About August 27

August 27, 2024 is the 240th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 126 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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Virgo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 155 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On August 27

  • 479 BC –
    Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army in the Battle of Plataea.
  • 410 –
    The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days.
  • 1232 –
    The Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent Hōjō Yasutoki. (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 1232)
  • 1689 –
    The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing empire.
  • 1798 –
    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 Connaught.
  • 1883 –
    The eruption of Krakatoa
  • 1939 –
    First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world’s first jet aircraft.
  • 1957 –
    The Constitution of Malaysia comes into force.
  • 1962 –
    The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
  • 1969 –
    Israeli commando force penetrates deep into Egyptian territory to stage a mortar attack on regional Egyptian Army headquarters in the Nile Valley of Upper Egypt.
  • 1971 –
    An attempted coup 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.
  • 1975 –
    The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili, and flees to Atauro Island, leaving control to a rebel group.
  • 1979 –
    A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb kills British World War II admiral Louis Mountbatten and three others while they are boating on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland. Shortly after, 18 British Army soldiers are killed in an ambush near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland (see Warrenpoint ambush).
  • 1982 –
    Turkish military diplomat Colonel Atilla Altıkat is shot and killed in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada’s capital. Justice Commandos Against Armenian Genocide claim responsibility, saying they are avenging the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians in the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
  • 1985 –
    The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.
  • 1991 –
    Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
  • 1991 –
    The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
  • 1993 –
    The Rainbow Bridge, connecting Tokyo’s Shibaura and the island of Odaiba, is completed.
  • 2000 –
    540 m-tall Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire, three people are killed.
  • 2009 –
    The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the Kokang Special Region.

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