400 Historic Events for August 27
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Mother Teresa, [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], Yugoslavia (Nobel 1979)
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| 1910 |
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Clement of Maasdijk, 1st Dutch aircraft death
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| 1911 |
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Chic White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits Boston, 5-0
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Patience Edney, nurse/communist
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Peter Gretton, British vice admiral
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| 1912 |
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Edgar Rice Burroughs' publishes "Tarzan of the Apes"
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Stewart Crawford, British diplomat
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Donald McKenzie MacKinnon, philosopher
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| 1913 |
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Lt Peter Nestrov, of Imperial Russian Air Service, performs a loop in a monoplane at Kiev (1st aerobatic maneuver in an airplane)
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Arthur Benfield, head of Cheshire CID
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| 1914 |
Death |
John Weiss, German new testament, dies
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Catherine Marshall, editor/writer
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| 1914 |
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US war reporter Richard H Davis visits Leuven
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| 1914 |
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2nd day of battle at Tannenberg: German bombs Usdau
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Walter W Heller, economist (Old Myths and New Realities)
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Tony Harris, cricketer (Springbok 5/8th, Test batsman))
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Martha Raye, [Margaret Reed], Butte Mont, actress (Martha Raye Show)
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| 1916 |
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Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary
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| 1917 |
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Indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game
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| 1918 |
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Christy Mathewson resigns as Reds manager to accept a commission as a captain in chemical warfare branch of Army
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| 1918 |
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Dr Joseph L Johnson named minister to Liberia
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Lord Winstanley, physician/British MP (Labour)
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| 1919 |
Birth |
John Cox, Flemish/US painter/dir (Museum of Fine Physician, Boston)
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| 1919 |
Death |
Louis Botha, South African soldier/statesman, dies
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Lord Dormand, of Eastington, British MP (Labour)
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