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, 28,745,280 minutes 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.
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
- 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.
- 1593 –Pierre Barrière fails in his attempt to assassinate King Henry IV of 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.
- 1916 –Romania declares war against Austria-Hungary, entering World War I as one of the Allied nations.
- 1928 –The Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by the first 15 nations to do so. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
- 1962 –The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
- 2000 –540 m-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 34646418 mi distant.
Who were born on August 27?
- 1407 –Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (d. 1425)
- 1870 –Amado Nervo, Mexican poet (d. 1919)
- 1898 –Gaspard Fauteux, French Canadian parliamentarian (d. 1963)
- 1919 –Murray Grand, American songwriter and cabaret singer (d. 2007)
- 1926 –Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian mathematician (d. 2002)
- 1928 –Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African politician
- 1937 –Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (d. 2007)
- 1947 –Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer (d. 2002)
- 1957 –Bernhard Langer, German golfer and two-time Masters champion
- 1958 –Sergei Krikalev, Russian cosmonaut
Who died on August 27?
- 1521 –Josquin des Prez, Flemish composer
- 1748 –James Thomson, Scottish poet (b. 1700)
- 1945 –Hubert Pál Álgyay, Hungarian engineer (b. 1894)
- 1968 –Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (b. 1906)
- 1984 –Bernard Youens, English actor (b. 1914)
- 1988 –Mario Montenegro, Filipino actor (b. 1928)
- 2001 –Abu Ali Mustafa, leader of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (assassinated) (b. 1938)
- 2002 –Dr. Edwin Louis Cole, “Father of the Modern Day Men’s Movement,” Founder of the Christian Men’s Network (CMN) (b. 1922)
- 2005 –Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek songwriter and musician (b. 1922)
- 2010 –Anton Geesink, Dutch 10th-dan judoka (b. 1934)
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