Page 7: Historical Events In August - 27

1964  On this day in history alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer, dies at 59   

1965  Beatles spend an evening with Elvis Presley on this day in history.   

1965  Edmond of Dooren, Flemish painter, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1966  Francis Chichester begins the first solo sail around the world on this day in history.   

1966  Race riot in Waukegan Illinois on August - 27.   

1966  On August - 27 francis Chichester begins 1st solo sail around world   

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

1967  On August - 27 brian Epstein, rock manager (Beatles), dies of drug overdose at 32   

1968  On August - 27 marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61   

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

1971  Humorist and author Bennet Cerf dies on August - 27.   

1971  Bennett Cerf, (Random House)/panelist (What's My Line), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1976  On August - 27 british MP John Stonehouse resigns following his conviction for theft and fraud   

1977  On this day in history george Merritt, actor (I Monster, Canterbury Tale), dies at 86   

1978  On this day in history robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies of heart attack at 51   

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  Boleslaw Szabelski, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1980  Sam Levenson, humorist (Sam Levenson Show), dies at 68 on August - 27.   

1981  On this day in history divers begin to recover a safe found aboard the Andrea Doria   

1981  Salvage divers recover a million dollars in cash and jewels from the wreckage of the Andrea Doria, sunk in 1965 on this day in history.   

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

1982  Soyuz T-7 returns to Earth on August - 27.   

1984  Diane Sawyer joins the on-air reporting cast of the CBS TV show 60 Minutes on August - 27.   

1984  On this day in history president Reagan announces the Teacher in Space project   

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

1985  20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-launched on August - 27.   

1986  On August - 27 uS Air Force reveals they accidentally dropped a hydrogen bomb on New Mexico in 1957, which did not detonate   

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

1990  52 Americans arrive in Turkey from Iraq on this day in history.   

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

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1407  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (d. 1425)   

1471  George von Saksen-Meissen, German potester of Frisia was born on this day in history.   

1471  On this day in history birth of george, Duke of Saxony (d. 1539)   

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

1545  Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma/general/diplomat was born on this day in history.   

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

1583  On August - 27 birth of simon Besler, composer   

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

0542  Death of Saint Caesarius of Arles on this day in history.   

0827  On August - 27 death of pope Eugene II   

1208  Irene Angelina, daughter of Isaac II Angeles, dies on this day in history.   

1312  On this day in history death of arthur II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1262)   

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 this day in history.   

1521  Josquin Des Prez, composer, dies on this day in history.   

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