Today in History
27 August
264 births · 95 deaths · 57 events recorded
Notable Births
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Ariana Greenblatt
b. 2007
American actress (born 2007)
Kang Ju-hyeok
b. 2006
South Korean footballer (born 2006)
Franz Wagner
b. 2001
German basketball player (born 2001)
Kevin Huerter
b. 1998
American basketball player (born 1998)
Matheus Nunes
b. 1998
Footballer (born 1998)
Patrick J. Adams
b. 1981
Canadian and American actor (born 1981)
Reece Shearsmith
b. 1969
British actor, comedian and writer (born 1969)
Don Bradman
b. 1908
Australian cricketer (1908–2001)
Notable Deaths
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Bob Carr (Michigan politician)
d. 2024
American politician (1943–2024)
Juan Izquierdo
d. 2024
Uruguayan footballer (1997–2024)
Leonard Riggio
d. 2024
American businessman (1941–2024)
Cookie (cockatoo)
d. 2016
Oldest known Major Mitchell's cockatoo
Kazi Zafar Ahmed
d. 2015
Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1989 to 1990
Pascal Chaumeil
d. 2015
French director and screenwriter
Darryl Dawkins
d. 2015
American basketball player-coach (1957–2015)
Margaret Bourke-White
d. 1971
American photographer (1904–1971)
On This Day in History
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2011
Hurricane Irene strikes the United States east coast, killing 47 and causing an estimated $15.6 billion in damage.
Hurricane Irene
2009
Internal conflict in Myanmar: The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the Kokang Special Region.
Myanmar conflict
2006
Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, bound for Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
Comair Flight 5191
2003
Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km) distant.
Mars
2003
The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
Six-party talks
1992
Aeroflot Flight 2808 crashes on approach to Ivanovo Yuzhny Airport, killing all 84 aboard.
Aeroflot Flight 2808
1991
The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
European Economic Community
1991
Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
Moldova