Events That Happened on August 27

Hurricane Irene strikes the United States east coast, killing 47 and causing an estimated $15.6 billion in damage.

Internal conflict in Myanmar: The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the Kokang Special Region.

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.

Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km) distant.

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.

Aeroflot Flight 2808 crashes on approach to Ivanovo Yuzhny Airport, killing all 84 aboard.

The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Moldova declares independence from the USSR.

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.

Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-51-I to deploy three communication satellites and repair a fourth malfunctioning one.

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.

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.

The Troubles: Eighteen British soldiers are killed in an 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.

The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili, and flees to Atauro Island, leaving control to a rebel group.

An attempted coup d'état fails in the African nation of Chad. The Government of Chad accuses Egypt of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off diplomatic relations.

South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Khánh enters into a triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals Trần Thiện Khiêm and Dương Văn Minh, who had both been involved in plots to unseat Khánh.

An explosion at the Cane Creek potash mine near Moab, Utah kills 18 miners.

The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.

The nuclear power station at Calder Hall in the United Kingdom was connected to the national power grid becoming the world's first commercial nuclear power station to generate electricity on an industrial scale.

The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records is published in Great Britain.

World War II: Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.

World War II: Aerial bombardment by the Luftwaffe razes to the ground the village of Vorizia in Crete.

First day of the Sarny Massacre, perpetrated by Germans and Ukrainians.

First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.

The first Afrikaans Bible is introduced during a Bible Festival in Bloemfontein.

The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.

Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking: "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?"

Greco-Turkish War: The Turkish army takes the Aegean city of Afyonkarahisar from the Kingdom of Greece.

Mexican Revolution: Battle of Ambos Nogales: U.S. Army forces skirmish against Mexican Carrancistas in the only battle of World War I fought on American soil.

World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.

Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona, by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.

World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.

World War I: Siege of Tsingtao: A Japanese fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Sadakichi Kato imposes a blockade along the whole coastline of German Tsingtao, initiating the Siege of Tsingtao.

The Qing dynasty promulgates the Qinding Xianfa Dagang, the first constitutional document in the history of China, transforming the Qing empire into a constitutional monarchy.

Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.

Japanese invasion of Taiwan: Battle of Baguashan: The Empire of Japan decisively defeats a smaller Formosan army at Changhua, crippling the short-lived Republic of Formosa and leading to its surrender two months later.

The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000 and 2,000 people.

Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions almost completely destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.

The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.

Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania, leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well.

Black Hawk, leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans, surrenders to U.S. authorities, ending the Black Hawk War.

Brazil and Argentina recognize the sovereignty of Uruguay in the Treaty of Montevideo.

French Emperor Napoleon I defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden.

Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France.

Wolfe Tone's United Irish and French forces clash with the British Army in the Battle of Castlebar, part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, resulting in the creation of the French puppet Republic of Connacht.

French Revolutionary Wars: The city of Toulon revolts against the French Republic and admits the British and Spanish fleets to seize its port, leading to the Siege of Toulon by French Revolutionary forces.

French Revolution: Frederick William II of Prussia and Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, issue the Declaration of Pillnitz, declaring the joint support of the Holy Roman Empire and Prussia for the French monarchy, agitating the French revolutionaries and contributing to the outbreak of the War of the First Coalition.

American Revolutionary War: Members of the 1st Maryland Regiment repeatedly charged a numerically superior British force during the Battle of Long Island, allowing General Washington and the rest of the American troops to escape.

The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing Empire (Julian calendar).

Ishida Mitsunari's Western Army commences the Siege of Fushimi Castle, which is lightly defended by a much smaller Tokugawa garrison led by Torii Mototada.

Jeongyu War: Battle of Chilcheollyang: A Japanese fleet of 500 ships destroys Joseon commander Wŏn Kyun's fleet of 200 ships at Chilcheollyang.

Pierre Barrière failed an attempt to assassinate Henry IV of France.

The Battle of St. Quentin results in Emmanuel Philibert becoming Duke of Savoy.

War of the Straits and Sardinian–Aragonese war: The Battle of Alghero results in a crushing victory of the allied Aragonese and Venetian fleet over the Genoese fleet, most of which is captured.

Shikken Hojo Yasutoki of the Kamakura shogunate promulgates the Goseibai Shikimoku, the first Japanese legal code governing the samurai class.

Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned junior king and queen of England.

The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days.

Ariana Greenblatt, American actress

Kang Ju-hyeok, South Korean footballer

Franz Wagner, German basketball player

Kevin Huerter, American basketball player

Matheus Nunes, Portuguese footballer

Rod Wave, American rapper, singer, and songwriter

Lucas Paquetá, Brazilian footballer

Jessie Mei Li, English actress

Sergey Sirotkin, Russian race car driver

Ellar Coltrane, American actor

Breanna Stewart, American basketball player

Sarah Hecken, German figure skater

Olivier Le Gac, French cyclist

Blake Jenner, American actor and singer

Stephen Morris, American football player

Kim Petras, German singer-songwriter

Ayame Goriki, Japanese actress and singer

Lee Sung-yeol, South Korean actor and singer

Tori Bowie, American athlete (died 2023)

Luuk de Jong, Dutch footballer

Romain Amalfitano, French footballer

Juliana Cannarozzo, American figure skater and actress

Alexa PenaVega, American actress and singer

Darren McFadden, American football player

Lana Bastašić, Serbian-Bosnian author and translator

Sebastian Kurz, Austrian politician, 25th Chancellor of Austria

Mario, American singer and actor

Kayla Ewell, American actress

Kevan Hurst, English footballer

Nikica Jelavić, Croatian footballer

Alexandra Nechita, Romanian-American painter and sculptor

David Bentley, English footballer

Amanda Fuller, American actress

Sulley Muntari, Ghanaian footballer

Joanna McGilchrist, English rugby player and physiotherapist

Patrick J. Adams, Canadian actor

Maxwell Cabelino Andrade, Brazilian footballer

Chantal Djotodia, Beninese-Central African nurse and politician

Alessandro Gamberini, Italian footballer

Karla Mosley, American actress

Sarah Neufeld, Canadian violinist

Aaron Paul, American actor and producer

Karel Rachůnek, Czech ice hockey player (died 2011)

Rusty Smith, American speed skater

Demetria McKinney, American actress and singer

Deco, Brazilian-Portuguese footballer

Justin Miller, American baseball player (died 2013)

Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress

Audrey C. Delsanti, French astronomer and biologist

Milano Collection A.T., Japanese wrestler

Carlos Moyá, Spanish-Swiss tennis player

Mark Webber, Australian race car driver

Blake Adams, American golfer

Mase, American rapper, songwriter and pastor

Jonny Moseley, Puerto Rican-American skier and television host

Marko Rudan, Australian footballer and manager

Aaron Downey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Manny Fernandez, Canadian ice hockey player

Michael Mason, New Zealand cricketer

José Vidro, Puerto Rican-American baseball player

Mohammad Yousuf, Pakistani cricketer

Danny Coyne, Welsh footballer

Dietmar Hamann, German footballer and manager

Burak Kut, Turkish singer-songwriter

Johan Norberg, Swedish historian and author

Jaap-Derk Buma, Dutch field hockey player

The Great Khali, Indian professional wrestler

Denise Lewis, English heptathlete

Jimmy Pop, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Pokwang, Filipino comedian, actress, television host and singer

Ernest Faber, Dutch footballer and manager

Kyung Lah, South Korean-American journalist

Hisayuki Okawa, Japanese runner

Aygül Özkan, German lawyer and politician

Andy Bichel, Australian cricketer and coach

Mark Ilott, English cricketer

Tony Kanal, British-American bass player. songwriter, and record producer

Jim Thome, American baseball player and manager

Karl Unterkircher, Italian mountaineer (died 2008)

Mark Ealham, English cricketer

Cesar Millan, Mexican-American dog trainer, television personality, and author

Reece Shearsmith, English actor, comedian and writer

Chandra Wilson, American actress and director

Eric "Bobo" Correa, American musician

Daphne Koller, Israeli-American computer scientist and academic

Michael Long, New Zealand golfer

Matthew Ridge, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster

Ogie Alcasid, Filipino singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

Rob Burnett, American football player and sportscaster

Jeroen Duyster, Dutch rower

René Higuita, Colombian footballer

Juhan Parts, Estonian lawyer and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Estonia

Scott Dibble, American lawyer and politician

Wayne James, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach

Ange Postecoglou, Greek-Australian footballer and coach

Stephan Elliott, Australian actor, director, and screenwriter

Paul Bernardo, Canadian serial rapist and murderer

Adam Oates, Canadian ice hockey player

Yolanda Adams, American singer, producer, and actress

Mark Curry, English television host and actor

Tom Ford, American fashion designer and film director

Steve McDowall, New Zealand rugby player

Helmut Winklhofer, German footballer

Daniela Romo, Mexican singer, actress and TV hostess

Gerhard Berger, Austrian race car driver

Juan Fernando Cobo, Colombian painter and sculptor

Denice Denton, American engineer and academic (died 2006)

Frode Fjellheim, Norwegian pianist and composer

András Petőcz, Hungarian author and poet

Jeanette Winterson, English journalist and novelist

Sergei Krikalev, Russian engineer and astronaut

Tom Lanoye, Belgian author, poet, and playwright

Hugh Orde, British police officer

Jeff Grubb, American game designer and author

Bernhard Langer, German golfer

Glen Matlock, English singer-songwriter and bass player

Robert Richardson, American cinematographer

Diana Scarwid, American actress

John Lloyd, English tennis player and sportscaster

Rajesh Thakker, English physician and academic

Derek Warwick, English race car driver

Tom Berryhill, American businessman and politician (died 2020)

Alex Lifeson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Joan Smith, English journalist and author

Peter Stormare, Swedish actor, director, and playwright

Paul Reubens, American actor and comedian (died 2023)

Buddy Bell, American baseball player and manager

Mack Brown, American football player and coach

Randall Garrison, American-Canadian criminologist and politician

Charles Fleischer, American comedian and actor

Neil Murray, Scottish bass player and songwriter

Edmund Weiner, English lexicographer and author

Jeff Cook, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)

Leah Jamieson, American computer scientist, engineer, and academic

Ann Murray, Irish soprano

John Mehler, American drummer

Sgt. Slaughter, American wrestler

Deborah Swallow, English historian and curator

Philippe Vallois, French director and screenwriter

Barbara Bach, American actress and model

Halil Berktay, Turkish historian and academic

Kirk Francis, American engineer and producer

Peter Krieg, German director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2009)

John Morrison, New Zealand cricketer and politician

Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer and sportscaster (died 2002)

Tony Howard, Barbadian cricketer and manager

Douglas R. Campbell, Canadian lawyer and judge

Marianne Sägebrecht, German actress

G. W. Bailey, American actor

Tim Bogert, American singer and bass player (died 2021)

Chuck Girard, American singer-songwriter and pianist

Bob Kerrey, American lieutenant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient, 35th Governor of Nebraska

Tuesday Weld, American model and actress

Daryl Dragon, American keyboard player and songwriter (died 2019)

Brian Peckford, Canadian educator and politician, 3rd Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador

Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer (died 2011)

János Konrád, Hungarian water polo player and swimmer (died 2014)

Harrison Page, American actor

Fernest Arceneaux, American singer and accordion player (died 2008)

Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist (died 1994)

William Least Heat-Moon, American travel writer and historian

Edward Patten, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2005)

Nikola Pilić, Yugoslav tennis player and coach

Alice Coltrane, American pianist and composer (died 2007)

Tommy Sands, American pop singer and actor

Joel Kovel, American scholar and author (died 2018)

Lien Chan, Taiwanese politician, Vice President of the Republic of China

Ernie Broglio, American baseball player (died 2019)

Michael Holroyd, English author

Frank Yablans, American screenwriter and producer (died 2014)

Cor Brom, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2008)

Antonia Fraser, English historian and author

Sri Chinmoy, Indian-American guru and poet (died 2007)

Joe Cunningham, American baseball player and coach (died 2021)

Aase Foss Abrahamsen, Norwegian writer (died 2023)

Gholamreza Takhti, Iranian wrestler and politician (died 1968)

Ira Levin, American novelist, playwright, and songwriter (died 2007)

George Scott, Canadian-American wrestler and promoter (died 2014)

Péter Boross, Hungarian lawyer and politician, 54th Prime Minister of Hungary

Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African politician, Chief Minister of KwaZulu (died 2023)

Joan Kroc, American philanthropist (died 2003)

George Brecht, American-German chemist and composer (died 2008)

Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist and academic (died 2002)

Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Italian cardinal (died 2017)

Nat Lofthouse, English footballer and manager (died 2011)

Saiichi Maruya, Japanese author and critic (died 2012)

Bill Neilson, Australian politician, 34th Premier of Tasmania (died 1989)

Jaswant Singh Neki, Indian poet and academic (died 2015)

Carter Stanley, American bluegrass singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1966)

David Rowbotham, Australian journalist and poet (died 2010)

Rosalie E. Wahl, American lawyer and jurist (died 2013)

Jimmy Greenhalgh, English footballer and manager (died 2013)

Roelof Kruisinga, Dutch physician and politician, Minister of Defence for The Netherlands (died 2012)

Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg (died 1996)

Leo Penn, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1998)

Baptiste Manzini, American football player (died 2008)

James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, Northern Irish soldier and politician (died 2015)

Pee Wee Butts, American baseball player and coach (died 1972)

Murray Grand, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2007)

Jelle Zijlstra, Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2001)

Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1986)

Gordon Bashford, English engineer, co-designed the Range Rover (died 1991)

Tony Harris, South African cricketer and rugby player (died 1993)

Martha Raye, American actress and comedian (died 1994)

Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)

Gloria Guinness, Mexican journalist (died 1980)

Kay Walsh, English actress and dancer (died 2005)

Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist (died 1966)

Charles Pozzi, French race car driver (died 2001)

Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (died 1959)

Don Bradman, Australian cricketer and manager (died 2001)

Lyndon B. Johnson, American commander and politician, 36th President of the United States (died 1973)

Ed Gein, American murderer and body snatcher, The Butcher of Plainfield (died 1982)

Aris Velouchiotis, Greek soldier (died 1945)

Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (died 1963)

Norah Lofts, English author (died 1983)

John Hay Whitney, American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded J.H. Whitney & Company (died 1982)

C. S. Forester, English novelist (died 1966)

Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian businessman and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1963)

Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese author and poet (died 1933)

Andreas Alföldi, Hungarian archaeologist and historian (died 1981)

Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter (died 1976)

Rebecca Clarke, English viola player and composer (died 1979)

Vincent Auriol, French lawyer and politician, President of the French Republic (died 1966)

Denis G. Lillie, British biologist, member of the 1910–1913 Terra Nova Expedition (died 1963)

Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian general (died 1928)

Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (died 1910)

Ernst Wetter, Swiss lawyer and politician, 48th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 1963)

Katharine McCormick, American biologist, philanthropist, and activist (died 1967)

Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1940)

Theodore Dreiser, American novelist and journalist (died 1945)

Amado Nervo, Mexican journalist, poet, and diplomat (died 1919)

Hong Beom-do, Korean general and activist (died 1943)

James Henry Breasted, American archaeologist and historian (died 1935)

Charles G. Dawes, American general and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1951)

Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast (died 1919)

Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher (died 1932)

Ivan Franko, Ukrainian author and poet (died 1916)

Ödön Lechner, Hungarian architect, designed the Museum of Applied Arts and the Church of St Elisabeth (died 1914)

Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (died 1909)

Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (died 1897)

William Hayden English, American politician, U.S. Representative from Indiana and Democratic vice-presidential nominee (died 1896)

Bertalan Szemere, Hungarian poet and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1869)

Hannibal Hamlin, American publisher and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States (died 1891)

Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian (died 1895)

Giorgio Mitrovich, Maltese politician (died 1885)

Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru (died 1841)

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher and academic (died 1831)

Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher and author (died 1788)

John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-American pastor, planter, and politician (died 1781)

Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian general (died 1748)

Anne Marie d'Orléans, queen of Sardinia (died 1728)

John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (died 1751)

Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician, 2nd Proprietor of Maryland (died 1715)

Koxinga, Chinese-Japanese Ming loyalist (died 1662)

Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (died 1592)

John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania and Protestant Bishop of Cammin (died 1600)

Friedrich Staphylus, German theologian (died 1564)

Anna of Brandenburg (died 1514)

George, Duke of Saxony (died 1539)

Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shōgun (died 1425)

Rhazes, Persian polymath (died 925)

Bob Carr, American politician (born 1943)

Juan Izquierdo, Uruguayan footballer (born 1997)

Charlotte Kretschmann, German supercentenarian (born 1909)

Leonard Riggio, American businessman (born 1941)

Cookie, Australian Major Mitchell's cockatoo, oldest recorded parrot (born 1933)

Kazi Zafar Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician, 8th Prime Minister of Bangladesh (born 1939)

Pascal Chaumeil, French director and screenwriter (born 1961)

Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player and coach (born 1957)

Jacques Friedel, French physicist and academic (born 1921)

Valeri Petrov, Bulgarian poet, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1920)

Benno Pludra, German author (born 1925)

Chen Liting, Chinese director and playwright (born 1910)

Bill Peach, Australian journalist (born 1935)

Dave Thomas, Welsh golfer and architect (born 1934)

Neville Alexander, South African linguist and activist (born 1936)

Malcolm Browne, American journalist and photographer (born 1931)

Art Heyman, American basketball player (born 1941)

Ivica Horvat, Croatian footballer and manager (born 1926)

Richard Kingsland, Australian captain and pilot (born 1916)

Geliy Korzhev, Russian painter (born 1925)

Anton Geesink, Dutch martial artist (born 1934)

Luna Vachon, Canadian-American wrestler and manager (born 1962)

Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian author and poet (born 1913)

Emma Penella, Spanish actress (born 1930)

Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)

Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist (born 1969)

Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek trumpet player and composer (born 1922)

Seán Purcell, Irish footballer (born 1929)

Willie Crawford, American baseball player (born 1946)

Pierre Poujade, French soldier and politician (born 1920)

Edwin Louis Cole, American religious leader and author (born 1922)

Michael Dertouzos, Greek-American computer scientist and academic (born 1936)

Abu Ali Mustafa, Palestinian politician (born 1938)

Hélder Câmara, Brazilian archbishop and theologian (born 1909)

Essie Summers, New Zealand author (born 1912)

Greg Morris, American actor (born 1933)

Frank Jeske, German footballer (born 1960)

Bengt Holbek, Danish folklorist (born 1933)

Avdy Andresson, Estonian soldier and diplomat (born 1899)

Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1954)

Valeri Kharlamov, Russian ice hockey player (born 1948)

Douglas Kenney, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1947)

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (born 1900)

Gordon Matta-Clark, American painter and illustrator (born 1943)

Ieva Simonaitytė, Lithuanian author and poet (born 1897)

Haile Selassie, Ethiopian emperor (born 1892)

Bennett Cerf, American publisher, co-founded Random House (born 1898)

Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and journalist (born 1906)

Ivy Compton-Burnett, English author (born 1884)

Erika Mann, German actress and author (born 1905)

Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (born 1906)

Brian Epstein, English businessman and manager (born 1934)

Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and urban planner, designed the Philips Pavilion (born 1887)

Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (born 1895)

W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist (born 1868)

Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi, Pakistani mathematician and scholar (born 1888)

Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)

Pelageya Shajn, Russian astronomer and academic (born 1894)

Cesare Pavese, Italian author, poet, and critic (born 1908)

Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (born 1862)

Hubert Pál Álgyay, Hungarian engineer, designed the Petőfi Bridge (born 1894)

Georg von Boeselager, German soldier (born 1915)

Childe Hassam, American painter and academic (born 1859)

Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (born 1856)

Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch priest and politician (born 1860)

Francis Marion Smith, American miner and businessman (born 1846)

Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (born 1892)

Reşat Çiğiltepe, Turkish colonel (born 1879)

Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (born 1842)

Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (born 1827)

Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (born 1816)

William Chapman Ralston, American businessman and financier, founded the Bank of California (born 1826)

William Whiting Boardman, American lawyer and politician (born 1794)

Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (born 1796)

Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American anthologist, poet, and critic (born 1815)

Eise Eisinga, Dutch astronomer and academic, built the Eisinga Planetarium (born 1744)

John Laurens, American Revolutionary and abolitionist (born 1754)

James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (born 1700)

Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter and educator (born 1598)

Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright (born 1562)

Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer (born c. 1548)

Pope Sixtus V (born 1521)

Titian, Italian painter and educator (born 1488)

Piotr Gamrat, Polish archbishop (born 1487)

Josquin des Prez, Flemish composer (born 1450)

Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (born 1395)

Emperor Chōkei of Japan (born 1343)

Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (born 1261)

Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (born 1247)

King Eric III of Denmark

Ageltrude, queen of Italy and Holy Roman Empress

Pope Eugene II

Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i, Persian general

Caesarius of Arles, French bishop and saint (born 470)

Christian feast day: Baculus of Sorrento

Christian feast day: Caesarius of Arles

Christian feast day: Decuman

Christian feast day: Gebhard of Constance

Christian feast day: Euthalia

Christian feast day: John of Pavia

Christian feast day: Lycerius (or: Glycerius, Lizier)

Christian feast day: Máel Ruba (or Rufus) (Scotland)

Christian feast day: Margaret the Barefooted

Christian feast day: Monica of Hippo, mother of Augustine of Hippo

Christian feast day: Narnus

Christian feast day: Our Lady of La Vang

Christian feast day: Phanourios of Rhodes

Christian feast day: Rufus and Carpophorus

Christian feast day: Syagrius of Autun

Christian feast day: Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle (Episcopal Church)

Christian feast day: August 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Independence Day (Republic of Moldova), celebrates the independence of Moldova from the USSR in 1991.

Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (Texas, United States)