August 27 in History

Historical Events on August 27

1810 Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France.

1813 French Emperor Napoleon I defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden.

1918 Mexican Revolution: Battle of Ambos Nogales: U.S. Army forces skirmish against Mexican Carrancistas in the only battle of World War I fought on American soil.

1943 World War II: Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.

1943 World War II: Aerial bombardment by the Luftwaffe razes to the ground the village of Vorizia in Crete.

1985 The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.

1991 Moldova declares independence from the USSR.

2003 Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km) distant.

2011 Hurricane Irene strikes the United States east coast, killing 47 and causing an estimated $15.6 billion in damage.

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Famous Birthdays on August 27

1770 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

1908 Don Bradman

1908 Lyndon B. Johnson

1986 Sebastian Kurz

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Famous Deaths on August 27

1963 W. E. B. Du Bois

1965 Le Corbusier

1975 Haile Selassie

1979 Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

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