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August 27: Day of the Week
August 27, 2024 is the 240th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 126 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.
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Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Virgo is the zodiac 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.
August 27 Historical Event(s)
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.
1810
Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France.
1883
The eruption of Krakatoa
1921
The British install the son of Sharif Hussein bin Ali (leader of the Arab Revolt of 1916 against the Ottoman Empire) as King Faisal I of Iraq.
1922
The Turkish army takes the Aegean city of Afyonkarahisar from the Greeks.
1928
The Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by the first 15 nations to do so. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
1962
The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
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.
1991
The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Who were born on August 27?
1903
Ferenc Keserű, Hungarian water polo player (d. 1968)
1904
John Hay Whitney, American financier (d. 1982)
1908
Kurt Wegner, German artist (d. 1985)
1939
William Least Heat-Moon, American author
1961
Tom Ford, American fashion designer
1969
Chandra Wilson, American actress
1970
Mark Ilott, England cricketer
1971
Aygül Özkan, German politician
1974
Mohammad Yousuf, Pakistani cricketer
1992
Kim Petras, German singer
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