August 27
August 27th is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 1770 - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, philosopher
- 1809 - Hannibal Hamlin, US politician
- 1858 - Giuseppe Peano, mathematician
- 1908 - Lyndon Johnson, 36th president of the United States
- 1908 - Don Bradman, cricketer
- 1909 - Lester Young
- 1910 - Mother Teresa
- 1916 - Martha Raye
- 1926 - Kristen Nygaard
Deaths:
- 1948 - Charles Evans Hughes, United States Supreme Court justice
- 1967 - Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles
- 1979 - Earl Mountbatten of Burma and three others killed by an IRA bomb
- 1990 - Stevie Ray Vaughn, guitarist
Holidays:
August 26 - August 28 - July 27 - September 27 - more historical anniversaries
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December