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 239th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 126 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 14, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 487,848 hours 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 ‘dihectatriacontaenneagon’ 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 174 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 4,632 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 27 Historical Events
- 479 BC –Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army in the Battle of Plataea.
- 1172 –Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned as junior king and queen of England.
- 1810 –Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France.
- 1828 –Uruguay is formally proclaimed independent at preliminary peace talks brokered by Great Britain between Brazil and Argentina during the Argentina-Brazil War.
- 1896 –Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in world history (09:00 to 09:45) between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
- 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?”
- 1939 –First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world’s first jet aircraft.
- 1957 –The Constitution of Malaysia comes into force.
- 1991 –Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
- 2000 –540 m-tall Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire, three people are killed.
Who were born on August 27?
- 1845 –Ödön Lechner, Hungarian architect (d. 1914)
- 1909 –Lester Young, American musician (d. 1959)
- 1909 –Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist (d. 1966)
- 1950 –Charles Fleischer, American actor
- 1959 –Gerhard Berger, Austrian racing driver and F1 team co-owner (Scuderia Toro Rosso)
- 1969 –Mark Ealham, England cricketer
- 1973 –Cory Bowles, Canadian actor
- 1974 –Mohammad Yousuf, Pakistani cricketer
- 1976 –Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress
- 1981 –Maxwell Cabelino Andrade, Spanish footballer
Who died on August 27?
- 1394 –Chokei, Emperor of Japan (b. 1343)
- 1577 –Titian, Italian artist
- 1590 –Pope Sixtus V (b. 1521)
- 1857 –Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American literary critic and editor (b. 1815)
- 1948 –Charles Evans Hughes, U.S. Supreme Court justice (b. 1862)
- 1964 –Gracie Allen, American actress and comedienne (b. 1895)
- 1969 –Ivy Compton-Burnett, English novelist (b. 1884)
- 1971 –Margaret Bourke-White, American photo-journalist (b. 1906)
- 1988 –William Sargant, British psychiatrist (b. 1907)
- 1996 –Greg Morris, American actor (b. 1933)
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