Page 7: Historical Events In August - 27

1964  On August - 27 alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer, dies at 59   

1965  On August - 27 beatles spend an evening with Elvis Presley   

1965  Edmond of Dooren, Flemish painter, dies at 68 on August - 27.   

1966  Francis Chichester begins the first solo sail around the world on August - 27.   

1966  Race riot in Waukegan Illinois on this day in history.   

1966  Francis Chichester begins 1st solo sail around world on this day in history.   

1967  On August - 27 the Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, is found dead in his London flat from an overdose of sleeping pills.   

1967  Brian Epstein, rock manager (Beatles), dies of drug overdose at 32 on this day in history.   

1968  Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61 on August - 27.   

1969  On this day in history claire Whitney, silent film actress (Blind Fools), dies at 79   

1971  On this day in history humorist and author Bennet Cerf dies.   

1971  On August - 27 bennett Cerf, (Random House)/panelist (What's My Line), dies at 73   

1973  Largest hailstone ever found in Canada falls at Cedoux; weight 290 grams, diameter 114 mm (almost three times bigger than a golf ball) on August - 27.   

1974  Haile Selassie, former emperor of Ethiopia, dies in Addis Ababa at age 83 on this day in history.   

1975  Veronica & Colin Scargill (England) complete tandem bicycle ride, a record 18,020 miles around the world on this day in history.   

1975  Emperor Haile Selassie, depossed Ethiopian emperor, strangled at 83 on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history british MP John Stonehouse resigns following his conviction for theft and fraud   

1977  George Merritt, actor (I Monster, Canterbury Tale), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1978  Robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies of heart attack at 51 on August - 27.   

1979  On this day in history an IRA bomb takes the life of British Lord Louis Mountbatten in a boat off the Irish coast.   

1979  On this day in history boleslaw Szabelski, composer, dies at 82   

1980  On August - 27 sam Levenson, humorist (Sam Levenson Show), dies at 68   

1981  Divers begin to recover a safe found aboard the Andrea Doria on August - 27.   

1981  Salvage divers recover a million dollars in cash and jewels from the wreckage of the Andrea Doria, sunk in 1965 on August - 27.   

1981  Joan Edwards, singer (Joan Edwards Show), dies at 62 on August - 27.   

1982  On this day in history soyuz T-7 returns to Earth   

1984  Diane Sawyer joins the on-air reporting cast of the CBS TV show 60 Minutes on this day in history.   

1984  President Reagan announces the Teacher in Space project on August - 27.   

1984  On August - 27 bernard Youens, British actor (Coronation Street), dies at 69   

1985  20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-launched on this day in history.   

1986  US Air Force reveals they accidentally dropped a hydrogen bomb on New Mexico in 1957, which did not detonate on this day in history.   

1989  On August - 27 100 march through Bensonhurst protesting racial killings   

1990  On this day in history 52 Americans arrive in Turkey from Iraq   

1990  Canadian Army ordered to use whatever force necessary to end standoff between Kanasetake Mohawks and Quebec police at Oka on August - 27.   

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1407  Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (d. 1425) was born on this day in history.   

1471  On August - 27 birth of george von Saksen-Meissen, German potester of Frisia   

1471  George, Duke of Saxony (d. 1539) was born on August - 27.   

1487  On this day in history birth of anna of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark (d. 1514)   

1545  On August - 27 birth of alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma/general/diplomat   

1562  On August - 27 birth of hans Leo Hassler, composer   

1583  Simon Besler, composer was born on August - 27.   

1630  Maria van Oosterwijck, Dutch flower painter was born on August - 27.   

0542  On August - 27 death of saint Caesarius of Arles   

0827  Death of Pope Eugene II on August - 27.   

1208  Irene Angelina, daughter of Isaac II Angeles, dies on August - 27.   

1312  Death of Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1262) on this day in history.   

1394  On August - 27 death of chokei, Emperor of Japan (b. 1343)   

1450  Death of Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (b. 1395) on August - 27.   

1521  On this day in history josquin Des Prez, composer, dies   

1522  Giovanni A Amadei/Amadeo, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at about 75 on August - 27.