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