Today in History

    What happened on the 27th of August in history?

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    • 1776
      Americans defeated by British in Battle of Long Island
    • 1783
      1st hydrogen-filled balloon ascent (unmanned)
    • 1859
      1st successful oil well drilled near Titusville Penn
    • 1883
      Krakatoa west of Java blew apart; top that St. Helens!
    • 1896
      The shortest war in history between United Kingdom and Zanzibar begins and ends.
    • 1909
      Jack Chesbro's final game as a Yankee
    • 1912
      Edgar Rice Burroughs' publishes Tarzan
    • 1921
      Green Bay Packers granted NFL franchise
    • 1928
      Kellogg-Briand Pact where 60 nations agreed to outlaw war
    • 1938
      Yanks Monte Pearson no hits the Indians 13-0 DiMaggio hits 3 triples
    • 1939
      Erich Warsitz makes 1st jet-propelled flight (in a Heinkel He-178)
    • 1950
      General Foods blacklists Jean Muir of Aldrich Family as a communist
    • 1962
      Launch of Mariner 2 which makes 1st Venus flyby
    • 1977
      Toby Harrah & Bump Wills hit back-to-back inside-the-park-homers off Yankee Ken Clay at Yankee Stadium Rangers won 8-2
    • 1978
      Yankee Catfish Hunter's 6-2 win gives him a perfect 6-0 in Aug 78
    • 1982
      Soyuz T-7 returns to Earth
    • 1985
      20th Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 6 launched