Hisdates•ComPage 6: Historical Events In August - 27
Sunday, 02 November 2025
1939 Erich Warsitz makes first jet-propelled flight (in a Heinkel He-178) on August - 27. 
1939 On this day in history erich Warsitz makes 1st jet-propelled flight (in a Heinkel He-178)
1940 On August - 27 caproni-Campini CC-2, experimental jet plane, maiden flight (Milan)
1941 On August - 27 shah of Iran abdicates throne to his son Reza Pahlawi
1942 On August - 27 hMCS Oakville (Corvette) sinks a U-Boat in the Caribbean
1942 On this day in history cuba declares war on Germany, Japan & Italy
1943 Otto Selz, German psychologist (In Auschwitz), dies on this day in history.
1944 On this day in history uSS Stingray (SS-186) lands men and supplies on Luzon, Philippines to support guerilla operations against the Japanese.
1944 200 Halifax bombers attack oil-installations in Homburg on this day in history.
1945 On this day in history pacific Fleet ships enter Sagami Bay, near Tokyo, Japan.
1945 On this day in history uS troops begin their occupation of Japan, following Japan's surrender to Allied forces during WWII.
1945 US troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender on August - 27.
1948 102°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August on this day in history.
1948 Oley Speaks, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1949 On this day in history arthur Chesney, actor (Lodger, Chelsea Life), dies at 67
1950 General Foods blacklists Jean Muir of Aldrich Family as a communist on this day in history.
1950 1st transmission of a TV program from continental Europe shown on BBC on August - 27.
1950 Cesare Pavese, Italian writer (Fuoco Grande), dies at 41 on this day in history.
1952 On this day in history emil Zatopek wins 12th olympics marathon (2:23:03.2)
1953 Nicolai Berezowsky, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.
1955 "Guinness Book of World Records" 1st published on August - 27.
1955 Joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies on August - 27.
1956 On August - 27 curt Robert of Columbus (Intl League) hits 4 HRs in 7 inning game
1957 Hickory Smoke wins Hambletonian Stakes on August - 27.
1958 On August - 27 clark Griffith says Senators will prob accept offer to move to Minn
1958 On August - 27 ernest O Lawrence, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939), dies at 57
1959 On August - 27 off Cape Canaveral, FL, USS Observation Island (EAG-154) makes first shipboard launching of a Polaris missile.
1960 Anita Lonsbrough swims world/olympic record 200m (2:49.5) on August - 27.
1961 On this day in history francis the Talking Mule is the mystery guest on "What's My Line"
1961 On August - 27 francis the Talking Mule is mystery guest on "What's My Line"
1962 Mariner 2 launched; first probe to fly by Venus on August - 27.
1962 Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus on August - 27.
1962 Carlos Lavin, composer, dies at 79 on August - 27.
1963 On this day in history w E B Du Bois, scholar/founder (NAACP), dies at 95 in Accra Ghana
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