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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[410]] – The [[Sack of Rome (410)|sacking]] of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] by the [[Visigoths]] ends after three days. *[[1172]] – [[Henry the Young King]] and [[Margaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary|Margaret of France]] are crowned junior king and queen of England. *[[1232]] – [[Shikken]] [[Hojo Yasutoki]] of the [[Kamakura shogunate]] promulgates the [[Goseibai Shikimoku]], the first [[Law of Japan|Japanese legal code]] governing the ''[[samurai]]'' class.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Azuma Kagami (Hōjōbon) |at=Scroll 28 |language=ja}} For date conversion, see {{Cite book |last=Zhang |first=Peiyu |title=三千五百年历日天象 |publisher=Elephant Press |year=1997 |language=zh}}</ref> *[[1353]] – [[War of the Straits]] and [[Sardinian–Aragonese war]]: The [[Battle of Alghero]] results in a crushing victory of the allied Aragonese and Venetian fleet over the Genoese fleet, most of which is captured.<ref>{{cite book | last = Musarra | first = Antonio | title = Il Grifo e il Leone: Genova e Venezia in lotta per il Mediterraneo | year = 2020 | publisher = Editori Laterza | location = Bari and Rome | isbn = 978-88-581-4072-7 | language = Italian | pages=237–238 }}</ref> *[[1557]] – The [[Battle of St. Quentin (1557)|Battle of St. Quentin]] results in [[Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy|Emmanuel Philibert]] becoming Duke of Savoy. *[[1593]] – [[Pierre Barrière]] failed an attempt to assassinate [[Henry IV of France]]. *[[1597]] – [[Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)#Chongyu War: Japanese second invasion (1597–1598)|Jeongyu War]]: [[Battle of Chilcheollyang]]: A Japanese fleet of 500 ships destroys [[Joseon dynasty|Joseon]] commander [[Wŏn Kyun]]'s fleet of 200 ships at Chilcheollyang.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hawley |first=Samuel |title=The Imjin War: Japan's Sixteenth-Century Invasion of Korea and Attempt to Conquer China |publisher=Conquistador Press |year=2014 |isbn=9780992078621 |edition=2nd |pages=488–491 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1600]] – [[Ishida Mitsunari]]'s Western Army commences the [[Siege of Fushimi Castle]], which is lightly defended by a much smaller [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] garrison led by [[Torii Mototada]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bryant |first=Anthony J. |title=Sekigahara 1600: The Final Struggle For Power |publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]] |year=1995 |isbn=9781855323957 |location=Oxford, UK |page=38 |language=en}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1689]] – The [[Treaty of Nerchinsk]] is signed by [[Tsardom of Russia|Russia]] and the [[Qing Empire]] ([[Julian calendar]]). *[[1776]] – American Revolutionary War: Members of the [[1st Maryland Regiment]] repeatedly charged a numerically superior British force during the [[Battle of Long Island]], allowing [[George Washington|General Washington]] and the rest of the American troops to escape.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Precious Hour in American History The Maryland 400 at Long Island |url=http://www.mdva.state.md.us/MMMC/md400.html |website=www.mdva.state.md.us |publisher=Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs |access-date=March 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305134522/http://www.mdva.state.md.us/MMMC/md400.html |archive-date=March 5, 2012 |quote=...and the heroic stand and counter attack by the members of the Maryland 400 is still recognized as the State's major contribution to the struggle for independence. ... only ten (including Major Gist) of the 250 heroic Marylanders in his gallant counter-attack force had returned.|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1791]] – [[French Revolution]]: [[Frederick William II of Prussia]] and [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor]], issue the [[Declaration of Pillnitz]], declaring the joint support of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] and [[Prussia]] for the [[Kingdom of France|French monarchy]], agitating the French revolutionaries and contributing to the outbreak of the [[War of the First Coalition]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Browning |first=Oscar |date=1897 |title=The Conference of Pillnitz |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3678218 |journal=Transactions of the Royal Historical Society |volume=11 |pages=133–138 |doi=10.2307/3678218 |jstor=3678218 |s2cid=179001356 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> *[[1793]] – [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: The city of [[Toulon]] revolts against the [[French First Republic|French Republic]] and admits the British and Spanish fleets to seize [[Military port of Toulon|its port]], leading to the [[Siege of Toulon]] by [[French Revolutionary Army|French Revolutionary forces]]. *[[1798]] – [[Wolfe Tone]]'s [[Society of United Irishmen|United Irish]] and [[French Revolutionary Army|French forces]] clash with the [[British Army]] in the [[Battle of Castlebar]], part of the [[Irish Rebellion of 1798]], resulting in the creation of the [[French client republic|French puppet]] [[Republic of Connacht]]. *[[1810]] – [[Napoleonic Wars]]: The French Navy [[Battle of Grand Port|defeats]] the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of [[Grand Port District|Grand Port]] on [[Mauritius|Île de France]]. *[[1813]] – French Emperor [[Napoleon I]] defeats a larger force of [[Austrian Empire|Austria]]ns, [[Russian Empire|Russia]]ns, and [[Prussia]]ns at the [[Battle of Dresden]]. *[[1828]] – Brazil and Argentina recognize the sovereignty of Uruguay in the [[Treaty of Montevideo (1828)|Treaty of Montevideo]]. *[[1832]] – [[Black Hawk (Sauk leader)|Black Hawk]], leader of the [[Sauk people|Sauk]] tribe of Native Americans, surrenders to U.S. authorities, ending the [[Black Hawk War]]. *[[1859]] – [[Petroleum]] is discovered in [[Titusville, Pennsylvania]], leading to the world's first commercially successful [[oil well]]. *[[1881]] – The [[1881 Atlantic hurricane season#Hurricane Five|Georgia hurricane]] makes landfall near [[Savannah, Georgia]], resulting in an estimated 700 deaths. *[[1883]] – [[1883 eruption of Krakatoa|Eruption of Krakatoa]]: Four enormous explosions almost completely destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change. *[[1893]] – The [[1893 Sea Islands hurricane|Sea Islands hurricane]] strikes the United States near [[Savannah, Georgia]], killing between 1,000 and 2,000 people. *[[1895]] – [[Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895)|Japanese invasion of Taiwan]]: [[Battle of Baguashan]]: The [[Empire of Japan]] decisively defeats a smaller [[Republic of Formosa|Formosan]] army at [[Changhua]], crippling the short-lived [[Republic of Formosa]] and leading to its surrender two months later.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davidson |first1=James W. |author-link=James W. Davidson |title=The Island of Formosa, Past and Present: History, people, resources, and commercial prospects: Tea, camphor, sugar, gold, coal, sulphur, economical plants, and other productions |year=1903 |publisher=Macmillan |pages=334–339 |url=https://archive.org/details/islandofformosap00davi |location=London and New York |ol=6931635M |oclc=1887893 }}</ref> *[[1896]] – [[Anglo-Zanzibar War]]: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and [[Zanzibar]]. ===1901–present=== *[[1908]] – The [[Qing dynasty]] promulgates the [[Principles of the Constitution (1908)|Qinding Xianfa Dagang]], the first constitutional document in the [[history of China]], transforming the Qing empire into a [[constitutional monarchy]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Yong'an Ren|author2=Xianyang Lu|title=A New Study on the Judicial Administrative System with Chinese Characteristics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=edTkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA22|date=2020|publisher=Springer Nature|isbn=9789811541827|page=22}}</ref> *[[1914]] – [[World War I]]: [[Battle of Étreux]]: A British rearguard action by the [[Royal Munster Fusiliers]] during the [[Great Retreat]]. * 1914 – World War I: [[Siege of Tsingtao]]: A Japanese fleet commanded by Vice Admiral [[Sadakichi Kato]] imposes a blockade along the whole coastline of [[Qingdao#German and Japanese occupations|German Tsingtao]], initiating the [[Siege of Tsingtao]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stephenson |first=Charles |title=The Siege of Tsingtau |publisher=[[Pen & Sword Books]] |year=2017 |isbn=9781526702951 |location=Barnsley, South Yorkshire |pages=89–92 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1915]] – Attempted [[assassination]] of [[Patrick Richard Heffron|Bishop Patrick Heffron]], [[bishop]] of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona–Rochester|Diocese of Winona]], by [[The Reverend#Roman Catholic|Rev.]] Louis M. Lesches. *[[1916]] – World War I: The [[Kingdom of Romania]] declares war on [[Austria-Hungary]], entering the war as one of the [[Allies of World War I|Allied nations]]. *[[1918]] – [[Mexican Revolution]]: [[Battle of Ambos Nogales]]: [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] forces skirmish against Mexican [[Carrancistas]] in the only battle of [[World War I]] fought on American soil. *[[1922]] – [[Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)|Greco-Turkish War]]: The Turkish army takes the [[Aegean Region|Aegean]] city of [[Afyonkarahisar]] from the [[Kingdom of Greece (Glücksburg)|Kingdom of Greece]]. *[[1927]] – [[The Famous Five (Canada)|Five Canadian women]] file a petition to the [[Supreme Court of Canada]], asking: "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the [[British North America Act, 1867]], include female persons?" *[[1928]] – The [[Kellogg–Briand Pact]] outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it. *[[1933]] – The first [[Bible translations into Afrikaans|Afrikaans Bible]] is introduced during a Bible Festival in [[Bloemfontein]]. *[[1939]] – First flight of the [[turbojet]]-powered [[Heinkel He 178]], the world's first [[jet aircraft]]. *[[1942]] – First day of the [[Sarny Massacre]], perpetrated by Germans and Ukrainians. *[[1943]] – [[World War II]]: [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] forces evacuate [[New Georgia|New Georgia Island]] in the [[Asiatic-Pacific Theater|Pacific Theater of Operations]] during World War II. * 1943 – World War II: Aerial bombardment by the [[Luftwaffe]] [[Razing of Vorizia|razes]] to the ground the village of Vorizia in [[Crete]]. *[[1955]] – The first edition of the ''[[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of Records]]'' is published in Great Britain.<ref>{{cite web|title=Guinness World Records Corporate – Home|url=http://corporate.guinnessworldrecords.com/index.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150821044202/http://corporate.guinnessworldrecords.com/index.aspx|archive-date=21 August 2015|work=guinnessworldrecords.com}}</ref> *[[1956]] – The nuclear power station at [[Calder Hall]] in the United Kingdom was connected to the national power grid becoming the world's first commercial nuclear power station to generate electricity on an industrial scale. *[[1962]] – The [[Mariner 2]] unmanned space mission is launched to [[Venus]] by [[NASA]]. *[[1963]] – An explosion at the [[Intrepid Potash#Moab|Cane Creek potash mine]] near [[Moab, Utah]] kills 18 miners.<ref name="KMele-2018">{{cite book |last1=Mele |first1=Kymberly |title=Disaster at Cane Creek |date=2018 |publisher=Kymberly Mele |isbn=978-0998975207 |pages=648}}</ref><ref name="CCZ-June/July 2018">{{cite web |last1=Stiles |title=The Disaster at Cane Creek: An Excerpt...by Kymberly Mele |url=https://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2018/06/04/the-disaster-at-cane-creek-an-excerpt-by-kymberly-mele/ |website=Canyon Country Zephyr |access-date=29 January 2021 |date=June 2018}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam|South Vietnamese junta]] leader [[Nguyễn Khánh]] enters into a [[triumvirate]] power-sharing arrangement with rival generals [[Trần Thiện Khiêm]] and [[Dương Văn Minh]], who had both been involved in plots to unseat Khánh. *[[1971]] – An attempted [[coup d'état]] fails in the African nation of [[Chad]]. The [[Government of Chad]] accuses [[Egypt]] of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off [[diplomatic relations]]. *[[1975]] – The Governor of [[Portuguese Timor]] abandons its capital, [[Dili]], and flees to [[Atauro Island]], leaving control to a rebel group. *[[1979]] – [[The Troubles]]: Eighteen British soldiers are [[Warrenpoint ambush|killed in an ambush]] by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] near [[Warrenpoint]], Northern Ireland, in the deadliest attack on British forces during [[Operation Banner]]. An IRA bomb also kills [[British royal family]] member [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Lord Mountbatten]] and three others on his boat at [[Mullaghmore, County Sligo|Mullaghmore]], Republic of Ireland. *[[1980]] – [[1980 South Korean presidential election|South Korean presidential election]]: After successfully staging the [[Coup d'état of May Seventeenth]], General [[Chun Doo-hwan]], running unopposed, has the National Conference for Unification elect him [[President of South Korea|President of the Fourth Republic of Korea]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/01361008.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/01361008.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Electoral Politics in South Korea|last=Croissant|first=Aurel|publisher=Friedrich Ebert Foundation|pages=237–266}}</ref> *[[1982]] – Turkish [[military attaché|military diplomat]] Colonel [[Atilla Altıkat]] is shot and killed in [[Ottawa]]. [[Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide]] claim to be avenging the massacre of {{frac|1|1|2}} million Armenians in the 1915 [[Armenian genocide]]. *[[1985]] – Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]], Chairman of the [[Supreme Military Council of Nigeria (1983–1985)|Supreme Military Council of Nigeria]], is ousted from power in a [[1985 Nigerian coup d'état|coup d'état]] led by Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]]. *1985 – [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']] is launched on [[STS-51-I]] to deploy three [[Communications satellite|communication satellites]] and repair a fourth malfunctioning one.<ref name="spacefacts">{{Cite web |title=STS-51I |url=http://spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-51i.htm |access-date=February 26, 2014 |publisher=Spacefacts}}</ref> *[[1991]] – The [[European Community]] recognizes the independence of the [[Baltic states]] of [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]] and [[Lithuania]]. * 1991 – [[Moldova]] declares independence from the [[Soviet Union|USSR]]. * [[1992]] – [[Aeroflot Flight 2808]] crashes on approach to [[Ivanovo Yuzhny Airport]], killing all 84 aboard.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 134A CCCP-65058 Ivanovo Airport (IWA) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19920827-3 |access-date=2017-10-19 |website=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Mars]] makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing {{convert|34646418|mi}} distant. * 2003 – The first [[six-party talks]], involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the [[North Korea and weapons of mass destruction|North Korean nuclear weapons program]]. *[[2006]] – [[Comair Flight 5191]] crashes on [[takeoff]] from [[Blue Grass Airport]] in [[Lexington, Kentucky]], bound for [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport]] in [[Atlanta]]. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash. *[[2009]] – [[Myanmar conflict|Internal conflict in Myanmar]]: The [[State Peace and Development Council|Burmese military junta]] and ethnic armies begin [[2009 Kokang incident|three days of violent clashes]] in the [[Kokang Special Region]]. *[[2011]] – [[Hurricane Irene]] strikes the United States east coast, killing 47 and causing an estimated $15.6 billion in damage.<ref>{{cite news |title=National Weather Service|date=18 March 2019 |url=https://www.weather.gov/mhx/Aug272011EventReview |access-date=20 June 2009 }}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== * [[865]] – [[Rhazes]], Persian polymath (died 925) *[[1407]] – [[Ashikaga Yoshikazu]], Japanese shōgun (died 1425) *[[1471]] – [[George, Duke of Saxony]] (died 1539) *[[1487]] – [[Anna of Brandenburg]] (died 1514) *[[1512]] – [[Friedrich Staphylus]], German theologian (died 1564) *[[1542]] – [[John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania]] and Protestant Bishop of Cammin (died 1600) *[[1545]] – [[Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma]] (died 1592) ===1601–1900=== *[[1624]] – [[Koxinga]], Chinese-Japanese Ming loyalist (died 1662) *[[1637]] – [[Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore]], English politician, 2nd [[List of Proprietors of Maryland|Proprietor of Maryland]] (died 1715) *[[1665]] – [[John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol]], English politician (died 1751) *[[1669]] – [[Anne Marie d'Orléans]], queen of Sardinia (died 1728) *[[1677]] – [[Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun]], Austrian general (died 1748) *[[1724]] – [[John Joachim Zubly]], Swiss-American pastor, planter, and politician (died 1781) *[[1730]] – [[Johann Georg Hamann]], German philosopher and author (died 1788) *[[1770]] – [[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel]], German philosopher and academic (died 1831) *[[1785]] – [[Agustín Gamarra]], Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru (died 1841)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |last= Castro Peña |first= Jenny |editor= Lexus Editores |encyclopedia= Grandes Forjadores del Perú |title= Gamarra Messia, Agustín |edition= 1st |year= 2000 |publisher= Lexus |location= Lima |language= es |isbn= 9972-625-50-8 |pages= 176–177}}</ref> *[[1795]] – [[Giorgio Mitrovich]], Maltese politician (died 1885)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mangion |first1=Fabian |title=Recalling a brave, sincere patriot forgotten by Malta |url=https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150308/life-features/Recalling-a-brave-sincere-patriot-forgotten-by-Malta.559170 |work=[[Times of Malta]] |date=8 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225125956/https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150308/life-features/Recalling-a-brave-sincere-patriot-forgotten-by-Malta.559170 |archive-date=25 December 2018 |access-date=24 December 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1803]] – [[Edward Beecher]], American minister and theologian (died 1895) *[[1809]] – [[Hannibal Hamlin]], American publisher and politician, 15th [[Vice President of the United States]] (died 1891) *[[1812]] – [[Bertalan Szemere]], Hungarian poet and politician, 3rd [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] (died 1869) *[[1822]] – [[William Hayden English]], American politician, [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Indiana]] and Democratic vice-presidential nominee (died 1896)<ref>{{cite book |year = 1908 |title = Commemorative Biographical Record of Prominent and Representative Men of Indianapolis and Vicinity |pages = 9–18 |publisher = J.H. Beers & Co. |location = Chicago, Illinois |url = https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio00chicago}}</ref> *[[1827]] – [[Charles Lilley]], English-Australian politician, 4th [[Premier of Queensland]] (died 1897) *[[1845]] – [[Ödön Lechner]], Hungarian architect, designed the [[Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest)|Museum of Applied Arts]] and the [[Church of St. Elisabeth (Bratislava)|Church of St Elisabeth]] (died 1914) * 1845 – [[Friedrich Martens]], Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (died 1909) *[[1856]] – [[Ivan Franko]], Ukrainian author and poet (died 1916) *[[1858]] – [[Giuseppe Peano]], Italian mathematician and philosopher (died 1932) *[[1864]] – [[Hermann Weingärtner]], German gymnast (died 1919) *[[1865]] – [[James Henry Breasted]], American archaeologist and historian (died 1935) * 1865 – [[Charles G. Dawes]], American general and politician, 30th [[Vice President of the United States]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1951) *[[1868]] – [[Hong Beom-do]], Korean general and activist (died 1943) *[[1870]] – [[Amado Nervo]], Mexican journalist, poet, and diplomat (died 1919) *[[1871]] – [[Theodore Dreiser]], American novelist and journalist (died 1945) *[[1874]] – [[Carl Bosch]], German chemist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1940) *[[1875]] – [[Katharine McCormick]], American biologist, philanthropist, and activist (died 1967) *[[1877]] – [[Charles Rolls]], English engineer and businessman, co-founded [[Rolls-Royce Limited]] (died 1910) * 1877 – [[Ernst Wetter]], Swiss lawyer and politician, 48th [[List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation|President of the Swiss Confederation]] (died 1963) *[[1878]] – [[Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel]], Russian general (died 1928) *[[1884]] – [[Vincent Auriol]], French lawyer and politician, [[President of the French Republic]] (died 1966)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jessup |first1=John E. |title=An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 1945–1996 |date=1998 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-28112-9 |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hP7jJAkTd9MC&dq=Vincent+Auriol+1+january+1966&pg=PA43 |language=en}}</ref> * 1884 – [[Denis G. Lillie]], British biologist, member of the 1910–1913 [[Terra Nova Expedition|''Terra Nova'' Expedition]] (died 1963) *[[1886]] – [[Rebecca Clarke (composer)|Rebecca Clarke]], English viola player and composer (died 1979)<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Greene|title=Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers|location=London|publisher=Collins|year=1986|page=1164|isbn=978-0-00434-363-1}}</ref> *[[1890]] – [[Man Ray]], American-French photographer and painter (died 1976) *[[1895]] – [[Andreas Alföldi]], Hungarian archaeologist and historian (died 1981) *[[1896]] – [[Kenji Miyazawa]], Japanese author and poet (died 1933) *[[1898]] – [[Gaspard Fauteux]], Canadian businessman and politician, 19th [[Lieutenant Governor of Quebec]] (died 1963) *[[1899]] – [[C. S. Forester]], English novelist (died 1966) ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] – [[Alar Kotli]], Estonian architect (died 1963) * 1904 – [[Norah Lofts]], English author (died 1983) * 1904 – [[John Hay Whitney]], American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded [[J.H. Whitney & Company]] (died 1982) *[[1905]] – [[Aris Velouchiotis]], Greek soldier (died 1945) *[[1906]] – [[Ed Gein]], American murderer and body snatcher, The Butcher of Plainfield (died 1982) *[[1908]] – [[Don Bradman]], Australian cricketer and manager (died 2001) * 1908 – [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], American commander and politician, 36th [[President of the United States]] (died 1973)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Aug. 27: Sarah Chalke, Chandra Wilson |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/08/27/Famous-birthdays-for-Aug-27-Sarah-Chalke-Chandra-Wilson/9181661386332/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=25 August 2023 |date=27 August 2022}}</ref> *[[1909]] – [[Sylvère Maes]], Belgian cyclist (died 1966) * 1909 – [[Charles Pozzi]], French race car driver (died 2001) * 1909 – [[Lester Young]], American saxophonist and clarinet player (died 1959) *[[1911]] – [[Kay Walsh]], English actress and dancer (died 2005) *[[1912]] – [[Gloria Guinness]], Mexican journalist (died 1980) *[[1915]] – [[Norman Foster Ramsey Jr.]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2011) *[[1916]] – [[Gordon Bashford]], English engineer, co-designed the [[Range Rover Classic|Range Rover]] (died 1991) * 1916 – [[Tony Harris (cricketer)|Tony Harris]], South African cricketer and rugby player (died 1993) * 1916 – [[Martha Raye]], American actress and comedian (died 1994) *[[1917]] – [[Peanuts Lowrey]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1986) *[[1918]] – [[Jelle Zijlstra]], Dutch economist and politician, [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (died 2001) *[[1919]] – [[Pee Wee Butts]], American baseball player and coach (died 1972) * 1919 – [[Murray Grand]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2007) *[[1920]] – [[Baptiste Manzini]], American football player (died 2008) * 1920 – [[James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead]], Northern Irish soldier and politician (died 2015) *[[1921]] – [[Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg]] (died 1996) * 1921 – [[Leo Penn]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1998) *[[1922]] – [[Roelof Kruisinga]], Dutch physician and politician, [[List of Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands|Minister of Defence for The Netherlands]] (died 2012) *[[1923]] – [[Jimmy Greenhalgh]], English footballer and manager (died 2013) *[[1924]] – [[David Rowbotham]], Australian journalist and poet (died 2010) * 1924 – [[Rosalie E. Wahl]], American lawyer and jurist (died 2013) *[[1925]] – [[Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo]], Italian cardinal (died 2017) * 1925 – [[Nat Lofthouse]], English footballer and manager (died 2011) * 1925 – [[Saiichi Maruya]], Japanese author and critic (died 2012) * 1925 – [[Bill Neilson]], Australian politician, 34th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (died 1989) * 1925 – [[Jaswant Singh Neki]], Indian poet and academic (died 2015) * 1925 – [[Carter Stanley]], American bluegrass singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1966) *[[1926]] – [[George Brecht]], American-German chemist and composer (died 2008) * 1926 – [[Kristen Nygaard]], Norwegian computer scientist and academic (died 2002) *[[1928]] – [[Péter Boross]], Hungarian lawyer and politician, 54th [[List of Prime Ministers of Hungary|Prime Minister of Hungary]] * 1928 – [[Mangosuthu Buthelezi]], South African politician, [[Chief Minister of KwaZulu]] (died 2023) * 1928 – [[Joan Kroc]], American philanthropist (died 2003) *[[1929]] – [[Ira Levin]], American novelist, playwright, and songwriter (died 2007) * 1929 – [[George Scott (wrestler)|George Scott]], Canadian-American wrestler and promoter (died 2014) *[[1930]] – [[Aase Foss Abrahamsen]], Norwegian writer (died 2023)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Aase Foss Abrahamsen |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date= 22 August 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Aase_Foss_Abrahamsen |language=no|access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref> * 1930 – [[Gholamreza Takhti]], Iranian wrestler and politician (died 1968) *[[1931]] – [[Sri Chinmoy]], Indian-American guru and poet (died 2007) * 1931 – [[Joe Cunningham (baseball)|Joe Cunningham]], American baseball player and coach (died 2021) *[[1932]] – [[Cor Brom]], Dutch footballer and manager (died 2008) * 1932 – [[Antonia Fraser]], English historian and author *[[1935]] – [[Ernie Broglio]], American baseball player (died 2019) * 1935 – [[Michael Holroyd]], English author * 1935 – [[Frank Yablans]], American screenwriter and producer (died 2014) *[[1936]] – [[Joel Kovel]], American scholar and author (died 2018) * 1936 – [[Lien Chan]], Taiwanese politician, [[Vice President of the Republic of China]] *[[1937]] – [[Alice Coltrane]], American pianist and composer (died 2007) * 1937 – [[Tommy Sands (American singer)|Tommy Sands]], American pop singer and actor<ref name="AP" /> *[[1939]] – [[William Least Heat-Moon]], American travel writer and historian<ref name="UPI" /> * 1939 – [[Edward Patten]], American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2005) *[[1939]] – [[Nikola Pilić]], Yugoslav tennis player and coach *[[1940]] – [[Fernest Arceneaux]], American singer and accordion player (died 2008) * 1940 – [[Sonny Sharrock]], American guitarist (died 1994) *[[1941]] – [[Cesária Évora]], Cape Verdean singer (died 2011) * 1941 – [[János Konrád]], Hungarian water polo player and swimmer (died 2014) * 1941 – [[Harrison Page]], American actor *[[1942]] – [[Daryl Dragon]], American keyboard player and songwriter (died 2019) * 1942 – [[Brian Peckford]], Canadian educator and politician, 3rd [[Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador]] *[[1943]] – [[Chuck Girard]], American singer-songwriter and pianist * 1943 – [[Bob Kerrey]], American lieutenant and politician, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient, 35th [[Governor of Nebraska]] * 1943 – [[Tuesday Weld]], American model and actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1944]] – [[G. W. Bailey]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1944 – [[Tim Bogert]], American singer and bass player (died 2021) *[[1945]] – [[Douglas R. Campbell]], Canadian lawyer and judge * 1945 – [[Marianne Sägebrecht]], German actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1946]] – [[Tony Howard]], Barbadian cricketer and manager *[[1947]] – [[Barbara Bach]], American actress and model<ref name="UPI" /> * 1947 – [[Halil Berktay]], Turkish historian and academic * 1947 – [[Kirk Francis (audio engineer)|Kirk Francis]], American engineer and producer * 1947 – [[Peter Krieg]], German director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2009) * 1947 – [[John Morrison (cricketer)|John Morrison]], New Zealand cricketer and politician * 1947 – [[Gavin Pfuhl]], South African cricketer and sportscaster (died 2002) *[[1948]] – [[John Mehler]], American drummer * 1948 – [[Sgt. Slaughter]], American wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=This Day in Wrestling History (August 27): The E Stands For Extreme! |url=https://www.cagesideseats.com/2016/8/27/12580236/this-day-in-wrestling-history-august-27-the-e-stands-for-extreme |publisher=[[CageSide Seats]] |access-date=25 August 2023 |date=27 August 2016}}</ref> * 1948 – [[Deborah Swallow]], English historian and curator * 1948 – [[Philippe Vallois]], French director and screenwriter *[[1949]] – [[Jeff Cook]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022) <ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Freeman |first=Jon |date=2022-11-08 |title=Jeff Cook, Alabama Co-Founder and Guitarist, Dead at 73 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/jeff-cook-alabama-guitarist-dead-obituary-1234627084/ |access-date=2023-08-25 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> * 1949 – [[Leah Jamieson]], American computer scientist, engineer, and academic * 1949 – [[Ann Murray]], Irish soprano *[[1950]] – [[Charles Fleischer]], American comedian and actor * 1950 – [[Neil Murray (British musician)|Neil Murray]], Scottish bass player and songwriter * 1950 – [[Edmund Weiner]], English lexicographer and author *[[1951]] – [[Buddy Bell]], American baseball player and manager * 1951 – [[Mack Brown]], American football player and coach * 1951 – [[Randall Garrison]], American-Canadian criminologist and politician *[[1952]] – [[Paul Reubens]], American actor and comedian (died 2023)<ref>{{cite news|last=Shanfeld|first=Ethan|date=July 31, 2023|title=Paul Reubens, Pee-wee Herman Actor, Dies at 70 After Private Bout of Cancer|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/paul-reubens-dead-pee-wee-herman-1235683504/|work=Variety|access-date=July 31, 2023}}</ref> *[[1953]] – [[Tom Berryhill]], American businessman and politician (died 2020) * 1953 – [[Alex Lifeson]], Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1953 – [[Joan Smith]], English journalist and author * 1953 – [[Peter Stormare]], Swedish actor, director, and playwright<ref name="AP" /> *[[1954]] – [[John Lloyd (tennis)|John Lloyd]], English tennis player and sportscaster * 1954 – [[Rajesh Thakker]], English physician and academic * 1954 – [[Derek Warwick]], English race car driver *[[1955]] – [[Robert Richardson (cinematographer)|Robert Richardson]], American cinematographer * 1955 – [[Diana Scarwid]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1956]] – [[Glen Matlock]], English singer-songwriter and bass player<ref name="AP" /> *[[1957]] – [[Jeff Grubb]], American game designer and author * 1957 – [[Bernhard Langer]], German golfer<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1958]] – [[Sergei Krikalev]], Russian engineer and astronaut * 1958 – [[Tom Lanoye]], Belgian author, poet, and playwright * 1958 – [[Hugh Orde]], British police officer<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Hugh Orde: Commissioner in waiting? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/sir-hugh-orde-commissioner-in-waiting-2336904.html |website=The Independent |access-date=7 April 2020 |language=en |date=13 August 2011}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[Daniela Romo]], Mexican singer, actress and TV hostess * 1959 – [[Gerhard Berger]], Austrian race car driver * 1959 – [[Juan Fernando Cobo]], Colombian painter and sculptor * 1959 – [[Denice Denton]], American engineer and academic (died 2006) * 1959 – [[Frode Fjellheim]], Norwegian pianist and composer * 1959 – [[András Petőcz]], Hungarian author and poet * 1959 – [[Jeanette Winterson]], English journalist and novelist *[[1961]] – [[Yolanda Adams]], American singer, producer, and actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1961 – [[Mark Curry (television presenter)|Mark Curry]], English television host and actor * 1961 – [[Tom Ford]], American fashion designer and film director<ref name="UPI" /> * 1961 – [[Steve McDowall]], New Zealand rugby player * 1961 – [[Helmut Winklhofer]], German footballer *[[1962]] – [[Adam Oates]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Adam Oates |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/adam-oates-8449951 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 August 2023}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Stephan Elliott]], Australian actor, director, and screenwriter * 1964 – [[Paul Bernardo]], Canadian serial rapist and murderer *[[1965]] – [[Scott Dibble (politician)|Scott Dibble]], American lawyer and politician * 1965 – [[Wayne James]], Zimbabwean cricketer and coach * 1965 – [[Ange Postecoglou]], Greek-Australian footballer and coach *[[1966]] – [[Jeroen Duyster]], Dutch rower * 1966 – [[René Higuita]], Colombian footballer * 1966 – [[Juhan Parts]], Estonian lawyer and politician, 14th [[Prime Minister of Estonia]] *[[1967]] – [[Ogie Alcasid]], Filipino singer-songwriter, producer, and actor * 1967 – [[Rob Burnett (American football)|Rob Burnett]], American football player and sportscaster *[[1968]] – [[Eric "Bobo" Correa]], American musician<ref name="AP" /> * 1968 – [[Daphne Koller]], Israeli-American computer scientist and academic * 1968 – [[Michael Long (golfer)|Michael Long]], New Zealand golfer * 1968 – [[Matthew Ridge]], New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster *[[1969]] – [[Mark Ealham]], English cricketer * 1969 – [[Cesar Millan]], Mexican-American dog trainer, television personality, and author * 1969 – [[Reece Shearsmith]], English actor, comedian and writer * 1969 – [[Chandra Wilson]], American actress and director<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for August 27, 2022 includes celebrities Aaron Paul, Paul Reubens |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-august-27-2022-includes-celebrities-aaron-paul-paul-reubens.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=25 August 2023 |date=27 August 2022}}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Andy Bichel]], Australian cricketer and coach * 1970 – [[Mark Ilott]], English cricketer * 1970 – [[Tony Kanal]], British-American bass player. songwriter, and record producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1970 – [[Jim Thome]], American baseball player and manager * 1970 – [[Karl Unterkircher]], Italian mountaineer (died 2008) *[[1971]] – [[Ernest Faber]], Dutch footballer and manager * 1971 – [[Kyung Lah]], South Korean-American journalist * 1971 – [[Hisayuki Okawa]], Japanese runner * 1971 – [[Aygül Özkan]], German lawyer and politician *[[1972]] – [[Jaap-Derk Buma]], Dutch field hockey player * 1972 – [[The Great Khali]], Indian professional wrestler<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/great_khali.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161108085035/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/great_khali.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 8, 2016|title = Slam Wrestling Homepage}}</ref> * 1972 – [[Denise Lewis]], English heptathlete * 1972 – [[Jimmy Pop]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1972 – [[Pokwang]], Filipino comedian, actress, television host and singer<ref name=date-year-correction>{{cite AV media |people=[[Bea Alonzo|Alonzo Bea]] (host), [[Pokwang]] (guest)|date=1 April 2023 |title=Pokwang Takes a Legit Lie Detector Test (#bybea Lie Detector Ep.11)|trans-title= |type=Vlog |language=en, fil |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb3d5SjvyY8 |access-date=22 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922122429/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb3d5SjvyY8|archive-date=22 September 2024|format= |time=3:42-4:05|location= |publisher=[[Bea Alonzo]]|id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote=Alonzo: Were you born on August 27, 1970? Pokwang: (197)2!... Hoy! 1972 ako!... [Hey, I'm born in 1972] Pokwang: if you are watching Wikipedia, Marietta Subong. August 27, 1972, Year of the Water Rat... |ref=|via=YouTube}}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Danny Coyne]], Welsh footballer * 1973 – [[Dietmar Hamann]], German footballer and manager * 1973 – [[Burak Kut]], Turkish singer-songwriter * 1973 – [[Johan Norberg]], Swedish historian and author *[[1974]] – [[Aaron Downey]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Aaron Downey |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/aaron-downey-8465992 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 August 2023}}</ref> * 1974 – [[Manny Fernandez (ice hockey)|Manny Fernandez]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Manny Fernandez |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/manny-fernandez-8458988 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 August 2023}}</ref> * 1974 – [[Michael Mason (cricketer)|Michael Mason]], New Zealand cricketer * 1974 – [[José Vidro]], Puerto Rican-American baseball player * 1974 – [[Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer, born 1974)|Mohammad Yousuf]], Pakistani cricketer *[[1975]] – [[Blake Adams]], American golfer * 1975 – [[Mase]], American rapper, songwriter and pastor<ref name="AP" /> * 1975 – [[Jonny Moseley]], Puerto Rican-American skier and television host * 1975 – [[Marko Rudan]], Australian footballer and manager *[[1976]] – [[Sarah Chalke]], Canadian actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1976 – [[Audrey C. Delsanti]], French astronomer and biologist * 1976 – [[Milano Collection A.T.]], Japanese wrestler * 1976 – [[Carlos Moyá]], Spanish-Swiss tennis player * 1976 – [[Mark Webber (racing driver)|Mark Webber]], Australian race car driver *[[1977]] – [[Deco]], Brazilian-Portuguese footballer * 1977 – [[Justin Miller (baseball, born 1977)|Justin Miller]], American baseball player (died 2013) *[[1978]] – [[Demetria McKinney]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1979]] – [[Sarah Neufeld]], Canadian violinist * 1979 – [[Aaron Paul]], American actor and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1979 – [[Karel Rachůnek]], Czech ice hockey player (died 2011)<ref>{{cite news |title=A plane crash killed 43 people including all but one of players & coaches of Yaroslavl Lokomotiv |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120968050/a-plane-crash-killed-43-people/ |access-date=16 March 2023 |work=The Daily Herald-Tribune |date=8 September 2011 |page=16 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> * 1979 – [[Rusty Smith (speed skater)|Rusty Smith]], American speed skater *[[1981]] – [[Patrick J. Adams]], Canadian actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1981 – [[Maxwell Cabelino Andrade]], Brazilian footballer * 1981 – [[Chantal Djotodia]], Beninese-Central African nurse and politician<ref>{{cite web |last1=24 heures au Bénin |first1=24 heures au Bénin |title=A la découverte de Chantal Vinadou Tohouégnon Djotodia 1ère Dame de Bangui |url=http://news.acotonou.com/h/6230.html |website=news.acotonou.com |publisher=A Cotonou |access-date=23 April 2024}}</ref> * 1981 – [[Alessandro Gamberini]], Italian footballer * 1981 – [[Karla Mosley]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1983]] – [[Joanna McGilchrist]], English rugby player and physiotherapist *[[1984]] – [[David Bentley]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=David Bentley: Blackburn Rovers return for Tottenham winger |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21477227 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=7 April 2020 |language=en-gb |date=15 February 2013}}</ref> * 1984 – [[Amanda Fuller]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1984 – [[Sulley Muntari]], Ghanaian footballer *[[1985]] – [[Kayla Ewell]], American actress<ref name="UPI" /> * 1985 – [[Kevan Hurst]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Kevan Hurst - Player Profile - Fotball |url=https://www.eurosport.no/fotball/kevan-hurst_prs135052/person.shtml |website=Eurosport |access-date=7 April 2020}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Nikica Jelavić]], Croatian footballer * 1985 – [[Alexandra Nechita]], Romanian-American painter and sculptor *[[1986]] – [[Lana Bastašić]], Serbian-Bosnian author and translator<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lana Bastašić |url=https://lanabastasic.com/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Lana Bastašić |language=bs-BA}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Sebastian Kurz]], Austrian politician, 25th [[Chancellor of Austria]] * 1986 – [[Mario (singer)|Mario]], American singer and actor<ref name="AP" /> * [[1987]] – [[Darren McFadden]], American football player *[[1988]] – [[Alexa PenaVega]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1989]] – [[Romain Amalfitano]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Romain Amalfitano set for Newcastle transfer as the French connection |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/romain-amalfitano-set-for-newcastle-transfer-as-the-french-connection-continues-7778785.html |website=The Independent |access-date=7 April 2020 |language=en |date=23 May 2012}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Juliana Cannarozzo]], American figure skater and actress *[[1990]] – [[Tori Bowie]], American athlete (died 2023)<ref>{{cite web|title=Tori Bowie|url=https://www.olympic.org/tori-bowie|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Luuk de Jong]], Dutch footballer *[[1991]] – [[Lee Sung-yeol]], South Korean actor and singer *[[1992]] – [[Blake Jenner]], American actor and singer<ref name="UPI" /> * 1992 – [[Stephen Morris (American football)|Stephen Morris]], American football player * 1992 – [[Kim Petras]], German singer-songwriter * 1992 – [[Ayame Goriki]], Japanese actress and singer *[[1993]] – [[Sarah Hecken]], German figure skater * 1993 – [[Olivier Le Gac]], French cyclist *[[1994]] – [[Ellar Coltrane]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1994 – [[Breanna Stewart]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Breanna Stewart |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/1627668/breanna-stewart |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=25 August 2023}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Jessie Mei Li]], English actress<ref name="UPI" /> * 1995 – [[Sergey Sirotkin (racing driver)|Sergey Sirotkin]], Russian race car driver *[[1997]] – [[Lucas Paquetá]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Lucas Paquetá Stats, Goals, Records, Assists, Cups and more |url=https://fbref.com/en/players/9b6f7fd5/Lucas-Paqueta |website=fbref.com |access-date=August 25, 2024}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Kevin Huerter]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kevin Huerter Game by Game Stats and Performance |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/player/gamelog/_/id/4066372/kevin-huerter |website=ESPN |access-date=7 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1998 – [[Matheus Nunes]], Portuguese footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Matheus Nunes|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/76204/Matheus-Nunes/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=27 August 2024}}</ref> * 1998 – [[Rod Wave]], American rapper, singer, and songwriter<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/rod-wave-arrested-battery-strangulation/|title=Rod Wave Arrested For Battery By Strangulation|first=C. Vernon|last=Coleman|publisher=XXL|date=May 19, 2022|accessdate=April 3, 2024|archive-date=April 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403191057/https://www.xxlmag.com/rod-wave-arrested-battery-strangulation/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Franz Wagner]], German basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Franz Wagner |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630532/franz-wagner |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=25 August 2023}}</ref> *[[2006]] – [[Kang Ju-hyeok]], South Korean footballer<ref>{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Jong-kyun|script-title=ko:'17세 루키' 강주혁 결승골.. FC서울, 인천 유나이티드에 1-0 승리|url=http://www.maniareport.com/view.php?ud=2024072809512433626cf2d78c68_19|website=Mania Times|access-date=November 3, 2024|language=ko|date=July 28, 2024}}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[Ariana Greenblatt]], American actress<ref name="Tweet2">{{Cite tweet |number=1431312493767397377 |user=ArianaG |title=i'm 14 today😭😭☺️☺️ |author=Ariana Greenblatt |date=August 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828061256/https://twitter.com/ArianaG/status/1431312493767397377 |archive-date=August 28, 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[542]] – [[Caesarius of Arles]], French bishop and saint (born 470) * [[749]] – [[Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i]], Persian general * [[827]] – [[Pope Eugene II]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Eugenius II {{!}} Pope, Roman, Italy, Papacy {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eugenius-II |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=9 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref> * [[923]] – [[Ageltrude]], queen of [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]] and [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Empress]] *[[1146]] – King [[Eric III of Denmark]] *[[1255]] – [[Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln]] (born 1247) *[[1312]] – [[Arthur II, Duke of Brittany]] (born 1261) *[[1394]] – [[Emperor Chōkei]] of Japan (born 1343) *[[1450]] – [[Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr]], English politician (born 1395) *[[1521]] – [[Josquin des Prez]], Flemish composer (born 1450) *[[1545]] – [[Piotr Gamrat]], Polish archbishop (born 1487) *[[1576]] – [[Titian]], Italian painter and educator (born 1488) *[[1590]] – [[Pope Sixtus V]] (born 1521)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Woodward |first1=Bernard Bolingbroke |last2=Cates |first2=William Leist Readwin |title=Encyclopaedia of Chronology: Historical and Biographical |date=1872 |publisher=Lee and Shepard |page=1289 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZeI0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1289 |language=en}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1611]] – [[Tomás Luis de Victoria]], Spanish composer (born c. 1548) *[[1635]] – [[Lope de Vega]], Spanish poet and playwright (born 1562) *[[1664]] – [[Francisco de Zurbarán]], Spanish painter and educator (born 1598) *[[1748]] – [[James Thomson (poet, born 1700)|James Thomson]], Scottish poet and playwright (born 1700) *[[1782]] – [[John Laurens]], American Revolutionary and abolitionist (born 1754) *[[1828]] – [[Eise Eisinga]], Dutch astronomer and academic, built the [[Eisinga Planetarium]] (born 1744) *[[1857]] – [[Rufus Wilmot Griswold]], American anthologist, poet, and critic (born 1815) *[[1865]] – [[Thomas Chandler Haliburton]], Canadian judge and politician (born 1796) *[[1871]] – [[William Whiting Boardman]], American lawyer and politician (born 1794) *[[1875]] – [[William Chapman Ralston]], American businessman and financier, founded the [[Bank of California]] (born 1826) *[[1891]] – [[Samuel C. Pomeroy]], American businessman and politician (born 1816) ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Kusumoto Ine]], first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (born 1827)<ref>{{cite book|editor-last = Tsubota|editor-first = Itsuo|title = Bakumatsu ishin no josei.|script-title = ja:幕末維新の女性|trans-title = Women of the late-Edo and Meiji Restoration periods|publisher = Akatsuki Kyōiku Tosho|year = 1982|oclc = 25252060|series = Nihon hakken jinbutsu shirīzu|volume = 6|page=95}}</ref> *[[1909]] – [[Emil Christian Hansen]], Danish physiologist and mycologist (born 1842) *[[1922]] – [[Reşat Çiğiltepe]], Turkish colonel (born 1879) *[[1929]] – [[Herman Potočnik]], Croatian-Austrian engineer (born 1892) *[[1931]] – [[Frank Harris]], Irish-American journalist and author (born 1856) * 1931 – [[Willem Hubert Nolens]], Dutch priest and politician (born 1860) * 1931 – [[Francis Marion Smith]], American miner and businessman (born 1846) *[[1935]] – [[Childe Hassam]], American painter and academic (born 1859) *[[1944]] – [[Georg von Boeselager]], German soldier (born 1915) *[[1945]] – [[Hubert Pál Álgyay]], Hungarian engineer, designed the [[Petőfi Bridge]] (born 1894) *[[1948]] – [[Charles Evans Hughes]], American lawyer and politician, 11th [[Chief Justice of the United States]] (born 1862) *[[1950]] – [[Cesare Pavese]], Italian author, poet, and critic (born 1908) *[[1956]] – [[Pelageya Shajn]], Russian astronomer and academic (born 1894) *[[1958]] – [[Ernest Lawrence]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1901) *[[1963]] – [[W. E. B. Du Bois]], American sociologist, historian, and activist (born 1868) * 1963 – [[Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi]], Pakistani mathematician and scholar (born 1888) *[[1964]] – [[Gracie Allen]], American actress and comedian (born 1895) *[[1965]] – [[Le Corbusier]], Swiss-French architect and urban planner, designed the [[Philips Pavilion]] (born 1887) *[[1967]] – [[Brian Epstein]], English businessman and manager (born 1934) *[[1968]] – [[Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark]] (born 1906) *[[1969]] – [[Ivy Compton-Burnett]], English author (born 1884) * 1969 – [[Erika Mann]], German actress and author (born 1905) *[[1971]] – [[Bennett Cerf]], American publisher, co-founded [[Random House]] (born 1898) * 1971 – [[Margaret Bourke-White]], American photographer and journalist (born 1906) *[[1975]] – [[Haile Selassie]], Ethiopian emperor (born 1892) *[[1978]] – [[Gordon Matta-Clark]], American painter and illustrator (born 1943) * 1978 – [[Ieva Simonaitytė]], Lithuanian author and poet (born 1897) *[[1979]] – [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma]], English admiral and politician, 44th [[Governor-General of India]] (born 1900) *[[1980]] – [[Douglas Kenney]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1947) *[[1981]] – [[Valeri Kharlamov]], Russian ice hockey player (born 1948) *[[1990]] – [[Avdy Andresson]], Estonian soldier and diplomat (born 1899) * 1990 – [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1954) *[[1992]] – [[Bengt Holbek]], Danish folklorist (born 1933)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hansen |first1=William |title=Obituary: Bengt Holbek (1933–1992) |journal=The Journal of American Folklore |date=1993 |volume=106 |issue=420 |pages=184–189 |jstor=541968 |issn=0021-8715}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Frank Jeske]], German footballer (born 1960) *[[1996]] – [[Greg Morris]], American actor (born 1933) *[[1998]] – [[Essie Summers]], New Zealand author (born 1912) *[[1999]] – [[Hélder Câmara]], Brazilian archbishop and theologian (born 1909) *[[2001]] – [[Michael Dertouzos]], Greek-American computer scientist and academic (born 1936) * 2001 – [[Abu Ali Mustafa]], Palestinian politician (born 1938) *[[2002]] – [[Edwin Louis Cole]], American religious leader and author (born 1922) *[[2003]] – [[Pierre Poujade]], French soldier and politician (born 1920) *[[2004]] – [[Willie Crawford]], American baseball player (born 1946) *[[2005]] – [[Giorgos Mouzakis]], Greek trumpet player and composer (born 1922) * 2005 – [[Seán Purcell]], Irish footballer (born 1929) *[[2006]] – [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]], Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922) * 2006 – [[Jesse Pintado]], Mexican-American guitarist (born 1969) *[[2007]] – [[Emma Penella]], Spanish actress (born 1930) *[[2009]] – [[Sergey Mikhalkov]], Russian author and poet (born 1913) *[[2010]] – [[Anton Geesink]], Dutch martial artist (born 1934) * 2010 – [[Luna Vachon]], Canadian-American wrestler and manager (born 1962) *[[2012]] – [[Neville Alexander]], South African linguist and activist (born 1936) * 2012 – [[Malcolm Browne]], American journalist and photographer (born 1931) * 2012 – [[Art Heyman]], American basketball player (born 1941) * 2012 – [[Ivica Horvat]], Croatian footballer and manager (born 1926) * 2012 – [[Richard Kingsland]], Australian captain and pilot (born 1916) * 2012 – [[Geliy Korzhev]], Russian painter (born 1925)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://russia-ic.com/news/show/14606#.UD2HDUSGRVv |title=Famous Soviet and Russian Artist Gely Korzhev Passes Away |website=Russia IC |date=August 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320150348/http://russia-ic.com/news/show/14606 |archive-date=March 20, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Chen Liting]], Chinese director and playwright (born 1910) * 2013 – [[Bill Peach]], Australian journalist (born 1935) * 2013 – [[Dave Thomas (golfer)|Dave Thomas]], Welsh golfer and architect (born 1934) *[[2014]] – [[Jacques Friedel]], French physicist and academic (born 1921) * 2014 – [[Valeri Petrov]], Bulgarian poet, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1920) * 2014 – [[Benno Pludra]], German author (born 1925) *[[2015]] – [[Kazi Zafar Ahmed]], Bangladeshi politician, 8th [[List of Prime Ministers of Bangladesh|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) *[[2016]] – [[Cookie (cockatoo)|Cookie]], Australian [[Major Mitchell's cockatoo]], oldest recorded parrot (born 1933)<ref>{{cite web|title=Oldest parrot – living|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/oldest-parrot-living|publisher=Guinness World Records|accessdate=20 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704223148/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/oldest-parrot-living|archive-date=4 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-brookfield-zoo-cookie-cockatoo-dead-20160829-column.html|title= Cookie the Cockatoo at Brookfield Zoo dies|date= 29 August 2016|publisher=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=20 June 2023}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Bob Carr (Michigan politician)|Bob Carr]], American politician (born 1943)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Snabes |first=Melissa Nann Burke and Anne |title=Former U.S. Rep. Bob Carr remembered as mentor, advocate for transportation, arts funding |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/08/28/former-rep-bob-carr-dead-at-81-remembered-as-advocate-for-roads-arts-funding/74974749007/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=The Detroit News |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – [[Juan Izquierdo]], Uruguayan footballer (born 1997)<ref>{{cite web|author=Savarese, Mauricio |title=Uruguayan soccer player Juan Izquierdo has died, days after collapsing during a game in Brazil|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/soccer/2024/08/27/izquierdo-dead-nacional-soccer-uruguay/eea43c02-64e7-11ef-a399-4245aabdb0ed_story.html|date=August 27, 2024 |publisher=Washington Post}}</ref> *2024 – [[Charlotte Kretschmann]], German supercentenarian (born 1909)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-08-28 |title=Charlotte Kretschmann: Älteste Frau Deutschlands im Alter von 114 Jahren gestorben |url=https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/charlotte-kretschmann-aelteste-frau-deutschlands-im-alter-von-114-jahren-gestorben-a-6fcc7b8d-bb89-4c51-8dd0-35ee8dd2ddc0 |access-date=2024-08-30 |work=Der Spiegel |language=de |issn=2195-1349}}</ref> *2024 – [[Leonard Riggio]], American businessman (born 1941)<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 27, 2024 |title=Leonard Riggio, who built Barnes & Noble into a bookselling empire, dies at 83 |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/08/27/nx-s1-5091174/barnes-noble-leonard-riggio-obituary |access-date=August 28, 2024 |work=[[NPR]]}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]: **[[Baculus of Sorrento]] **[[Caesarius of Arles]] **[[Decuman]] **[[Gebhard of Constance]] **[[Euthalia, Virgin Martyr|Euthalia]] **[[John of Pavia]] **[[Lycerius|Lycerius (or: Glycerius, Lizier)]] **[[Máel Ruba|Máel Ruba (or Rufus)]] ([[Scotland]]) **[[Margaret the Barefooted]] **[[Saint Monica|Monica of Hippo]], mother of [[Augustine of Hippo]] **[[Narnus]] **[[Our Lady of La Vang]] **[[Saint Phanourios|Phanourios of Rhodes]] **[[Rufus and Carpophorus]] **[[Syagrius of Autun]] **[[Thomas Gallaudet]] and [[Henry Winter Syle]] ([[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]]) **[[August 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Independence Day (Republic of Moldova)]], celebrates the independence of [[Moldova]] from the [[USSR]] in 1991. *[[Lyndon Baines Johnson Day]] ([[Texas]], [[United States]]) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/27 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=27}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/27 |title=Historical Events on August 27 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:August 27}} [[Category:Days of August]]
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