Page 7: Historical Events In August - 27

1964  Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1965  On August - 27 beatles spend an evening with Elvis Presley   

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  On August - 27 race riot in Waukegan Illinois   

1966  Francis Chichester begins 1st solo sail around world on August - 27.   

1967  On August - 27 the Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, is found dead in his London flat from an overdose of sleeping pills.   

1967  On August - 27 brian Epstein, rock manager (Beatles), dies of drug overdose at 32   

1968  Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1969  On August - 27 claire Whitney, silent film actress (Blind Fools), dies at 79   

1971  On this day in history humorist and author Bennet Cerf dies.   

1971  Bennett Cerf, (Random House)/panelist (What's My Line), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1973  On August - 27 largest hailstone ever found in Canada falls at Cedoux; weight 290 grams, diameter 114 mm (almost three times bigger than a golf ball).   

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  On August - 27 british MP John Stonehouse resigns following his conviction for theft and fraud   

1977  On August - 27 george Merritt, actor (I Monster, Canterbury Tale), dies at 86   

1978  Robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies of heart attack at 51 on August - 27.   

1979  On August - 27 an IRA bomb takes the life of British Lord Louis Mountbatten in a boat off the Irish coast.   

1979  Boleslaw Szabelski, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1980  On August - 27 sam Levenson, humorist (Sam Levenson Show), dies at 68   

1981  Divers begin to recover a safe found aboard the Andrea Doria on this day in history.   

1981  Salvage divers recover a million dollars in cash and jewels from the wreckage of the Andrea Doria, sunk in 1965 on August - 27.   

1981  Joan Edwards, singer (Joan Edwards Show), dies at 62 on August - 27.   

1982  Soyuz T-7 returns to Earth on August - 27.   

1984  Diane Sawyer joins the on-air reporting cast of the CBS TV show 60 Minutes on August - 27.   

1984  On August - 27 president Reagan announces the Teacher in Space project   

1984  Bernard Youens, British actor (Coronation Street), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-launched   

1986  US Air Force reveals they accidentally dropped a hydrogen bomb on New Mexico in 1957, which did not detonate on this day in history.   

1989  100 march through Bensonhurst protesting racial killings on this day in history.   

1990  52 Americans arrive in Turkey from Iraq on August - 27.   

1990  Canadian Army ordered to use whatever force necessary to end standoff between Kanasetake Mohawks and Quebec police at Oka on this day in history.   

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1407  Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (d. 1425) was born on this day in history.   

1471  On this day in history birth of george von Saksen-Meissen, German potester of Frisia   

1471  On August - 27 birth of george, Duke of Saxony (d. 1539)   

1487  On August - 27 birth of anna of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark (d. 1514)   

1545  Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma/general/diplomat was born on August - 27.   

1562  On this day in history birth of hans Leo Hassler, composer   

1583  Simon Besler, composer was born on August - 27.   

1630  On August - 27 birth of maria van Oosterwijck, Dutch flower painter   

0542  On this day in history death of saint Caesarius of Arles   

0827  Death of Pope Eugene II on this day in history.   

1208  On this day in history irene Angelina, daughter of Isaac II Angeles, dies   

1312  On this day in history death of arthur II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1262)   

1394  Death of Chokei, Emperor of Japan (b. 1343) on this day in history.   

1450  Death of Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (b. 1395) on this day in history.   

1521  Josquin Des Prez, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1522  On this day in history giovanni A Amadei/Amadeo, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at about 75