Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In August - 27
Tuesday, 03 December 2024
1964 On this day in history alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer, dies at 59 
1965 Beatles spend an evening with Elvis Presley on this day in history.
1965 Edmond of Dooren, Flemish painter, dies at 68 on August - 27.
1966 On this day in history francis Chichester begins the first solo sail around the world
1966 Race riot in Waukegan Illinois on August - 27.
1966 Francis Chichester begins 1st solo sail around world on August - 27.
1967 The Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, is found dead in his London flat from an overdose of sleeping pills on August - 27.
1967 Brian Epstein, rock manager (Beatles), dies of drug overdose at 32 on this day in history.
1968 On August - 27 marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61
1969 Claire Whitney, silent film actress (Blind Fools), dies at 79 on August - 27.
1971 On this day in history humorist and author Bennet Cerf dies.
1971 On this day in history bennett Cerf, (Random House)/panelist (What's My Line), dies at 73
1973 Largest hailstone ever found in Canada falls at Cedoux; weight 290 grams, diameter 114 mm (almost three times bigger than a golf ball) on this day in history.
1974 On this day in history haile Selassie, former emperor of Ethiopia, dies in Addis Ababa at age 83.
1975 On August - 27 veronica & Colin Scargill (England) complete tandem bicycle ride, a record 18,020 miles around the world
1975 Emperor Haile Selassie, depossed Ethiopian emperor, strangled at 83 on this day in history.
1976 British MP John Stonehouse resigns following his conviction for theft and fraud on this day in history.
1977 George Merritt, actor (I Monster, Canterbury Tale), dies at 86 on this day in history.
1978 Robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies of heart attack at 51 on this day in history.
1979 On this day in history an IRA bomb takes the life of British Lord Louis Mountbatten in a boat off the Irish coast.
1979 On this day in history boleslaw Szabelski, composer, dies at 82
1980 Sam Levenson, humorist (Sam Levenson Show), dies at 68 on this day in history.
1981 On August - 27 divers begin to recover a safe found aboard the Andrea Doria
1981 On this day in history salvage divers recover a million dollars in cash and jewels from the wreckage of the Andrea Doria, sunk in 1965.
1981 Joan Edwards, singer (Joan Edwards Show), dies at 62 on August - 27.
1982 On this day in history soyuz T-7 returns to Earth
1984 Diane Sawyer joins the on-air reporting cast of the CBS TV show 60 Minutes on August - 27.
1984 President Reagan announces the Teacher in Space project on August - 27.
1984 Bernard Youens, British actor (Coronation Street), dies at 69 on this day in history.
1985 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-launched on August - 27.
1986 On August - 27 uS Air Force reveals they accidentally dropped a hydrogen bomb on New Mexico in 1957, which did not detonate
1989 100 march through Bensonhurst protesting racial killings on this day in history.
1990 52 Americans arrive in Turkey from Iraq on this day in history.
1990 On this day in history canadian Army ordered to use whatever force necessary to end standoff between Kanasetake Mohawks and Quebec police at Oka.
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