August 27 in History
What happened on August 27 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on august 27 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on august 27 in history.
?>2012
First interplanetary human voice recording is broadcast from the Mars Rover Curiosity.
2008
Democrats nominate Barack Obama for president, first African American nominated by a major political party for the office of President of the United States.
2003
Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing within 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km).
1993
The Rainbow Bridge, a 1,870-foot suspension bridge over Tokyo Bay, completed.
1991
Moldavia declares independence from USSR.
1989
Chuck Berry performs his tune Johnny B. Goode for NASA staff in celebration of Voyager II‘s encounter with the planet Neptune.
1984
President Ronald Reagan announces NASA Teacher in Space project, intended to inspire students and honor teachers and spur interest in the fields of science, mathematics and space exploration.
1979
Lord Mountbatten is killed by an Irish terrorist bomb in his sail boat in Sligo, Ireland.
1975
Veronica & Colin Scargill of England complete tandem bicycle ride around the world, a record 18,020 miles (29,000.4 km).
1963
Cambodia severs ties with South Vietnam.
1945
B-29 Superfortress bombers begin to drop supplies into Allied prisoner of war camps in China.
1941
The Prime Minister of Japan, Fumimaro Konoye, issues an invitation for a meeting with President Franklin Roosevelt.
1928
Fifteen nations sign the Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact, outlawing war and calling for the settlement of disputes through arbitration. Forty-seven other countries eventually sign the pact.
1916
Italy declares war on Germany.
1912
Edgar Rice Burrough‘s Tarzan of the Apes first appears in a magazine.
1910
Thomas Edison demonstrates the first “talking” pictures–using a phonograph–in his New Jersey laboratory.
1894
The United States congress passes an income tax law as part of a general tariff act, but it is found unconstitutional.
1881
New York state’s Pure Food Law goes into effect to prevent “the adulteration of food or drugs.”
1862
As the Second Battle of Bull Run rages, Confederate soldiers attack Loudoun County, Virginia.
1861
Union troops make an amphibious landing at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
1813
The Allies defeat Napoleon at the Battle of Dresden.
1793
Maximilien Robespierre is elected to the Committee of Public Safety in Paris, France.
1776
The Americans are defeated by the British at the Battle of Long Island, New York.
1626
The Danes are crushed by the Catholic League in Germany, marking the end of Danish intervention in European wars.