400 Historic Events for August 27
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| 1932 |
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Mikhail Nikolayevich Burdayev, cosmonaut
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| 1932 |
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200,000 English textile workers strike
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| 1932 |
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M N Burdayev, cosmonaut
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| 1932 |
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Fran‡ois Glorieux, composer
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| 1932 |
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Antonia Fraser, biographer (Mary Queen of Scots)
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| 1932 |
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Intl anti-war congress opens in Amsterdam
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| 1933 |
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Earl Averill becomes 2nd Cleveland ballplayer to hit for cycle Moody defaults in 3rd set, trailing 3-0
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| 1933 |
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Joke Smit, Dutch feminist
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| 1934 |
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Arlen, Ira Gershwin and Harburgs musical premieres in NYC
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| 1935 |
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Michael Holroyd, author
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| 1935 |
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Frank Yablans, NYC, writer (North Dallas Forty)
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| 1937 |
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Alice Coltrane, jazz musician
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| 1937 |
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Tommy Sands, Chicago IL, singer/actor (Teenage Rock, Dream With Me)
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| 1937 |
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Phil Shulmon, rocker (Gentle Giant)
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| 1937 |
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George E T Eyston sets world auto speed record at 345.49 MPH
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| 1937 |
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Mark Potter, British court judge
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| 1937 |
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Bkln Dodger Fred Frankhouse no-hits Cin, 5-0 in 7 2/3 inn game
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| 1938 |
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Yanks Monte Pearson no-hits Indians 13-0, DiMaggio hits 3 triples
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| 1939 |
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Nazi Germany demands Danzig and Polish corridor
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| 1939 |
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Heinkel He-178 makes 1st manned flight with rocket/jet propulsion
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| 1939 |
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Erich Warsitz makes 1st jet-propelled flight (in a Heinkel He-178)
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| 1939 |
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Queen Wilhelmina receives German ambassador Grave Zech
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| 1940 |
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Caproni-Campini CC-2, experimental jet plane, maiden flight (Milan)
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| 1940 |
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David Hart, gen-sect (National Assn of Head Teachers)
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| 1940 |
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Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock, jazz guitarist
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