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This Date in History - August 27th
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* 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.
* 410 The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days.
* 663 Battle of Baekgang: Remnants of the Korean Baekje Kingdom and their Yamato Japanese allies engage the combined naval forces of the Tang Chinese and Silla Koreans on the Geum River in Korea.
* 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)
* 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.
* 1789 The French National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, proclaiming that "men are born and remain free and equal in rights".
* 1793 French counter-revolution: the port of Toulon revolts and admits the British fleet, which lands troops and seizes the port leading to Siege of Toulon.
* 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 Connaught.
* 1810 Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Ξle de France.
* 1813 French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte 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 Great Britain between Brazil and Argentina during the Argentina-Brazil 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.
* 1883 Krakatoa, an Indonesian volcano, enters the final stage of its eruption.
* 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.
* 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.
* 1928 The Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by the first fifteen 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.
* 1969 Israeli commando force penetrates deep into Egyptian territory to stage a mortar attack on regional Egyptian Army headquarters in the Nile Valley of Upper Egypt.
* 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 An IRA bomb kills British World War II admiral Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and 3 others while they are boating on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland. Another bomb near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland kills 18 British soldiers.
* 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 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.
* 2006 Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound for Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
* 2007 Bluegrass Army Depot Sarin(GB) leak in Lexington, Kentucky. Officials reported the Sarin levels 85 times above the safe limit.
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This Date in History - August 27th
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* 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.
* 410 The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days.
* 663 Battle of Baekgang: Remnants of the Korean Baekje Kingdom and their Yamato Japanese allies engage the combined naval forces of the Tang Chinese and Silla Koreans on the Geum River in Korea.
* 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)
* 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.
* 1789 The French National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, proclaiming that "men are born and remain free and equal in rights".
* 1793 French counter-revolution: the port of Toulon revolts and admits the British fleet, which lands troops and seizes the port leading to Siege of Toulon.
* 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 Connaught.
* 1810 Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Ξle de France.
* 1813 French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte 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 Great Britain between Brazil and Argentina during the Argentina-Brazil 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.
* 1883 Krakatoa, an Indonesian volcano, enters the final stage of its eruption.
* 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.
* 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.
* 1928 The Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by the first fifteen 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.
* 1969 Israeli commando force penetrates deep into Egyptian territory to stage a mortar attack on regional Egyptian Army headquarters in the Nile Valley of Upper Egypt.
* 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 An IRA bomb kills British World War II admiral Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and 3 others while they are boating on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland. Another bomb near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland kills 18 British soldiers.
* 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 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.
* 2006 Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound for Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
* 2007 Bluegrass Army Depot Sarin(GB) leak in Lexington, Kentucky. Officials reported the Sarin levels 85 times above the safe limit.
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