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August 27 is the 239th day of the year (240th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 126 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

• 410 – The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days.
• 1172 – Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned as junior king and queen of England.
• 1232 – The Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent Hōjō Yasutoki. (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 1232)
• 1593 – Pierre Barrière fails in his attempt to assassinate King Henry IV of France.
• 1689 – The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing empire.
• 1776 – The Battle of Long Island: in what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
• 1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: the city of Toulon revolts against the French Republic and admits the British and Spanish fleets to seize its port, leading to the Siege of Toulon by French Revolutionary forces.
• 1798 – Wolfe Tone's United Irish and French forces clash with the British Army in the Battle of Castlebar, part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, resulting in the creation of the French puppet Republic of Connacht.
• 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.
• 1828 – Uruguay is formally proclaimed independent at preliminary peace talks brokered by the United Kingdom between Brazil and Argentina during the Cisplatine War.
• 1832 – Black Hawk, leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans, surrenders to U.S. authorities, ending the Black Hawk War.
• 1859 – Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well.
• 1861 – Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
• 1896 – Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in world history (09:00 to 09:45), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
• 1916 – Romania declares war against Austria-Hungary, entering World War I as one of the Allied nations.
• 1918 – Battle of Ambos Nogales: U.S. Army forces skirmish against Mexican Carrancistas and their German advisors in the only battle of World War I fought on American soil.
• 1921 – The British install the son of Sharif Hussein bin Ali (leader of the Arab Revolt of 1916 against the Ottoman Empire) as King Faisal I of Iraq.
• 1922 – The Turkish army takes the Aegean city of Afyonkarahisar from the Greeks.
• 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?"
• 1928 – The Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by the first 15 nations to do so. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
• 1939 – First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
• 1943 – Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
• 1957 – The Constitution of Malaysia comes into force.
• 1962 – The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
• 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.
• 1975 – The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili, and flees to Atauro Island, leaving control to a rebel group.
• 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.
• 1982 – Turkish military diplomat Colonel Atilla Altıkat is shot and killed in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's capital. Justice Commandos Against Armenian Genocide claim responsibility, saying they are avenging the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians in the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
• 1985 – The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.
• 1991 – The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
• 1991 – Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
• 1993 – The Rainbow Bridge, connecting Tokyo's Shibaura and the island of Odaiba, is completed.
• 2000 – The 540-metre (1,772 ft)-tall Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire, three people are killed.
• 2003 – Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km) 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 Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
• 2009 – The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the Kokang Special Region.

Births

• 1407 – Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese 5th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate (d. 1425)
• 1471 – George, Duke of Saxony (d. 1539)
• 1487 – Anna of Brandenburg (d. 1514)
• 1637 – Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician (d. 1715)
• 1665 – John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (d. 1751)
• 1669 – Anne Marie d'Orléans, French wife of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1728)
• 1677 – Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (d. 1748)
• 1724 – John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-American pastor, planter, and statesman (d. 1781)
• 1730 – Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher (d. 1788)
• 1770 – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher (d. 1831)
• 1803 – Edward Beecher, American theologian (d. 1895)
• 1809 – Hannibal Hamlin, American politician, 15th Vice President of the United States (d. 1891)
• 1812 – Bertalan Szemere, Hungarian politician (d. 1869)
• 1845 – Ödön Lechner, Hungarian architect, designed the Museum of Applied Arts and the Church of St. Elisabeth (d. 1914)
• 1845 – Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian diplomat, lawyer and historian (d. 1909)
• 1856 – Ivan Franko, Ukrainian author and poet (d. 1916)
• 1858 – Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician (d. 1932)
• 1864 – Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast (d. 1919)
• 1865 – James Henry Breasted, American archaeologist and historian (d. 1935)
• 1865 – Charles G. Dawes, American general and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1951)
• 1868 – Hong Beom-do, Korean activist (d. 1943)
• 1870 – Amado Nervo, Mexican poet (d. 1919)
• 1871 – Theodore Dreiser, American author (d. 1945
• 1874 – Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
• 1875 – Katharine McCormick, American biologist, philanthropist, and activist (d. 1967)
• 1877 – Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (d. 1910)
• 1877 – Ernst Wetter, Swiss politician (d. 1963)
• 1878 – Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian general (d. 1928)
• 1884 – Vincent Auriol, French politician, 16th President of the French Republic (d. 1966)
• 1886 – Rebecca Clarke, English viola player and composer (d. 1979)
• 1886 – Eric Coates, English composer and viola player (d. 1957)
• 1887 – George, Crown Prince of Serbia (d. 1972)
• 1890 – Man Ray, American photographer and artist (d. 1976)
• 1895 – Andreas Alföldi, Hungarian archaeologist and historian (d. 1981)
• 1896 – Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese author and poet (d. 1933)
• 1896 – Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress (d. 1984)
• 1896 – Léon Theremin, Russian physicist and engineer, invented the Theremin (d. 1993)
• 1898 – Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1963)
• 1899 – C. S. Forester, British author (d. 1966)
• 1899 – Byron Foulger, American actor (d. 1970)
• 1903 – Ferenc Keserű, Hungarian water polo player (d. 1968)
• 1903 – Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet and playwright (d. 1950)
• 1904 – Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (d. 1963)
• 1904 – Norah Lofts, British author (d. 1983)
• 1904 – John Hay Whitney, American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded J.H. Whitney & Company (d. 1982)
• 1905 – Aris Velouchiotis, Greek military leader (d. 1945)
• 1906 – Ed Gein, American serial killer (d. 1984)
• 1908 – Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer (d. 2001)
• 1908 – Lyndon B. Johnson, American politician, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973)
• 1908 – Kurt Wegner, German artist (d. 1985)
• 1909 – Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist (d. 1966)
• 1909 – Lester Young, American saxophonist (d. 1959)
• 1911 – Kay Walsh, English actress (d. 2005)
• 1912 – Gloria Guinness, Mexican writer and editor (d. 1980)
• 1913 – Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, Russian-German wife of Claus von Stauffenberg (d. 2006)
• 1914 – Heidi Kabel, German actress (d. 2010)
• 1915 – Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr., American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
• 1916 – Tony Harris, South African cricketer (d. 1993)
• 1916 – Martha Raye, American actress (d. 1994)
• 1917 – Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player (d. 1986)
• 1918 – Jelle Zijlstra, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2001)
• 1919 – Murray Grand, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2007)
• 1921 – Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1996)
• 1921 – Leo Penn, American director (d. 1998)
• 1922 – Roelof Kruisinga, Dutch politician (d. 2012)
• 1924 – David Rowbotham, Australian poet (d. 2010)
• 1924 – Rosalie E. Wahl, American lawyer and jurist (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Italian cardinal
• 1925 – Darry Cowl, French actor (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Nat Lofthouse, English footballer (d. 2011)
• 1925 – Saiichi Maruya, Japanese author and critic (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Pat Coombs, English actress (d. 2002)
• 1926 – Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist (d. 2002)
• 1927 – Jimmy C. Newman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1928 – Péter Boross, Hungarian politician, Prime Minister of Hungary
• 1928 – Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African politician
• 1928 – Joan Kroc, American philanthropist (d. 2003)
• 1929 – Ira Levin, American author (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Gholamreza Takhti, Iranian wrestler (d. 1968)
• 1931 – Sri Chinmoy, Bengali-American spiritual teacher, poet, and painter (d. 2007)
• 1931 – Joe Cunningham, American baseball player
• 1932 – Cor Brom, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2008)
• 1932 – Antonia Fraser, English author
• 1933 – Jenő Hámori, Hungarian fencer
• 1933 – Joke Smit, Dutch activist and politician (d. 1981)
• 1935 – Ernie Broglio, American baseball player
• 1935 – Frank Yablans, American screenwriter and producer
• 1936 – Joel Kovel, American politician, scholar, and author
• 1937 – Alice Coltrane, American pianist and composer (d. 2007)
• 1937 – Tommy Sands, American actor and singer
• 1939 – William Least Heat-Moon, American author
• 1939 – Edward Patten, American singer-songwriter and producer (Gladys Knight & the Pips) (d. 2005)
• 1940 – Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist (Last Exit) (d. 1994)
• 1941 – Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer (d. 2011)
• 1941 – János Konrád, Hungarian water polo player and swimmer
• 1941 – Harrison Page, American actor
• 1942 – Daryl Dragon, American keyboardist (Captain & Tennille)
• 1942 – Brian Peckford, Canadian politician, 3rd Premier of Newfoundland
• 1943 – Chuck Girard, American singer-songwriter and pianist (Love Song and The Castells)
• 1943 – Bob Kerrey, American politician, 35th Governor of Nebraska
• 1943 – Tuesday Weld, American actress
• 1944 – G. W. Bailey, American actor
• 1944 – Jan Bols, Dutch speed skater
• 1944 – Barbara Trentham, American actress (d. 2013)
• 1945 – Jan Sloot, Dutch inventor (d. 1999)
• 1946 – Tony Howard, Barbadian cricketer
• 1947 – Barbara Bach, American actress
• 1947 – Peter Krieg, German director, producer, and writer (d. 2009)
• 1947 – John Morrison, New Zealand cricketer
• 1947 – Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer (d. 2002)
• 1947 – Harry Reems, American porn actor (d. 2013)
• 1948 – John Mehler, American drummer (Love Song)
• 1948 – Sgt. Slaughter, American wrestler
• 1948 – Philippe Vallois, Fench screenwriter and director
• 1949 – Jeff Cook, American singer-songwriter and musician (Alabama)
• 1950 – Charles Fleischer, American actor
• 1950 – Neil Murray, Scottish bass player (Whitesnake,The Brian May Band and Black Sabbath)
• 1951 – Buddy Bell, American baseball player and manager
• 1951 – Mack Brown, American football coach
• 1951 – Randall Garrison, Canadian politician
• 1952 – Paul Reubens, American actor
• 1953 – Alex Lifeson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Rush and Big Dirty Band)
• 1953 – Peter Stormare, Swedish actor, director, and playwright
• 1954 – John Lloyd, English tennis player
• 1954 – Derek Warwick, British racing car driver
• 1955 – Laura Fygi, Dutch singer
• 1955 – Robert Richardson, American cinematographer
• 1955 – Diana Scarwid, American actress
• 1957 – Jeff Grubb, American game designer and author
• 1957 – Bernhard Langer, German golfer
• 1958 – Normand Brathwaite, Canadian comedian and actor
• 1958 – Stalking Cat, American body modifier (d. 2012)
• 1958 – Sergei Krikalev, Russian astronaut
• 1958 – Tom Lanoye, Belgian author
• 1959 – Gerhard Berger, Austrian race car driver
• 1959 – Downtown Julie Brown, English television host and actress
• 1959 – Juan Fernando Cobo, Colombian painter and sculptor
• 1959 – András Petöcz, Hungarian author
• 1959 – Jeanette Winterson, English novelist
• 1959 – Denice Denton, American professor (d. 2006)
• 1960 – Jim Canup, Cyber Security Expert
• 1961 – Yolanda Adams, American singer, producer, and actress
• 1961 – Tom Ford, American fashion designer and director
• 1961 – Helmut Winklhofer, German footballer
• 1961 – Mark Curry, British television presenter
• 1961 – Urmas Muru, Estonian architect
• 1961 – Mark McConnell, American musician, (Sebastian Bach, Blackfoot and Southern Rock Allstars) (d. 2012)
• 1962 – Vic Mignogna, American voice actor, singer, and director
• 1962 – Adam Oates, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1964 – Paul Bernardo, Canadian serial killer and rapist
• 1964 – Robert Bogue, American actor
• 1964 – Stephan Elliott,Australian film director and screenwriter.
• 1965 – Wayne James, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1965 – Ange Postecoglou, Australian footballer
• 1965 – D. Scott Dibble,American politician
• 1966 – Jeroen Duyster, Dutch rower
• 1966 – Juhan Parts, Estonian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Estonia
• 1967 – Ogie Alcasid, Filipino singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1969 – Mark Ealham, English cricketer
• 1969 – Cesar Millan, Mexican-American dog trainer
• 1969 – Reece Shearsmith, English actor, writer, and producer
• 1969 – Chandra Wilson, American actress
• 1970 – Andy Bichel, Australian cricketer
• 1970 – Peter Ebdon, English snooker player
• 1970 – Mark Ilott, English cricketer
• 1970 – Tony Kanal, English-American bass player, songwriter, and producer (No Doubt)
• 1970 – Jeff Kenna, Irish footballer
• 1970 – Park Myeong-su, South Korean comedian and singer
• 1970 – Jim Thome, American baseball player
• 1970 – Karl Unterkircher, Italian mountaineer (d. 2008)
• 1971 – Julian Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer
• 1971 – Ernest Faber, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1971 – Aygül Özkan, German politician
• 1972 – Jaap-Derk Buma, Dutch field hockey player
• 1972 – Felix da Housecat, American DJ and producer
• 1972 – The Great Khali, Indian wrestler
• 1972 – Denise Lewis, British heptathlete
• 1972 – Jimmy Pop, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Bloodhound Gang)
• 1973 – Jazz, American wrestler
• 1973 – Cory Bowles, Canadian actor and choreographer
• 1973 – Danny Coyne, Welsh footballer
• 1973 – Dietmar Hamann, German footballer
• 1973 – Burak Kut, Turkish singer-songwriter
• 1973 – Johan Norberg, Swedish author
• 1974 – Michael Mason, New Zealand cricketer
• 1974 – José Vidro, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1974 – Mohammad Yousuf, Pakistani cricketer
• 1975 – Blake Adams, American golfer
• 1975 – Björn Gelotte, Swedish guitarist and songwriter (In Flames and All Ends)
• 1975 – Jonny Moseley, American skier
• 1975 – Mark Rudan, Australian footballer
• 1976 – Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress
• 1976 – Milano Collection A.T., Japanese wrestler
• 1976 – Carlos Moyà, Spanish tennis player
• 1976 – Mark Webber, Australian race car driver
• 1977 – Deco, Portuguese footballer
• 1977 – Justin Miller, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 1979 – Giovanni Capitello, American actor and producer
• 1979 – Tian Liang, Chinese diver
• 1979 – Sarah Neufeld, Canadian violinist (Arcade Fire and Bell Orchestre)
• 1979 – Aaron Paul, American actor
• 1979 – Rusty Smith, American speed skater
• 1980 – Neha Dhupia, Indian model and actress
• 1980 – Kyle Lowder, American actor
• 1981 – Patrick J. Adams, Canadian actor (Suits)
• 1981 – Maxwell Cabelino Andrade, Spanish footballer
• 1981 – Alessandro Gamberini, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Demetria McKinney, American actress
• 1982 – Damien Monier, French cyclist
• 1983 – Wilson Chen, Taiwanese actor
• 1984 – David Bentley, English footballer
• 1984 – Sulley Muntari, Ghanaian footballer
• 1985 – Nikica Jelavić, Croatian footballer
• 1985 – Alexandra Nechita, Romanian-American painter
• 1985 – Daniel Küblböck, German pop singer and actor
• 1985 – Kevan Hurst, English footballer
• 1986 – Mario, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 1986 – Nabil El Zhar, Moroccan footballer
• 1987 – Darren McFadden, American football player
• 1988 – Alexa Vega, American actress and singer
• 1989 – Juliana Cannarozzo, American figure skater and actress
• 1989 – Romain Amalfitano, French footballer
• 1990 – Luuk de Jong, Dutch footballer
• 1991 – Rikiya Otaka, Japanese actor
• 1992 – Kim Petras, German singer
• 1993 – Sarah Hecken, German figure skater
• 1995 – Cainan Wiebe, Canadian actor

Deaths

• 542 – Caesarius of Arles, French bishop and saint (b. 470)
• 749 – Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i, Khorasan general
• 827 – Pope Eugene II
• 1312 – Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1262)
• 1394 – Emperor Chōkei of Japan (b. 1343)
• 1450 – Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (b. 1395)
• 1521 – Josquin des Prez, Flemish composer (b. 1455)
• 1545 – Piotr Gamrat, Polish archbishop (b. 1487)
• 1577 – Titian, Italian painter (b. 1490)
• 1590 – Pope Sixtus V (b. 1521)
• 1635 – Félix Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1562)
• 1664 – Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (b. 1598)
• 1748 – James Thomson, Scottish poet (b. 1700)
• 1773 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (b. 1721)
• 1828 – Eise Eisinga, Dutch astronomer, built the Eisinga Planetarium (b. 1744)
• 1857 – Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American critic and editor (b. 1815)
• 1865 – Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian author (b. 1796)
• 1871 – William Whiting Boardman, American politician (b. 1794)
• 1875 – William Chapman Ralston, American banker, founded the Bank of California (b. 1826)
• 1909 – Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist (b. 1842)
• 1929 – Herman Potočnik, Austrian engineer and scientist (b. 1892)
• 1931 – Frank Harris, Irish author and editor (b. 1856)
• 1931 – Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch politician and priest (b. 1860)
• 1931 – Francis Marion Smith, American miner and businessman (b. 1846)
• 1934 – Linda Agostini, Australian murder victim (b. 1905)
• 1944 – Georg von Boeselager, German soldier (b. 1915)
• 1945 – Hubert Pál Álgyay, Hungarian engineer, designed the Petőfi Bridge (b. 1894)
• 1948 – Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1862)
• 1950 – Cesare Pavese, Italian poet, novelist, critic and translator (b. 1908)
• 1958 – Ernest Lawrence, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
• 1961 – Kálmán Rózsahegyi, Hungarian actor and teacher (b. 1873)
• 1963 – W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist (b. 1868)
• 1963 – Allama Mashriqi, Pakistani scholar and politician (b. 1888)
• 1963 – Garrett Morgan, American inventor (b. 1877)
• 1964 – Gracie Allen, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1965 – Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect, designed the Philips Pavilion (b. 1887)
• 1967 – Brian Epstein, British businessman and discoverer of The Beatles (b. 1934)
• 1968 – Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (b. 1906)
• 1969 – Ivy Compton-Burnett, English novelist (b. 1884)
• 1969 – Erika Mann, German actress and writer (b. 1905)
• 1971 – Bennett Cerf, American publisher, co-founded Random House (b. 1898)
• 1971 – Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and journalist (b. 1906)
• 1975 – Haile Selassie I, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1892)
• 1976 – Mukesh, Indian singer (b. 1923)
• 1979 – Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, British admiral and statesman, Governor General of India (b. 1900)
• 1980 – Douglas Kenney, American actor and writer (b. 1947)
• 1981 – Valeri Kharlamov, Soviet ice hockey player (b. 1948)
• 1984 – Bernard Youens, British character actor (b. 1914)
• 1987 – Scott La Rock, American DJ and producer (Boogie Down Productions) (b. 1962)
• 1988 – Mario Montenegro, Filipino actor (b. 1928)
• 1988 – William Sargant, English psychiatrist (b. 1907)
• 1990 – Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1954)
• 1994 – Frank Jeske, German footballer (b. 1960)
• 1996 – Greg Morris, American actor (b. 1933)
• 1997 – Sotiria Bellou, Greek singer (b. 1921)
• 1998 – Essie Summers, New Zealand author (b. 1912)
• 1999 – Hélder Câmara, Brazilian archbishop (b. 1909)
• 2001 – Abu Ali Mustafa, Palestinian leader of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (b. 1938)
• 2001 – Michael Dertouzos, Greek academic (b. 1936)
• 2002 – Edwin Louis Cole, American religious leader and author (b. 1922)
• 2003 – Peter-Paul Pigmans, Dutch music producer (b. 1961)
• 2003 – Pierre Poujade, French politician (b. 1920)
• 2004 – Willie Crawford, American baseball player (b. 1946)
• 2005 – Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek composer (b. 1922)
• 2005 – Seán Purcell, Gaelic footballer (b. 1929)
• 2006 – María Capovilla, Ecuadorian super-centenarian (b. 1889)
• 2006 – Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian director (b. 1922)
• 2006 – Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist (Napalm Death, Terrorizer, and Lock Up) (b. 1969)
• 2007 – Emma Penella, Spanish actress (b. 1930)
• 2008 – Mark Priestley, Australian actor (b. 1970)
• 2009 – Abdullah al-Asiri, Saudi Arabian terrorist (b. 1986)
• 2009 – Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian author and poet (b. 1913)
• 2010 – Anton Geesink, Dutch martial artist (b. 1934)
• 2010 – Luna Vachon, Canadian-American wrestler (b. 1962)
• 2012 – Neville Alexander, South African activist and linguist (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Aurora Bautista, Spanish actress (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Malcolm Browne, American journalist and photographer (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Art Heyman, American basketball player (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Ivica Horvat, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Richard Kingsland, Australian pilot (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Gely Korzhev, Russian painter (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Alix de Lannoy, Belgian mother of Stéphanie de Lannoy (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Antoine Redin, French footballer and manager (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Aboud Rogo, Kenyan-Islamic cleric (b. 1968)
• 2012 – Russell Scott, American clown (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Tao Wei, Chinese footballer and sportscaster (b. 1966)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Baculus of Sorrento
  • Caesarius of Arles
  • Margaret the Barefooted
  • Monica of Hippo, mother of Augustine of Hippo
  • Phanourios of Rhodes
  • Rufus and Carpophorus
  • Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • August 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Moldova from the USSR in 1991.
• Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (Texas)
• Volturnalia, held in honor of Volturnus. (Roman Empire)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

• Days of the year
• August