27 - Douglas Kenney, American humorist (b. 1947)
1988-08-27 - William Sargant, British psychiatrist (b. 1907)
1990-08-27 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, American guitarist (b. 1954)
1997-08-27 - Brandon Tartikoff, American television producer (b. 1949)
2001-08-27 - Abu Ali Mustafa, leader of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (assassinated) (b. 1938)
2002-08-27 - Richard Ricci, American handyman (b. 1953)
2003-08-27 - Pierre Poujade, French politician (b. 1920)
2004-08-27 - Willie Crawford, American baseball player (b. 1946)
2005-08-27 - Seán Purcell, Gaelic footballer (b. 1929)
2006-08-27 - Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian film director (b. 1922)
2006-08-27 - Maria Capovilla, oldest woman alive from 2004-2006 (b. 1889)
2006-08-27 - Jesse Pintado, Mexican-born guitarist (Napalm Death) (b. 1969)
Declared
2007-08-27 - Long Lost Friend Day - Hallmark Holiday dedicated to reconnecting with old friends.
Events
1232-08-27 - The Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent Hōjō Yasutoki. (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 1232)
1776-08-27 - Battle of Long Island, in present day Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
1798-08-27 - United Irishmen and French forces clash with the British army in the Battle of Castlebar, part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
1813-08-27 - Napoleon defeats the Austrians, Russians and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden.
1828-08-27 - The Russians defeat the Turks at the Battle of Akhalzic.
1859-08-27 - Petroleum discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania. World's first successful oil well.
1861-08-27 - Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
1883-08-27 - Krakatoa, an Indonesian volcano, erupts. It is one of the most violent volcanic events in modern times.
1896-08-27 - Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in world history (9:02 to 9:40) between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
1900-08-27 - British defeat Boer commandos at Bergendal.
1920-08-27 - Radio Argentina begins regularly scheduled transmissions from the Teatro Coliseo in Buenos Aires, considered the world's first public broadcast station.
1928-08-27 - Kellogg-Briand Pact, outlawing war, signed by sixty nations.
1937-08-27 - The automobile division of Toyoda Automatic Loom Works is spun off into the Toyota Motor Corporation.
1939-08-27 - First flight of the Heinkel He 178, the first modern jet aircraft.
1952-08-27 - Reparation negotiations between West Germany and Israel end in Luxembourg; West Germany to pay 3 billion Deutschmark.
1957-08-27 - The Constitution of Malaysia came into force.
1962-08-27 - Mariner 2 launched to Venus.
1969-08-27 - The first installment of the Otoko wa Tsurai yo (It's Tough Being a Man) movies is released in Japan. Director and screenplay writer Yoji Yamada went on to make 48 installments of the series, which is recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records as th
1979-08-27 - An IRA bomb kills Lord Mountbatten and 3 others on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland. Another near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland kills 18 British soldiers.
1985-08-27 - The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.
1990-08-27 - The British Broadcasting Corporation launches BBC Radio Five Live at 9am GMT with a mixture of sports, news, and children's programming.
1991-08-27 - The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
1991-08-27 - Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
1993-08-27 - The Florida Department of Transportation decides to cease producing its distinctive colored U.S. Highway shields so that it can make use of Federal funds for those signs.
1993-08-27 - The Rainbow Bridge, connecting Tokyo's Shibaura and the island of Odaiba, is completed.
2000-08-27 - Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire, three people are killed.
2003-08-27 - Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing approximately 34,646,416 miles (55,758,006 kilometers) from Earth.
2006-08-27 - Comair Flight 5191 crashed en route from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Forty-nine of the 50 people aboard the flight were confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
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