What are the important events that happened on August 27? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 27: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 27 is the 240th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 126 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 14, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,724,716,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatetracontagon’ day.
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Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 155 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,267 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 27 Historical Events
- 1232 –The Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent Hōjō Yasutoki. (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 1232)
- 1828 –Uruguay is formally proclaimed independent at preliminary peace talks brokered by Great Britain between Brazil and Argentina during the Argentina-Brazil War.
- 1927 –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?”
- 1962 –The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
- 1969 –Israeli commando force penetrates deep into Egyptian territory to stage a mortar attack on regional Egyptian Army headquarters in the Nile Valley of Upper Egypt.
- 1971 –An attempted coup 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.
- 1979 –A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb kills British World War II admiral Louis Mountbatten and three others while they are boating on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland. Shortly after, 18 British Army soldiers are killed in an ambush near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland (see Warrenpoint ambush).
- 2003 –Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 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 as a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
- 2006 –Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound for Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
Who were born on August 27?
- 1870 –Amado Nervo, Mexican poet (d. 1919)
- 1890 –Man Ray, American photographer and artist (d. 1976)
- 1909 –Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist (d. 1966)
- 1915 –Norman Foster Ramsey, American physicist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
- 1916 –Martha Raye, American actress (d. 1994)
- 1954 –Derek Warwick, British race car driver
- 1955 –Diana Scarwid, American actress
- 1964 –Robert Bogue, American actor
- 1979 –Giovanni Capitello, American filmmaker and actor
- 1979 –Sarah Neufeld, Canadian musician (Arcade Fire)
Who died on August 27?
- 827 –Pope Eugene II
- 1577 –Titian, Italian artist
- 1931 –Francis Marion Smith, American borax magnate (b. 1846)
- 1931 –Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch politician and priest (b. 1860)
- 1945 –Hubert Pál Álgyay, Hungarian engineer (b. 1894)
- 1968 –Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (b. 1906)
- 1987 –Scott “La Rock” Sterling, American DJ (Boogie Down Productions) (b. 1962)
- 1988 –William Sargant, British psychiatrist (b. 1907)
- 1999 –Hélder Câmara, Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1909)
- 2005 –Seán Purcell, Gaelic footballer (b. 1929)
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