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On This Day · The 239th day of the year

August 27

Few dates reach as far back as August 27: its recorded history runs unusually deep, stretching to 410. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

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Virgo is the sign for August 27 — read more on the Virgo page, or see August's birthstone & birth flower.

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What happened on August 27?

August 27 is the 239th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 410 and 2006. Famous people born on August 27 include Kayla Ewell, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Lyndon B. Johnson.

Released on August 27

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game Caput Mortum

2024

  • Game Crypt Custodian
  • Game Core Keeper

2021

  • Game Mad Streets
  • Game Lamentum
  • Game No More Heroes III

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 410

    Sack of Rome (410)

  2. 1810

    Napoleonic Wars

  3. 1832

    Black Hawk (Sauk leader)

  4. 1896

    Anglo-Zanzibar War

  5. 1914

    World War I

  6. 1955

    Guinness World Records

  7. 1979

    The Troubles

  8. 1991

    Moldova

  9. 2003

    Mars

  10. 2006

    Comair Flight 5191

Famous birthday twins

Born on August 27

Kayla Ewell

b. 1985

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

b. 1770

Lyndon B. Johnson

b. 1908

Leah Jamieson

b. 1949

Daphne Koller

b. 1968

Bob Kerrey

b. 1943

Chandra Wilson

b. 1969

Blake Jenner

b. 1992

Deaths

  • 2006Hrishikesh Mukherjee
  • 1990Stevie Ray Vaughan
  • 1975Haile Selassie
  • 1965Le Corbusier
  • 1950Cesare Pavese
  • 1576Titian

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Baculus of Sorrento
  • —Christian feast day: Caesarius of Arles
  • —Christian feast day: David Lewis
  • —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)

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