August 27
People born on this day are Virgo.
- 1979
The Troubles: Eighteen British soldiers are killed at the Warrenpoint ambush by the Provisional Irish Republican Army near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland, in the deadliest attack on British forces during Operation Banner. An IRA bomb also kills British royal family member Lord Mountbatten and three others on his boat at Mullaghmore, Republic of Ireland.
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South Korean presidential election: After successfully staging the Coup d'état of May Seventeenth, General Chun Doo-hwan, running unopposed, has the National Conference for Unification elect him President of the Fourth Republic of Korea.
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Turkish military diplomat Colonel Atilla Altıkat is shot and killed in Ottawa. Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide claim to be avenging the massacre of 1+1⁄2 million Armenians in the 1915 Armenian genocide.
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Major General Muhammadu Buhari, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Major General Ibrahim Babangida.
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Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-51-I to deploy three communication satellites and repair a fourth malfunctioning one.
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The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
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Aeroflot Flight 2808 crashes in Lebyazhy Lug during approach to Ivanovo Yuzhny Airport, killing all 84 aboard.
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Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km) distant.
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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.
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Internal conflict in Myanmar: The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the Kokang Special Region.
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Hurricane Irene strikes the United States east coast, killing 47 and causing an estimated $15.6 billion in damage.
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2007Ariana Greenblatt, American actress
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2006Kang Ju-hyeok, South Korean footballer
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2001Franz Wagner, German basketball player
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1998Kevin Huerter, American basketball player
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1998Matheus Nunes, Portuguese footballer
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1998Rod Wave, American rapper, singer, and songwriter
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1998Brandon Hagel, Canadian ice hockey player
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1997Lucas Paquetá, Brazilian footballer
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1995Jessie Mei Li, English actress
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1995Sergey Sirotkin, Russian race car driver
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1994Ellar Coltrane, American actor
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1994Breanna Stewart, American basketball player
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