Table of Contents
685 relations: Aaron Downey, Aaron Paul, Aase Foss Abrahamsen, Abu Ali Mustafa, Abu Bakr al-Razi, Adam Oates, Aegean Region, Aeroflot Flight 2808, Afyonkarahisar, Ageltrude, Agustín Gamarra, Alar Kotli, Alessandro Gamberini, Alex Lifeson, Alexa PenaVega, Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, Alexandra Nechita, Alice Coltrane, Allies of World War I, Amado Nervo, Amanda Fuller, Ancient Rome, András Petőcz, Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Andreas Alföldi, Andy Bichel, Ange Postecoglou, Anglo-Zanzibar War, Ann Murray, Anna of Brandenburg, Anne Marie d'Orléans, Anton Geesink, Antonia Fraser, Aris Velouchiotis, Armenian genocide, Army of the Republic of Vietnam, Art Heyman, Arthur II, Duke of Brittany, Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Asiatic-Pacific theater, Assassination, Associated Press, Atauro, Atilla Altıkat, Atlanta, Audrey C. Delsanti, August 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), Augustine of Hippo, Austria-Hungary, Austrian Empire, ... Expand index (635 more) »
Aaron Downey
Aaron Douglas Downey (born August 27, 1974) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player.
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Aaron Paul
Aaron Paul (born Aaron Paul Sturtevant; August 27, 1979) is an American actor and producer.
Aase Foss Abrahamsen
Aase Foss Abrahamsen (27 August 1930 – 7 May 2023) was a Norwegian writer.
See August 27 and Aase Foss Abrahamsen
Abu Ali Mustafa
Mustafa Ali Zabri (مصطفى علي العلي; 1938 – 27 August 2001), better known by his kunya Abu Ali Mustafa (أبو علي مصطفى) and also known as Mustafa Alhaj, was a Palestinian militant who served as the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) from July 2000 until he was assassinated by Israeli forces in a targeted killing on 27 August 2001.
See August 27 and Abu Ali Mustafa
Abu Bakr al-Razi
Abū Bakr al-Rāzī (full name: label),, often known as (al-)Razi or by his Latin name Rhazes, also rendered Rhasis, was a Persian physician, philosopher and alchemist who lived during the Islamic Golden Age.
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Adam Oates
Adam Robert Oates (born August 27, 1962) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, former co-head coach for the New Jersey Devils and former head coach for the Washington Capitals.
Aegean Region
The Aegean Region is one of the 7 geographical regions of Turkey.
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Aeroflot Flight 2808
Aeroflot Flight 2808 (Reys 2808 Aeroflota) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Mineralnye Vody to Ivanovo, both in Russia, with a stopover in Donetsk, Ukraine on 27 August 1992.
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Afyonkarahisar
Afyonkarahisar (afyon 'poppy, opium', kara 'black', hisar 'fortress') is a city in western Turkey.
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Ageltrude
Ageltrude or Agiltrude (around 860 – 27 August 923) was the Empress and Queen of Italy as the wife of Guy (reigned 891–94).
Agustín Gamarra
Agustín Gamarra Messia (27 August 1785 – 18 November 1841) was a Peruvian soldier and politician, who served as the 4th and 6th President of Peru.
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Alar Kotli
Alar Kotli (27 August 1904 in Väike-Maarja – 4 October 1963 in Tallinn) was an Estonian architect.
Alessandro Gamberini
Alessandro Gamberini (born 27 August 1981) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a central defender.
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Alex Lifeson
Aleksandar Živojinović (born 27 August 1953), known professionally as Alex Lifeson, is a Canadian musician, best known as the guitarist for the rock band Rush.
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Alexa PenaVega
Alexa Ellesse PenaVega (née Vega; born August 27, 1988) is an American actress and singer.
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Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma
Alexander Farnese (Alessandro Farnese, Alejandro Farnesio; 27 August 1545 – 3 December 1592) was an Italian noble and condottiero, who was Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro from 1586 to 1592, as well as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1578 to 1592.
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Alexandra Nechita
Alexandra Nechita (born August 27, 1985) is a Romanian-American cubist painter and philanthropist.
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Alice Coltrane
Alice Lucille Coltrane (McLeod; August 27, 1937January 12, 2007), also known as Swamini Turiyasangitananda or simply Turiya, was an American jazz musician, composer, bandleader, and Hindu spiritual leader.
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Allies of World War I
The Allies, the Entente or the Triple Entente was an international military coalition of countries led by France, the United Kingdom, Russia, the United States, Italy, and Japan against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria in World War I (1914–1918).
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Amado Nervo
Amado Nervo (August 27, 1870 – May 24, 1919) also known as Juan Crisóstomo Ruiz de Nervo, was a Mexican poet, journalist and educator.
Amanda Fuller
Amanda Fuller (born August 27, 1984) is an American actress.
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Ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.
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András Petőcz
András Petőcz (born August 27, 1959 in Budapest) is a Hungarian writer and poet.
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Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo
Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo (27 August 1925 – 19 November 2017) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church.
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Andreas Alföldi
András (Andreas) Ede Zsigmond Alföldi (27 August 1895 – 12 February 1981) was a Hungarian historian, art historian, epigraphist, numismatist and archaeologist, specializing in the Late Antique period.
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Andy Bichel
Andrew John Bichel (born 27 August 1970) is a former Australian cricketer, who played 19 Test matches and 67 One Day Internationals for Australia between 1997 and 2004.
Ange Postecoglou
Angelos "Ange" Postecoglou (Άγγελος Ποστέκογλου, Angelos Postekoglou; born 27 August 1965), sometimes known by his nickname Big Ange, is a soccer manager and former player who is the head coach of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.
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Anglo-Zanzibar War
The Anglo-Zanzibar War was a military conflict fought between the United Kingdom and the Sultanate of Zanzibar on 27 August 1896.
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Ann Murray
Ann Murray, (born 27 August 1949) is an Irish mezzo-soprano.
Anna of Brandenburg
Margravine Anna of Brandenburg (27 August 1487 – 3 May 1514) was a German noblewoman.
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Anne Marie d'Orléans
Anne Marie d'Orléans (27 August 1669 – 26 August 1728) was Queen of Sardinia by marriage to Victor Amadeus II of Savoy.
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Anton Geesink
Antonius Johannes Geesink (6 April 1934 – 27 August 2010) was a Dutch 10th dan judoka.
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Antonia Fraser
Lady Antonia Margaret Caroline Fraser, (Pakenham; born 27 August 1932) is a British author of history, novels, biographies and detective fiction.
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Aris Velouchiotis
Athanasios Klaras (Αθανάσιος Κλάρας; August 27, 1905 – June 15, 1945), better known by the nom de guerre Aris Velouchiotis (Άρης Βελουχιώτης), was a Greek journalist, politician, member of the Communist Party of Greece, the most prominent leader and chief instigator of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the military branch of the National Liberation Front (EAM), which was the major resistance organization in occupied Greece from 1942 to 1945.
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Armenian genocide
The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
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Army of the Republic of Vietnam
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN;; Armée de la république du Viêt Nam) composed the ground forces of the South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 to the Fall of Saigon in April 1975.
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Art Heyman
Arthur Bruce Heyman (June 24, 1941 – August 27, 2012) was an American professional basketball player.
Arthur II, Duke of Brittany
Arthur II (25 July 1261 – 27 August 1312), of the House of Dreux, was Duke of Brittany from 1305 to his death.
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Ashikaga Yoshikazu
was the fifth shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1423 to 1425 during the Muromachi period of Japan.
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Asiatic-Pacific theater
The Asiatic-Pacific Theater was the theater of operations of U.S. forces during World War II in the Pacific War during 1941–1945.
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Assassination
Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a personespecially if prominent or important.
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Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
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Atauro
Atauro (Ilha de Ataúro, Illa Ataúru, Pulau Atauro), also known as Kambing Island (Pulau Kambing), is an island and municipality (Município Ataúro, Munisípiu Atauro or Ata'uro) of East Timor.
Atilla Altıkat
Colonel Atilla Altıkat was the Turkish military attaché to the Turkish Embassy in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and was assassinated in 1982.
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Atlanta
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Audrey C. Delsanti
Audrey Delsanti (born 27 August 1976) is a French astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile.
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August 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
August 26 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 28 All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 9 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
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Augustine of Hippo
Augustine of Hippo (Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa.
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Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918.
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Austrian Empire
The Austrian Empire, officially known as the Empire of Austria, was a multinational European great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the realms of the Habsburgs.
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Avdy Andresson
Avdy Andresson (15 November 1899 in Viluvere, Estonia – 27 August 1990 in Deerfield, New Jersey, United States) was the Estonian Minister of War in exile from April 3, 1973, until two months before his death on June 20, 1990, and disputed Commander of Armed Forces (Sõjavägede Juhataja) from 14 October 1975.
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Ayame Goriki
is a Japanese actress, singer and model.
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Aygül Özkan
Aygül Özkan (born 27 August 1971, in Hamburg) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as managing director of the German Property Federation (ZIA) since 2020.
Ödön Lechner
Ödön Lechner (born Eugen Lechner; 27 August 1845 – 10 June 1914) was a Hungarian architect, one of the prime representatives of the Hungarian Szecesszió style, which was related to Art Nouveau in the rest of Europe, including the Vienna Secession.
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Baculus of Sorrento
Saint Baculus of Sorrento (San Bacolo di Sorrento, San Baccolo di Sorrento) is venerated as a bishop of Sorrento.
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Baltic states
The Baltic states or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term encompassing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
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Bank of California
The Bank of California was opened in San Francisco, California, on July 4, 1864, by William Chapman Ralston and Darius Ogden Mills.
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Baptiste Manzini
Baptiste John "Bap" Manzini (August 27, 1920 – May 9, 2008) was a professional American football center and high school football coach.
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Barbara Bach
Barbara Bach, Lady Starkey (né Goldbach; August 28, 1946) is an American actress and former model.
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Battle of Ambos Nogales
The Battle of Ambos Nogales (The Battle of Both Nogales), or as it is known in Mexico La batalla del 27 de agosto (The Battle of 27 August), was an engagement fought on 27 August 1918 between Mexican military and civilian militia forces and elements of U.S. Army troops of the 35th Infantry Regiment, who were reinforced by the Buffalo Soldiers of the 10th Cavalry Regiment, and commanded by Lt.
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Battle of Baguashan
The Battle of Baguashan, the largest battle ever fought on Taiwanese soil, was the pivotal battle of the Japanese invasion of Taiwan.
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Battle of Castlebar
The Battle of Castlebar was a military engagement of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 which occurred on 27 August 1798 near the town of Castlebar, County Mayo.
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Battle of Chilcheollyang
The naval Battle of Chilcheollyang took place on the night of 28 August 1597.
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Battle of Dresden
The Battle of Dresden (26–27 August 1813) was a major engagement of the Napoleonic Wars.
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Battle of Grand Port
The Battle of Grand Port was a naval battle fought on 20–27 August 1810 between squadrons of frigates from the French Navy and the British Royal Navy over possession of the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France (now Mauritius), as part of the Mauritius campaign during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Battle of Long Island
The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn and the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, was an action of the American Revolutionary War fought on August 27, 1776, at and near the western edge of Long Island in present-day Brooklyn.
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Battle of St. Quentin (1557)
The Battle of Saint-Quentin of 1557 was a decisive engagement of the Italian War of 1551–1559 between the Kingdom of France and the Spanish Empire, at Saint-Quentin in Picardy.
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Bengt Holbek
Bengt Holbek (April 1, 1933 – August 27, 1992) was a Danish folklorist known for his unorthodox approach to folklore theory.
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Bennett Cerf
Bennett Alfred Cerf (May 25, 1898 – August 27, 1971) was an American writer, publisher, and co-founder of the American publishing firm Random House.
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Benno Pludra
Benno Pludra (1 October 1925 – 27 August 2014) was a German children's author.
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Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer (born 27 August 1957) is a German professional golfer.
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Bertalan Szemere
Bertalan Szemere (27 August 1812 – 18 January 1869) was a Hungarian poet and nationalist who became the third Prime Minister of Hungary during the short period of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 when Hungary was independent of rule by the Austrian Empire.
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Bible translations into Afrikaans
There have been several Bible translations into Afrikaans, a language primarily spoken in South Africa and Namibia.
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Bill Neilson
William Arthur Neilson AC (27 August 1925 – 9 November 1989) was Premier of Tasmania from 1975 to 1977.
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Bill Peach
William Norman Peach (15 May 1935 – 27 August 2013) known as Bill Peach, was an Australian television journalist who hosted the ABC current affairs program This Day Tonight from 1967 to 1975.
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
Black Hawk (Sauk leader)
Black Hawk, born Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak (Sauk: Mahkatêwe-meshi-kêhkêhkwa) (c. 1767 – October 3, 1838), was a Sauk leader and warrior who lived in what is now the Midwestern United States.
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Black Hawk War
The Black Hawk War was a conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader.
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Blake Adams
Blake Adams (born August 27, 1975) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour.
Blake Jenner
Blake Alexander Jenner (born August 27, 1992) is an American actor.
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Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein, also known as Bloem, is the capital and the largest city of the Free State province in South Africa.
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Blue Church
The Church of St.
Blue Grass Airport
Blue Grass Airport is a public airport in Fayette County, Kentucky, United States, 6 miles west of downtown Lexington.
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Bob Kerrey
Joseph Robert Kerrey (born August 27, 1943) is an American politician who served as the 35th governor of Nebraska from 1983 to 1987 and as a United States Senator from Nebraska from 1989 to 2001.
Breanna Stewart
Breanna Mackenzie Stewart (born Baldwin; born August 27, 1994), nicknamed "Stewie", is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
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Brian Epstein
Brian Samuel Epstein (19 September 1934 – 27 August 1967) was an English music entrepreneur who managed the Beatles from 1961 until his death in 1967.
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Brian Peckford
Alfred Brian Peckford (born August 27, 1942) is a Canadian politician who served as the third premier of Newfoundland from March 26, 1979 to March 22, 1989.
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British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.
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British royal family
The British royal family comprises King Charles III and his close relations.
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Buddy Bell
David Gus "Buddy" Bell (born August 27, 1951) is an American former third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) currently serving as vice president and senior advisor to the general manager for the Cincinnati Reds.
Burak Kut
Burak Kut (born 27 August 1973) is a Turkish pop singer and songwriter.
C. S. Forester
Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 – 2 April 1966), known by his pen name Cecil Scott "C.
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Caesarius of Arles
Caesarius of Arles (Caesarius Arelatensis; 468/470 27 August 542 AD), sometimes called "of Chalon" (Cabillonensis or Cabellinensis) from his birthplace Chalon-sur-Saône, was the foremost ecclesiastic of his generation in Merovingian Gaul.
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Calder Hall nuclear power station
Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station is a former Magnox nuclear power station at Sellafield in Cumbria in North West England.
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Calendar of saints
The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.
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Carl Bosch
Carl Bosch (27 August 1874 – 26 April 1940) was a German chemist and engineer and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry.
Carlos Moyá
Carlos Moyá Llompart (born 27 August 1976) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player.
Carter Stanley
Carter Glen Stanley (August 27, 1925 – December 1, 1966) was a bluegrass music lead singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitar player.
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Cesar Millan
César Felipe Millán Favela (born August 27, 1969) is a Mexican-American dog trainer.
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Cesare Pavese
Cesare Pavese (9 September 1908 – 27 August 1950) was an Italian novelist, poet, short story writer, translator, literary critic, and essayist.
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Cesária Évora
Cesária Évora GCIH (27 August 194117 December 2011) was a Cape Verdean singer known for singing morna, a genre of music from Cape Verde, in her native Cape Verdean Creole.
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Chad
Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of North and Central Africa.
Chancellor of Austria
The chancellor of Austria, officially the federal chancellor the Republic of Austria, is the head of government of the Republic of Austria.
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Chandra Wilson
Chandra Danette Wilson (born August 27, 1969) is an American actress and director.
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Changhua
Changhua (Hokkien POJ: Chiong-hòa or Chiang-hòa), officially known as Changhua City, is a county-administered city and the county seat of Changhua County in Taiwan Province of the Republic of China.
Chantal Djotodia
Chantal Vinadou Tohouégnon Djotodia (born 27 August 1981) is a Beninese-born nurse who became the First Lady of the Central African Republic from 2013 to 2014.
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Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore (August 27, 1637 – February 21, 1715) was an English peer and colonial administrator.
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Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes Sr. (April 11, 1862 – August 27, 1948) was an American statesman, politician, academic, and jurist who served as the 11th chief justice of the United States from 1930 to 1941.
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Charles Fleischer
Charles Fleischer (born August 27, 1950) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, musician, and writer, best known for appearing in films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Polar Express, Rango, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, and We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story.
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Charles G. Dawes
Charles Gates Dawes (August 27, 1865 – April 23, 1951) was an American diplomat and Republican politician who was the 30th vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929 under Calvin Coolidge.
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Charles Lilley
Sir Charles Lilley (27 August 1827 – 20 August 1897) was a Premier and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland.
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Charles Pozzi
Charles Pozzi (27 August 1909 – 28 February 2001) was a French racing driver who participated in one World Championship Formula One race in 1950, the year of its inception.
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Charles Rolls
Charles Stewart Rolls (27 August 1877 – 12 July 1910) was a British motoring and aviation pioneer.
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Chen Liting
Chen Liting (20 October 1910 – 27 August 2013) was a Chinese playwright, drama and film director, screenwriter, and film theorist.
Chief Justice of the United States
The chief justice of the United States is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States and is the highest-ranking officer of the U.S. federal judiciary.
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Childe Hassam
Frederick Childe Hassam (October 17, 1859 – August 27, 1935) was an American Impressionist painter, noted for his urban and coastal scenes.
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Chuck Girard
Chuck Girard (born on August 27, 1943) is an American musician, considered a pioneer of Contemporary Christian music.
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Chun Doo-hwan
Chun Doo-hwan (or; 18 January 1931 – 23 November 2021) was a South Korean politician, army general and military dictator who served as the fifth president of South Korea from 1980 to 1988.
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Comair Flight 5191
Comair Flight 5191 (marketed as Delta Connection Flight 5191 under a codeshare agreement with Delta Air Lines) was a scheduled United States domestic passenger flight from Lexington, Kentucky, to Atlanta, Georgia.
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Complex Networks
Complex Networks is an American media and entertainment company for youth culture, based in New York City.
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Constitution Act, 1867
The Constitution Act, 1867 (Loi constitutionnelle de 1867),The Constitution Act, 1867, 30 & 31 Victoria (U.K.), c. 3, http://canlii.ca/t/ldsw retrieved on 2019-03-14.
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Constitutional monarchy
Constitutional monarchy, also known as limited monarchy, parliamentary monarchy or democratic monarchy, is a form of monarchy in which the monarch exercises their authority in accordance with a constitution and is not alone in making decisions.
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Cookie (cockatoo)
Cookie (June 30, 1933 – August 27, 2016) was a male pink cockatoo (also known as Major Mitchell's cockatoo) residing at Brookfield Zoo, near Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Cor Brom
Cor Brom (27 August 1932 – 29 October 2008) was a Dutch football player and manager.
Coup d'état
A coup d'état, or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership.
Coup d'état of May Seventeenth
The Coup d'état of May Seventeenth was a military coup d'état carried out in South Korea by General Chun Doo-hwan and Hanahoe that followed the Coup d'état of December Twelfth.
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Crete
Crete (translit, Modern:, Ancient) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.
Daniela Romo
Daniela Romo (born Teresa Presmanes Corona; 27 August 1959) is a Mexican singer, actress and TV hostess.
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Danny Coyne
Daniel Coyne (born 27 August 1973) is a Welsh football coach and former professional footballer.
Daphne Koller
Daphne Koller (דפנה קולר; born August 27, 1968) is an Israeli-American computer scientist.
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Darren McFadden
Darren McFadden (born August 27, 1987) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL).
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Darryl Dawkins
Darryl R. Dawkins (January 11, 1957 – August 27, 2015) was an American professional basketball player and coach.
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Daryl Dragon
Daryl Frank Dragon (August 27, 1942 – January 2, 2019) was an American musician known as Captain from the pop musical duo Captain & Tennille with his wife, Toni Tennille.
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Dave Thomas (golfer)
David Charles Thomas (16 August 193427 August 2013) was a Welsh professional golfer and renowned golf course architect.
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David Bentley
David Michael Bentley (born 27 August 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played primarily as a winger, but also played as a central midfielder or as a second striker.
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David Rowbotham
David Harold Rowbotham (27 August 1924 – 6 October 2010) was an Australian poet and journalist.
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Dương Văn Minh
Dương Văn Minh (16 February 19166 August 2001), popularly known as Big Minh, was a South Vietnamese politician and a senior general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and a politician during the presidency of Ngô Đình Diệm.
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Deborah Swallow
Deborah Anne Swallow (born 27 August 1948) is a British educator, museum curator and academic.
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Declaration of Pillnitz
The Declaration of Pillnitz was a statement of five sentences issued on 27 August 1791 at Pillnitz Castle near Dresden (Saxony) by Frederick William II of Prussia and the Habsburg Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor who was Marie Antoinette's brother.
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Deco
Anderson Luís de Souza (born 27 August 1977), also known as Deco, is a former professional football player who primarily played as an attacking or central midfielder.
Decuman
Decuman (Decumanus; Degyman; died) was one of the Celtic saints who came to Somerset from Pembrokeshire, South Wales, in the seventh century, arriving on a raft (or his cloak) with a cow for a companion.
Demetria McKinney
Demetria Dyan McKinney (born August 27, 1979) is an American actress, model, and singer.
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Denice Denton
Denice Dee Denton (August 27, 1959 – June 24, 2006) was an American professor of electrical engineering and academic administrator.
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Denis G. Lillie
Denis Gascoigne Lillie (27 August 1884 – 13 May 1963) was a British biologist who participated in the ''Terra Nova'' Expedition (1910–1913) to the Antarctic.
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Denise Lewis
Dame Denise Rosemarie Lewis (born 27 August 1972) is a British sports presenter, sports administrator and former track and field athlete, who specialised in the heptathlon.
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Derek Warwick
Derek Stanley Arthur Warwick (born 27 August 1954) is a British former professional racing driver from England, who lives in Jersey.
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Diana Scarwid
Diana Scarwid (born August 27, 1955) is an American actress.
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Dietmar Hamann
Dietmar Johann Wolfgang "Didi" Hamann (born 27 August 1973) is a German professional football coach, former player and media personality.
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Dili
Dili (Portuguese and Tetum: Díli) is the capital and largest city of East Timor.
Diplomacy
Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of state, intergovernmental, or non-governmental institutions intended to influence events in the international system.
Don Bradman
Sir Donald George Bradman (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), nicknamed "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time.
Douglas Kenney
Douglas Clark Francis Kenney (December 10, 1946 – August 27, 1980) was an American comedy writer of magazine, novels, radio, TV and film, who co-founded the magazine National Lampoon in 1970.
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Douglas R. Campbell
Douglas R. Campbell (born August 27, 1945) was a judge who served on the Federal Court of Canada.
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Ed Gein
Edward Theodore Gein (August 27, 1906 – July 26, 1984), also known as the Butcher of Plainfield or the Plainfield Ghoul, was an American murderer, suspected serial killer and body snatcher.
Edmund Weiner
Edmund S. C. Weiner (born 27 August 1950 in Oxford, England) is the former co-editor (with John A. Simpson) of the Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (1985–1989) and Deputy Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1993–present).
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Edward Beecher
Edward Beecher (August 27, 1803 – July 28, 1895) was an American theologian, the son of Lyman Beecher and the brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher.
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Edward Patten
Edward Roy Patten (August 27, 1939 – February 25, 2005) was an American R&B/soul singer, best known as a member of Gladys Knight & the Pips.
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Edwin Louis Cole
Edwin Louis Cole (1922–2002), also known as Ed Cole, was the founder of the Christian Men's Network, an American religious organization devoted to helping Christian men and fathers.
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Egypt
Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.
Eise Eisinga
Eise Jeltes Eisinga (21 February 1744 – 27 August 1828) was a Frisian amateur astronomer who built the Eise Eisinga Planetarium in his house in Franeker, Dutch Republic.
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Eise Eisinga Planetarium
The Royal Eise Eisinga Planetarium (Koninklijk Eise Eisinga Planetarium) is an 18th-century orrery in Franeker, Friesland, Netherlands.
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Ellar Coltrane
Ellar Coltrane Kinney Salmon (born August 27, 1994) is an American actor.
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Emil Christian Hansen
Emil Christian Hansen (8 May 1842 – 27 August 1909) was a Danish mycologist and fermentation physiologist.
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Emma Penella
Manuela Ruiz Penella (2 March 1931 – 27 August 2007), better known as Emma Penella, was a Spanish film and television actress.
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Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy
Emmanuel Philibert (Emanuele Filiberto; Emanuel Filibert; 8 July 1528 – 30 August 1580), known as i (Testa 'd fer; "Ironhead", because of his military career), was Duke of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 17 August 1553 until his death in 1580.
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Emperor Chōkei
was the 98th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
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Empire of Japan
The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the reformed Constitution of Japan in 1947.
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Eric "Bobo" Correa
Eric "Bobo" Correa (born August 27, 1968) is an American percussionist and a member of the hip hop bands Beastie Boys, then Cypress Hill and Ritmo Machine.
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Eric III of Denmark
Eric III Lamb (Erik III Lam, – 27 August 1146) was King of Denmark from 1137 until 1146.
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Erika Mann
Erika Julia Hedwig Mann (9 November 1905 – 27 August 1969) was a German actress and writer, daughter of the novelist Thomas Mann.
Ernest Faber
Ernest Anthonius Jacobus Faber (born 27 August 1971) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player.
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Ernest Lawrence
Ernest Orlando Lawrence (August 8, 1901 – August 27, 1958) was an American nuclear physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939 for his invention of the cyclotron.
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Ernie Broglio
Ernest Gilbert Broglio (August 27, 1935 – July 16, 2019) was an American professional baseball pitcher.
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Ernst Wetter
Ernst Wetter (27 August 1877 – 10 August 1963) was a Swiss politician.
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Essie Summers
Essie Summers (born Ethel Snelson Summers, 24 July 1912 – 27 August 1998) was a New Zealand writer whose romance novels sold more than 19 million copies in 105 countries.
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Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe.
European Economic Community
The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organisation created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957,Today the largely rewritten treaty continues in force as the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union, as renamed by the Lisbon Treaty.
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Euthalia, Virgin Martyr
Saint Euthalia was a third-century virgin and martyr from Leontini, Sicily.
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Fernest Arceneaux
Fernest Arceneaux (August 27, 1940 – September 4, 2008) was a French-speaking Creole Zydeco accordionist and singer from Louisiana.
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Francis Marion Smith
Francis Marion Smith (February 2, 1846 – August 27, 1931) was an American miner, business magnate and civic builder in the Mojave Desert, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Oakland, California.
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Francisco de Zurbarán
Francisco de Zurbarán (baptized 7 November 1598 – 27 August 1664) was a Spanish painter.
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Frank Harris
Frank Harris (14 February 1855 – 26 August 1931) was an Irish-American editor, novelist, short story writer, journalist and publisher, who was friendly with many well-known figures of his day.
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Frank Jeske
Frank Jeske (6 February 1960 – 27 August 1994) was a German footballer.
Frank Yablans
Frank Yablans (August 27, 1935 – November 27, 2014) was an American studio executive, film producer, and screenwriter.
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Franz Wagner (basketball)
Franz Jacob Wagner (born 27 August 2001) is a German professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Frederick William II of Prussia
Frederick William II (Friedrich Wilhelm II.; 25 September 1744 – 16 November 1797) was king of Prussia from 1786 until his death in 1797.
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French First Republic
In the history of France, the First Republic (Première République), sometimes referred to in historiography as Revolutionary France, and officially the French Republic (République française), was founded on 21 September 1792 during the French Revolution.
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French Revolution
The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.
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French Revolutionary Army
The French Revolutionary Army (Armée révolutionnaire française) was the French land force that fought the French Revolutionary Wars from 1792 to 1802.
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French Revolutionary Wars
The French Revolutionary Wars (Guerres de la Révolution française) were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802.
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Friedrich Martens
Friedrich Fromhold Martens, or Friedrich Fromhold von Martens, (–) was a diplomat and jurist in service of the Russian Empire who made important contributions to the science of international law.
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Friedrich Staphylus
Friedrich Staphylus (Lat. Fridericus) (27 August 1512 – 5 March 1564) was a German theologian, at first a Lutheran Protestant and then a Catholic convert.
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Frode Fjellheim
Frode Fjellheim (born 27 August 1959 in Mussere) is a Southern Saami yoiker and musician (piano and synthesizer) from Norway.
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G. W. Bailey
G.
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Gaspard Fauteux
Gaspard Fauteux, (August 27, 1898 – March 29, 1963) was a Canadian parliamentarian, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (1945–1949), and the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (1950–1958).
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Gavin Pfuhl
Gavin Pattison Pfuhl (27 August 1947 – 1 April 2002) was a South African first-class cricketer who played for Western Province.
Gebhard of Constance
Gebhard of Constance (Gebhardus Constantiensis; Gebhard von Konstanz; 949 995 AD) was a bishop of Constance from 979 until 995.
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Geliy Korzhev
Geliy Mikhailovich Korzhev-Chuvelyov (Гелий Михайлович Коржев-Чувелёв; 7 July 1925 – 27 August 2012) was a Soviet and Russian painter.
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Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg
Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg (Georg Alexander Herzog zu Mecklenburg; 27 August 1921 – 26 January 1996) was the head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1963 until his death.
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Georg von Boeselager
Georg von Boeselager (25 August 1915 – 27 August 1944) was a German nobleman and an officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany, who led the Nazi security warfare operations in the Army Group Centre Rear Area on the Eastern Front, calling for extreme measures, including deporting all males in "gang-infested areas" and shooting those who remained.
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831) was a German philosopher and one of the most influential figures of German idealism and 19th-century philosophy.
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George Brecht
George Brecht (August 27, 1926 – December 5, 2008), born George Ellis MacDiarmid, was an American conceptual artist and avant-garde composer, as well as a professional chemist who worked as a consultant for companies including Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Mobil Oil.
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George Scott (wrestler)
George Scott (August 27, 1929 – January 20, 2014) was a Canadian professional wrestler, booker and promoter.
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George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
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George, Duke of Saxony
George the Bearded (Meissen, 27 August 1471 – Dresden, 17 April 1539) was Duke of Saxony from 1500 to 1539 known for his opposition to the Reformation.
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Gerhard Berger
Gerhard Berger (born 27 August 1959) is an Austrian former Formula One racing driver.
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Gholamreza Takhti
Gholamreza Takhti (غلامرضا تختی, August 27, 1930 – January 7, 1968) was an Iranian freestyle wrestler and varzesh-e bastani (Persian traditional sport) practitioner.
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Giorgio Mitrovich
Giorgio Mitrovich (27 August 179513 March 1885) was a Maltese patriot and politician known for his role in the struggle for freedom of the press in Malta.
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Giorgos Mouzakis
Giorgos Muzakis (Γιώργος Μουζάκης, Athens, 15 August 1922 – 27 August 2005) was a prominent Greek virtuoso trumpeter and music composer.
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Giuseppe Peano
Giuseppe Peano (27 August 1858 – 20 April 1932) was an Italian mathematician and glottologist.
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Glen Matlock
Glen Matlock (born 27 August 1956) is an English musician, best known for being the bass guitarist in the original line-up of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols.
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Gloria Guinness
Gloria Guinness (née Rubio y Alatorre; 27 August 1912 – 9 November 1980), previously Countess Gloria von Fürstenberg-Herdringen, was a Mexican socialite and a contributing editor to Harper's Bazaar from 1963 to 1971.
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Gordon Bashford
Gordon Dennis Bashford (27 August 1916 – 21 September 1991) was a British car design engineer.
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Gordon Matta-Clark
Gordon Matta-Clark (born Gordon Roberto Matta-Echaurren; June 22, 1943 – August 27, 1978) was an American artist best known for site-specific artworks he made in the 1970s.
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Goseibai Shikimoku
The Goseibai Shikimoku (御成敗式目) or the Formulary of Adjudications was the legal code of the Kamakura shogunate in Japan, promulgated by third shikken Hōjō Yasutoki on 27 August 1232.
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Government of Chad
The Government of Chad (French: Gouvernement du Tchad) has been ruled by Mahamat Déby since 20 April 2021 as part of the National Transitional Council.
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Governor-General of India
The governor-general of India (1833 to 1950, from 1858 to 1947 the viceroy and governor-general of India, commonly shortened to viceroy of India) was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom in their capacity as the Emperor/Empress of India and after Indian independence in 1947, the representative of the Monarch of India.
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Gracie Allen
Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen (July 26, 1895 – August 27, 1964) was an American vaudevillian, singer, actress, and comedian who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns, her straight man, appearing with him on radio, television and film as the duo Burns and Allen.
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Grand Port District
Grand Port is a district of Mauritius, situated in the east of the island.
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Great Norwegian Encyclopedia
The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia (Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated SNL) is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia.
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Great Retreat
The Great Retreat, also known as the retreat from Mons, was the long withdrawal to the River Marne in August and September 1914 by the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and the French Fifth Army.
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Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
The Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922 was fought between Greece and the Turkish National Movement during the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, between 15 May 1919 and 14 October 1922.
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Greg Morris
Francis Gregory Alan Morris (September 27, 1933 – August 27, 1996) was an American actor.
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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Haile Selassie
Haile Selassie I (Power of the Trinity; born Tafari Makonnen; 23 July 189227 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974.
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Halil Berktay
Halil Berktay is a Turkish historian at Ibn Haldun University and was columnist for the daily Taraf.
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Hannibal Hamlin
Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 15th vice president of the United States from 1861 to 1865, during President Abraham Lincoln's first term.
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Harrison Page
Harrison Page is an American television and film actor who has appeared in many popular series, including Sledge Hammer!, Cold Case, JAG, ER, Ally McBeal, Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero, Melrose Place, Quantum Leap, The Wonder Years, 21 Jump Street, Midnight Caller, Murder, She Wrote, Fame, Gimme a Break!, Benson, Hill Street Blues, Webster, The Dukes of Hazzard, Kung Fu, Kojak, Mannix, Soap, Bonanza, and Columbo.
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Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the primary international airport serving Atlanta and its surrounding metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Georgia.
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Hélder Câmara
Hélder Pessoa Câmara (7 February 1909 – 27 August 1999) was a Brazilian Catholic and Christian socialist prelate who served as Archbishop of Olinda and Recife from 1964 to 1985 during the military dictatorship in Brazil.
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Hōjō Yasutoki
Hōjō Yasutoki (1183 – July 14, 1242) was the third shikken (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate in Japan.
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Heinkel He 178
The Heinkel He 178 was an experimental aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Heinkel.
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Helmut Winklhofer
Helmut Winklhofer (born 27 August 1961) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender or midfielder for Bayer 04 Leverkusen and FC Bayern Munich.
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Henry IV of France
Henry IV (Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610.
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Henry the Young King
Henry the Young King (28 February 1155 – 11 June 1183) was the eldest son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine to survive childhood.
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Henry Winter Syle
Henry Winter Syle (November 9, 1846 – January 6, 1890) was the first deaf person to be ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church in the United States.
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Herman Potočnik
Herman Potočnik (pseudonym Hermann Noordung; 22 December 1892 – 27 August 1929) was an Austro-Hungarian Army officer, electrical engineer and astronautics theorist.
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Hermann Weingärtner
Hermann Otto Ludwig Weingärtner (27 August 1864 – 22 December 1919) was a German gymnast.
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Hisayuki Okawa
is a retired male long-distance runner from Japan, who won the 1995 edition of Amsterdam Marathon, clocking 2:14:00 on September 24, 1995.
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History of China
The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area.
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Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor.
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Hong Beom-do
Hong Beom-do (August 27, 1868 – October 25, 1943) was a Korean independence activist and general.
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Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Hrishikesh Mukherjee (30 September 1922 – 27 August 2006) was an Indian film director, editor and writer.
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Hubert Pál Álgyay
Hubert Pál Álgyay (Szeged, 6 June 1894 – Budapest, 27 August 1945) was a Hungarian engineer and lecturer.
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Hugh Orde
Sir Hugh Stephen Roden Orde, (born 27 August 1958) is a retired British police officer who was the president of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), representing the 44 police forces of England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Hurricane Irene
Hurricane Irene was a large and destructive tropical cyclone which affected much of the Caribbean and East Coast of the United States during late August 2011. The ninth named storm, first hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, Irene originated from a well-defined Atlantic tropical wave that began showing signs of organization east of the Lesser Antilles.
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Ibrahim Babangida
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (born 17 August 1941) is a Nigerian statesman and military dictator who ruled as military president of Nigeria from 1985 when he orchestrated a coup d'état against his military and political arch-rival Muhammadu Buhari, until his resignation in 1993 as a result of the post-June 12, 1993 election which he illegally nullified.
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Ieva Simonaitytė
Ieva Simonaitytė or Ewa Simoneit (23 January 1897 – 27 August 1978) was a Lithuanian writer.
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Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi
Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi (عنایت اللہ خاں مشرقی; August 1888 27 August 1963), also known by the honorary title Allama Mashriqi, was a British Indian, and later, Pakistani mathematician, logician, political theorist, Islamic scholar and the founder of the Khaksar movement.
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Independence Day of the Republic of Moldova
The Independence Day (Ziua Independenței) is the national day of Moldova commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence from the Soviet Union on 27 August 1991.
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Indiana
Indiana is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
Ira Levin
Ira Marvin Levin (August 27, 1929 – November 12, 2007) was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter.
Irish Rebellion of 1798
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 (Éirí Amach 1798; Ulster-Scots: The Hurries, 1798 Rebellion) was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland.
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Irish Republic (1798)
The Irish Republic of 1798, more commonly known as the Republic of Connacht, was a short-lived state proclaimed during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 that resulted from the French Revolutionary Wars.
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Ishida Mitsunari
Ishida Mitsunari (石田 三成, 1559 – November 6, 1600) was a Japanese samurai and military commander of the late Sengoku period of Japan.
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Ivan Franko
Ivan Yakovych Franko (Іван Якович Франко, pronounced iˈwɑn ˈjɑkowɪtʃ frɐnˈkɔ; 27 August 1856 – 28 May 1916) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, translator, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, ethnographer, and the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language.
Ivanovo Yuzhny Airport
Ivanovo Yuzhny Airport (Ivanovo South) (Аэропорт Иваново-Южный) is an airport in Russia located 7 km southwest of Ivanovo.
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Ivica Horvat
Ivan "Ivica" Horvat (16 July 1926 – 27 August 2012) was a Croatian professional football player and manager who capped for Yugoslavia.
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Ivy Compton-Burnett
Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett, (5 June 188427 August 1969) was an English novelist, published in the original editions as I. Compton-Burnett.
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J. H. Whitney & Company
J.
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Jaap-Derk Buma
Jaap-Derk Buma (born 27 August 1972 in The Hague) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who played 143 international matches for the Netherlands, in which he scored nineteen goals.
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Jacques Friedel
Jacques Friedel ForMemRS (11 February 1921 – 27 August 2014) was a French physicist and material scientist.
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James Henry Breasted
James Henry Breasted (August 27, 1865 – December 2, 1935) was an American archaeologist, Egyptologist, and historian.
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James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead
James Henry Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, KBE, PC (27 August 1920 – 9 March 2015), often known as Jim Molyneaux, was a unionist politician from Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 1979 to 1995, and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Antrim from 1970 to 1983, and later Lagan Valley from 1983 to 1997.
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James Thomson (poet, born 1700)
James Thomson (c. 11 September 1700 – 27 August 1748) was a Scottish poet and playwright, known for his poems The Seasons and The Castle of Indolence, and for the lyrics of "Rule, Britannia!".
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Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895)
The Japanese invasion of Taiwan, also known as Yiwei War in Chinese (May–October 1895), was a conflict between the Empire of Japan and the armed forces of the short-lived Republic of Formosa following the Qing dynasty's cession of Taiwan to Japan in April 1895 at the end of the First Sino-Japanese War.
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Jaswant Singh Neki
Jaswant Singh Neki (27 August 1925 – 11 September 2015) was a leading Indian Sikh scholar, significant neo-metaphysical Punjabi language poet and former Director of PGI Chandigarh and Head of the Psychiatry Department at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi.
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János Konrád
János Konrád (27 August 1941 – 26 November 2014) was a Hungarian water polo player and backstroke swimmer who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson (born 27 August 1959) is an English author.
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Jeff Cook
Jeffrey Alan Cook (August 27, 1949 – November 7, 2022) was an American country musician.
Jeff Grubb
Jeff Grubb (born August 27, 1957) is an author of novels, short stories, and comics, as well as a computer and role-playing game designer in the fantasy genre.
Jelle Zijlstra
Jelle Zijlstra (27 August 1918 – 23 December 2001) was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and economist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 November 1966 until 5 April 1967.
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Jeroen Duyster
Jeroen Tarquinis Cornelis Duyster (born 27 August 1966 in Amsterdam, North Holland) is a former coxswain from the Netherlands, who won a gold medal with the Holland Acht (Holland Eights) as a cox at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Jesse Pintado
Jesus "Jesse" Ernesto Pintado Andrade (July 12, 1969 – August 27, 2006) was a Mexican-American guitarist best known as a guitarist for the British grindcore band Napalm Death.
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Jessie Mei Li
Jessica Mei Li (born 27 August 1995) is an English actress.
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Jet aircraft
A jet aircraft (or simply jet) is an aircraft (nearly always a fixed-wing aircraft) propelled by one or more jet engines.
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Jim Thome
James Howard Thome (born August 27, 1970) is an American former professional baseball corner infielder and designated hitter, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 22 seasons (1991–2012).
Jimmy Greenhalgh
James Radcliffe Greenhalgh (25 August 1923 – 31 August 2013) was an English football player and manager.
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Jimmy Pop
James Moyer Franks (born August 27, 1972), better known by his stage name Jimmy Pop (originally Jimmy Pop Ali), is an American musician.
Joan Kroc
Joan Beverly Kroc (Mansfield, previously Smith; August 27, 1928 – October 12, 2003), also known as Joni, was an American philanthropist and third wife of McDonald's CEO Ray Kroc.
Joan Smith
Joan Alison Smith (born 27 August 1953) is an English journalist, novelist, who is a former chair of the Writers in Prison committee in the English section of International PEN and was the Executive Director of Hacked Off.
Joanna McGilchrist
Joanna Gabrielle McGilchrist (born 27 August 1983) is an English rugby union player.
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Joe Cunningham (baseball)
Joseph Robert Cunningham Jr. (August 27, 1931 – March 25, 2021) was an American baseball first baseman and outfielder who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, and Washington Senators from 1954 to 1966.
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Joel Grant
Joel Valentino Grant (born 26 August 1987) is a former professional footballer who played as a winger.
Joel Kovel
Joel Stephen Kovel (August 27, 1936 – April 30, 2018) was an American scholar and author known as a founder of eco-socialism.
Johan Norberg
Johan Norberg (born 1973) is a Swedish author and historian of ideas, devoted to promoting economic globalization and what he describes as classical liberal positions.
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Johann Georg Hamann
Johann Georg Hamann (27 August 1730 – 21 June 1788) was a German Lutheran philosopher from Königsberg known as "the Wizard of the North" who was one of the leading figures of post-Kantian philosophy.
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John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania
John Frederick (Johann Friedrich; 27 August 1542 – 9 February 1600) was Duke of Pomerania from 1560 to 1600, and Bishop of Cammin (Kamień) from 1556 to 1574.
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John Hay Whitney
John Hay Whitney (August 17, 1904 – February 8, 1982) was U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, publisher of the New York Herald Tribune, and president of the Museum of Modern Art.
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John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol
John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (27 August 1665 – 20 January 1751) was an English Whig politician.
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John Joachim Zubly
Reverend John Joachim Zubly (August 27, 1724 – July 23, 1781), born Hans Joachim Züblin, was a Swiss-born American pastor, planter, and statesman during the American Revolution.
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John Laurens
John Laurens (October 28, 1754 – August 27, 1782) was an American soldier and statesman from South Carolina during the American Revolutionary War, best known for his criticism of slavery and his efforts to help recruit slaves to fight for their freedom as U.S. soldiers.
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John Lloyd (tennis)
John Lloyd (born 27 August 1954) is a British former professional tennis player.
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John Mehler
John Mehler (born August 27, 1948, in Long Beach, California) is a drummer for Love Song, Spirit of Creation, Noah and other bands.
John Morrison (cricketer)
John Francis Maclean Morrison (born 27 August 1947) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played 17 Test matches and 18 One Day Internationals for New Zealand.
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John of Pavia
Saint John of Pavia was Bishop of Pavia between 801–813.
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Jonny Moseley
Jonathan William Moseley (born August 27, 1975) is an American freestyle skier and television presenter.
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José Vidro
José Angel Vidro (born August 27, 1974) is a Puerto Rican born former Major League Baseball second baseman.
Joseon
Joseon, officially Great Joseon State, was a dynastic kingdom of Korea that existed for 505 years.
Josquin des Prez
Josquin Lebloitte dit des Prez (– 27 August 1521) was a composer of High Renaissance music, who is variously described as French or Franco-Flemish.
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Juan Fernando Cobo
Juan Fernando Cobo Agudelo (27 August, 1959 – 15 July 2024) was a Colombian painter, illustrator, sculptor and cultural promoter, one of the most notable artists of his native region, Valle del Cauca.
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Juhan Parts
Juhan Parts ((born 27 August 1966) is an Estonian politician who was Prime Minister of Estonia from 2003 to 2005 and Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications from 2007 to 2014. Juhan Parts is a member of Isamaa party.
Julian calendar
The Julian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days in every year with an additional leap day every fourth year (without exception).
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Juliana Cannarozzo
Juliana Cannarozzo (born August 27, 1989) is an American former competitive figure skater and actress.
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Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide
Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide (JCAG) (Հայկական Ցեղասպանութեան Արդարութեան Մարտիկներ, ՀՑԱՄ) was an Armenian militant organization active from 1975 to 1987.
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Justin Miller (baseball, born 1977)
Justin Mark Miller (August 27, 1977 – June 26, 2013) was an American professional baseball pitcher.
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Kamakura shogunate
The was the feudal military government of Japan during the Kamakura period from 1185 to 1333.
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Karel Rachůnek
Karel Rachůnek (August 27, 1979 – September 7, 2011) was a Czech professional ice hockey player.
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Karl Unterkircher
Karl Unterkircher (27 August 1970 – 15 July 2008) was an Italian mountaineer.
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Karla Mosley
Karla Cheatham Mosley (born August 27, 1981) is an American actress and singer.
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Katō Sadakichi
Baron was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I. His brother, Katō Yasuhisa, was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and his adoptive son was the biological son of Admiral Dewa Shigetō.
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Katharine McCormick
Katharine Dexter McCormick (August 27, 1875 – December 28, 1967) was a U.S. suffragist, philanthropist and, after her husband's death, heir to a substantial part of the McCormick family fortune.
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Kay Walsh
Kathleen Walsh (15 November 1911 – 16 April 2005) was an English actress, dancer, and screenwriter.
Kayla Ewell
Kayla Ewell (born August 27, 1985) is an American actress known for her roles on television as Caitlin Ramirez on CBS's long-running soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, as Maureen Sampson on NBC's Freaks and Geeks, and as Vicki Donovan on The CW's The Vampire Diaries.
Kazi Zafar Ahmed
Kazi Zafar Ahmad (কাজী জাফর আহমেদ; 1 July 193927 August 2015) was a Bangladeshi politician of the Jatiya Party, who was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1989 to 1990.
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Kellogg–Briand Pact
The Kellogg–Briand Pact or Pact of Paris – officially the General Treaty for Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy – is a 1928 international agreement on peace in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve "disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be, which may arise among them".
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Kenji Miyazawa
was a Japanese novelist, poet, and writer of children's literature from Hanamaki, Iwate, in the late Taishō and early Shōwa periods.
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Kevan Hurst
Kevan James Hurst (born 27 August 1985) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Kevin Huerter
Kevin Joseph Huerter (born August 27, 1998) is an American basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Kim Petras
Kim Petras (born 27 August 1992) is a German singer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Kingdom of France
The Kingdom of France is the historiographical name or umbrella term given to various political entities of France in the medieval and early modern period.
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Kingdom of Greece
The Kingdom of Greece (Βασίλειον τῆς Ἑλλάδος) was established in 1832 and was the successor state to the First Hellenic Republic.
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Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)
The Kingdom of Italy (Regnum Italiae or Regnum Italicum; Regno d'Italia; Königreich Italien), also called Imperial Italy (Italia Imperiale, Reichsitalien), was one of the constituent kingdoms of the Holy Roman Empire, along with the kingdoms of Germany, Bohemia, and Burgundy.
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Kingdom of Romania
The Kingdom of Romania (Regatul României) was a constitutional monarchy that existed from 13 March (O.S.) / 25 March 1881 with the crowning of prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen as King Carol I (thus beginning the Romanian royal family), until 1947 with the abdication of King Michael I and the Romanian parliament's proclamation of the Romanian People's Republic.
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Kirk Francis
Kirk H. Francis (born August 27, 1947) is a former production sound mixer in the motion picture industry.
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Kokang
Kokang (ကိုးကန့်) is a region in Myanmar.
Koxinga
Zheng Chenggong, Prince of Yanping (27 August 1624 – 23 June 1662), better known internationally as Koxinga, was a Southern Ming general who resisted the Qing conquest of China in the 17th century, fighting them on China's southeastern coast.
Kristen Nygaard
Kristen Nygaard (27 August 1926 – 10 August 2002) was a Norwegian computer scientist, programming language pioneer, and politician.
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Kusumoto Ine
Kusumoto Ine (楠本 イネ, 31 May 182727 August 1903; born Shiimoto Ine 失本 稲) was a Japanese physician.
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Kyung Lah
Kyung I. Lah (나경,; born August 27, 1971) is a South Korean journalist and correspondent for CNN based in the United States.
Lana Bastašić
Lana Bastašić (Лана Басташић; born 27 August 1986) is a Bosnian and Serbian writer, novelist and translator.
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Latvia
Latvia (Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe.
Law of Japan
The law of Japan refers to the legal system in Japan, which is primarily based on legal codes and statutes, with precedents also playing an important role.
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Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner and writer, who was one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture.
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Leah Jamieson
Leah H. Jamieson (born August 27, 1949) is an American engineering educator, currently the Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University.
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Lee Sung-yeol
Lee Sung-yeol (born August 27, 1991), known mononymously as Sungyeol, is a South Korean singer and actor.
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Leo Penn
Leo Zalman Penn (August 27, 1921 – September 5, 1998) was an American television director and actor.
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
Leopold II (Peter Leopold Josef Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard; 5 May 1747 – 1 March 1792) was the 44th Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, and Archduke of Austria from 1790 to 1792, and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790.
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Lester Young
Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist.
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Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington is a consolidated city coterminous with, and the county seat of, Fayette County, Kentucky, United States.
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Lien Chan
Lien Chan (born 27 August 1936) is a Taiwanese politician.
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
The lieutenant governor of Quebec ((lieutenante-gouverneure du Québec) is the representative in Quebec of the monarch, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada, as well as the other Commonwealth realms and any subdivisions thereof, and resides predominantly in oldest realm, the United Kingdom.
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List of chief ministers of KwaZulu
The following is a list of chief ministers of KwaZulu from its establishment in 1970 until its re-integration into South Africa in 1994.
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List of factions in the Mexican Revolution
This is a list of factions in the Mexican Revolution.
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List of governors of Nebraska
The governor of Nebraska is the head of government of the U.S. state of Nebraska as provided by the fourth article of the Constitution of Nebraska.
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List of ministers of defence of the Netherlands
The minister of defence (Minister van Defensie) is the head of the Ministry of Defence and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers.
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List of presidents of the Swiss Confederation
Below is a list of presidents of the Swiss Confederation (1848–present).
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List of prime ministers of Bangladesh
This article lists the prime ministers of Bangladesh, and includes persons sworn into the office of Prime Minister of Bangladesh following the Proclamation of Independence and the establishment of the Provisional Government in 1971.
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List of prime ministers of Hungary
This article lists the prime ministers of Hungary (Magyarország miniszterelnöke) from when the first Prime Minister (in the modern sense), Lajos Batthyány, took office in 1848 (during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848) until the present day.
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List of proprietors of Maryland
The Province of Maryland was a proprietary colony, in the hands of the Calvert family, who held it from 1633 to 1689, and again from 1715 to 1776.
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Lithuania
Lithuania (Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe.
Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln
Hugh of Lincoln (1246 – 27 August 1255) was an English boy whose death in Lincoln was falsely attributed to Jews.
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Lope de Vega
Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio (25 November 156227 August 1635) was a Spanish playwright, poet, and novelist who was a key figure in the Spanish Golden Age (1492–1659) of Baroque literature.
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Lord Mountbatten
Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (born Prince Louis of Battenberg; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979), commonly known as Lord Mountbatten, was a British statesman, naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family.
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Luftwaffe
The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II.
Luna Vachon
Gertrude Elizabeth Vachon (January 12, 1962 – August 27, 2010) was an American-Canadian professional wrestler, better known as Luna Vachon.
Luuk de Jong
Luuk de Jong (born 27 August 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker and captains Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven.
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Lycerius
Saint Lycerius Relicary Saint Lycerius (sometimes also Glycerius; Saint Lizier; Sant Lliceri) (died 548) was a bishop of Couserans in the late 5th and 6th centuries.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.
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Lyndon Baines Johnson Day
Lyndon Baines Johnson Day is a legal state holiday in Texas.
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Mack Brown
William Mack Brown (born August 27, 1951) is an American college football coach.
Malcolm Browne
Malcolm Wilde Browne (April 17, 1931August 27, 2012) was an American journalist and photographer, best known for his award-winning photograph of the self-immolation of Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức in 1963.
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Man Ray
Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky; August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976) was an American visual artist who spent most of his career in Paris.
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
Prince Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi (27 August 1928 – 9 September 2023) was a South African politician and Zulu prince who served as the traditional prime minister to the Zulu royal family from 1954 until his death in 2023.
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Manny Fernandez (ice hockey)
Emmanuel L. Fernandez (born August 27, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild and the Boston Bruins.
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Margaret Bourke-White
Margaret Bourke-White (June 14, 1904 – August 27, 1971) was an American photographer and documentary photographer.
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Margaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary
Margaret of France (Marguerite, Margit; 1158 – 18 September 1197) was junior Queen of England by marriage to Henry the Young King until his death in 1183, and Queen of Hungary and Croatia by marriage to Béla III of Hungary from 1186.
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Margaret the Barefooted
Margaret the Barefooted (1325–1395) was born into a poor family in San Severino, Italy.
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Marianne Sägebrecht
Marianne Sägebrecht (born 27 August 1945) is a German film actress.
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Mariner 2
Mariner 2 (Mariner-Venus 1962), an American space probe to Venus, was the first robotic space probe to report successfully from a planetary encounter.
Mario (singer)
Mario Dewar Barrett (born August 27, 1986), known mononymously as Mario, is an American R&B singer.
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Mark Curry (British TV presenter)
Mark Preston Curry (born 27 August 1961) is an English actor as well as a television and radio presenter.
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Mark Ealham
Mark Alan Ealham (born 27 August 1969) is a former English cricketer, who played Test and One Day International cricket.
Mark Ilott
Mark Christopher Ilott (born 27 August 1970) is a former English professional cricketer.
Mark Webber (racing driver)
Mark Alan Webber (born 27 August 1976) is an Australian former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2002 to 2013 and the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) between 2014 and 2016.
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Marko Rudan
Marko Ante "Mark" Rudan (born 27 August 1975) is an Australian association football manager and former player, who last managed A-League Men club Western Sydney Wanderers.
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun.
Martha Raye
Martha Raye (born Margy Reed; August 27, 1916 – October 19, 1994), nicknamed The Big Mouth, was an American comic actress and singer who performed in movies, and later on television.
Mase
Mason Durell Betha (born August 27, 1975), better known by his mononym Mase (formerly Murda Mase and stylized as Ma$e), is an American rapper.
Matthew Ridge
Matthew John Ridge (born 27 August 1968) is a New Zealand television presenter, and a former rugby union and rugby league footballer.
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Mauritius
Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar.
Maxwell (footballer, born 1981)
Maxwell Scherrer Cabelino Andrade (born 27 August 1981), known as Maxwell, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a left-back.
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Máel Ruba
Máel Ruba (642–722) is an Irish saint of the Christian Church who was active in Scotland.
Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians, and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor.
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Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution (Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from 20 November 1910 to 1 December 1920.
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Michael Dertouzos
Michael Leonidas Dertouzos (Μιχαήλ Λεωνίδας Δερτούζος; November 5, 1936 – August 27, 2001) was a professor in the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Director of the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS) from 1974 to 2001.
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Michael Holroyd
Sir Michael de Courcy Fraser Holroyd (born 27 August 1935) is an English biographer.
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Michael Long (golfer)
Michael Richard Long (born 27 August 1968) is a New Zealand professional golfer who has played on a number of tours, including two seasons on the PGA Tour and three seasons on the European Tour.
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Michael Mason (cricketer)
Michael James Mason (born 27 August 1974) is a former New Zealand cricketer, born in Carterton.
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Milano Collection A. T.
, is a Japanese color commentator and retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name.
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Military attaché
A military attaché or defence attaché (DA),"" Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) sometimes known as a "military diplomat",Prout, John.
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Moab, Utah
Moab is the largest city and county seat of Grand County in eastern Utah in the western United States, known for its dramatic scenery.
Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer)
Mohammad Yousuf PP SI (Punjabi, محمد یوسف; formerly Yousuf Youhana,; born 27 August 1974) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer and captain, who played all three formats.
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Moldova
Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova (Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, on the northeastern corner of the Balkans.
Muhammadu Buhari
Muhammadu Buhari (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian statesman who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023.
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Mullaghmore, County Sligo
Mullaghmore is a village on the Mullaghmore Peninsula in County Sligo, Ireland.
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Murray Grand
Murray Grand (August 27, 1919 – March 7, 2007) was an American singer, songwriter, lyricist, and pianist best known for the song "Guess Who I Saw Today".
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Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest)
The Museum of Applied Arts (Iparművészeti Múzeum) is a museum in Budapest, Hungary.
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Myanmar conflict
Insurgencies have been ongoing in Myanmar since 1948, when the country, then known as Burma, gained independence from the United Kingdom.
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Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions.
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Narnus
Saint Narnus (San Narno) is venerated as the first bishop of Bergamo.
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
Nat Lofthouse
Nathaniel Lofthouse (27 August 1925 – 15 January 2011) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward for Bolton Wanderers for his entire career.
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National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).
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National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; Ligue nationale de hockey, LNH) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada.
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Neil Murray (British musician)
Philip Neil Murray (born 27 August 1950) is a Scottish musician, best known as the former bassist of Whitesnake, the Brian May Band, Black Sabbath, and Gary Moore.
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Neville Alexander
Neville Edward Alexander OLS (22 October 1936 – 27 August 2012) was a proponent of a multilingual South Africa and a former revolutionary who spent ten years on Robben Island as a fellow-prisoner of Nelson Mandela.
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New Georgia
New Georgia, with an area of, is the largest of the islands in Western Province, Solomon Islands, and the 224th-largest island in the world.
Nguyễn Khánh
Nguyễn Khánh (8 November 192711 January 2013) was a South Vietnamese military officer and Army of the Republic of Vietnam general who served in various capacities as head of state and prime minister of South Vietnam while at the head of a military junta from January 1964 until February 1965.
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Nikica Jelavić
Nikica Jelavić (born 27 August 1985) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
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Nikola Pilić
Nikola "Niki" Pilić (born 27 August 1939) is a Croatian former professional tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia.
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Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish and Nobels fredspris) is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi) is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry.
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Nobel Prize in Physics
The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik) is an annual award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions to mankind in the field of physics.
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Norah Lofts
Norah Lofts, née Norah Ethel Robinson, (27 August 190410 September 1983) was a 20th-century British writer.
Norman Ramsey Jr.
Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. (August 27, 1915 – November 4, 2011) was an American physicist who was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of the separated oscillatory field method (see Ramsey interferometry), which had important applications in the construction of atomic clocks.
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North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
North Korea has a military nuclear weapons program and, as of 2024, is estimated to have an arsenal of approximately 50 nuclear weapons and sufficient production of fissile material for six to seven nuclear weapons per year.
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Ogie Alcasid
Herminio Jose Lualhati "Ogie" Alcasid Jr. (born August 27, 1967) is a Filipino actor, singer, songwriter, comedian, director and producer.
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Oil well
An oil well is a drillhole boring in Earth that is designed to bring petroleum oil hydrocarbons to the surface.
Olivier Le Gac
Olivier Le Gac (born 27 August 1993 in Brest) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam.
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Operation Banner
Operation Banner was the operational name for the British Armed Forces' operation in Northern Ireland from 1969 to 2007, as part of the Troubles.
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Osprey Publishing
Osprey Publishing is a British publishing company specializing in military history based in Oxford.
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Ottawa
Ottawa (Canadian French) is the capital city of Canada.
Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun
Otto Ferdinand Graf von Abensperg und Traun (or sometimes Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun), (27 August 167718 February 1748) was an Austrian Generalfeldmarschall.
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Our Lady of La Vang
Our Lady of La Vang (Đức Mẹ La Vang) refers to a reported Marian apparition at a time when Catholics were persecuted and killed in Vietnam.
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Pascal Chaumeil
Pascal Chaumeil (9 February 1961 – 27 August 2015) was a French director and screenwriter.
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Patrick J. Adams
Patrick Johannes Adams (born August 27, 1981) is a Canadian and American actor.
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Patrick Richard Heffron
Patrick Richard Heffron (June 1, 1856 – November 23, 1927) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church.
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Paul Bernardo
Paul Kenneth Bernardo (born August 27, 1964), also known as Paul Jason Teale, is a Canadian serial rapist and serial killer dubbed the Scarborough Rapist, the Schoolgirl Killer and, together with his former wife Karla Homolka, one of the Ken and Barbie Killers.
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Paul Reubens
Paul Reubens (August 27, 1952 – July 30, 2023) was an American actor and comedian, widely known for creating and portraying the character Pee-wee Herman.
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Péter Boross
Péter Boross (born 27 August 1928) is a Hungarian retired politician and former member of the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from December 1993 to July 1994.
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Peanuts Lowrey
Harry Lee "Peanuts" Lowrey (August 27, 1917 – July 2, 1986) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs (1942–43; 1945–49), Cincinnati Reds (1949–50), St. Louis Cardinals (1950–54) and Philadelphia Phillies (1955).
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Pee Wee Butts
Thomas Lee "Pee Wee" Butts (August 27, 1919 – December 30, 1972) was an American baseball player who played in the Negro leagues.
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Pelageya Shajn
Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn, née Sannikova (Пелагея Фёдоровна Шайн) (22 September 1894 – 27 August 1956), was a Russian astronomer in the Soviet Union, and the first woman credited with the discovery of a minor planet, at the Simeiz Observatory in 1928.
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Pen and Sword Books
Pen and Sword Books, also stylised as Pen & Sword, is a British publisher which specialises in printing and distributing books in both hardback and softback on military history, militaria and other niche subjects, primarily focused on the United Kingdom.
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Petőfi Bridge
Petőfi híd or Petőfi Bridge (named after Sándor Petőfi, old name is Horthy Miklós Bridge, named after governor Miklós Horthy) is a bridge in Budapest, connecting Pest and Buda across the Danube.
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Peter Krieg
Peter Krieg, born as Wilhelm Walter Gladitz (August 27, 1947 in Schwäbisch Gmünd, West Germany – July 22, 2009 in Berlin, Germany) was a documentary filmmaker, producer and writer.
Peter Stormare
Rolf Peter Ingvar Stormare (born Storm, 27 August 1953), better known as Peter Stormare, is a Swedish actor.
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Petroleum
Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations.
Philippe Vallois
Philippe Vallois (born 27 August 1948 in Bordeaux, France) is an openly gay screenwriter and director whose film Johan (1976) was selected for the Cannes Film Festival.
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Philips Pavilion
The Philips Pavilion (Pavillon Philips; Philipspaviljoen) was a modernist pavilion in Brussels, Belgium, constructed for the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (Expo 58).
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Pierre Barrière
Pierre Barrière (born ? died August 31, 1593) was a would-be assassin of King Henry IV of France.
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Pierre Poujade
Pierre Poujade (1 December 1920 – 27 August 2003) was a French populist politician after whom the Poujadist movement was named.
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Pink cockatoo
The pink cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri), also known as Major Mitchell's cockatoo or Leadbeater's cockatoo, is a medium-sized cockatoo that inhabits arid and semi-arid inland areas across Australia, with the exception of the north east.
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Piotr Gamrat
Piotr Gamrat of Sulima arms (1487 – 27 August 1545) was Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland.
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Pokwang
Marietta Tan Subong (born August 27, 1970), known professionally as Pokwang, is a Filipino comedian, actress, television host and singer.
Pope Eugene II
Pope Eugene II (Eugenius II; died 27 August 827) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 6 June 824 to his death.
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Pope Sixtus V
Pope Sixtus V (Sisto V; 13 December 1521 – 27 August 1590), born Felice Piergentile, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 April 1585 to his death, in August 1590.
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Portuguese Timor
Portuguese Timor (Timor Português) was a colonial possession of Portugal that existed between 1702 and 1975.
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Preliminary Peace Convention (1828)
The Preliminary Peace Convention was a bilateral treaty signed on 27 August 1828 between the Empire of Brazil and the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, after British mediation, that put an end to the Cisplatine War and recognized the independence of Uruguay.
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Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
The premier of Newfoundland and Labrador is the first minister and head of government for the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Premier of Queensland
The premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland.
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Premier of Tasmania
The premier of Tasmania is the head of the executive government in the Australian state of Tasmania.
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President of France
The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (Président de la République française), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces.
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President of South Korea
The president of the Republic of Korea, also known as the president of Korea, is both the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Korea.
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President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.
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Prime Minister of Estonia
The prime minister of Estonia (peaminister) is the head of government of the Republic of Estonia.
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Prime Minister of Hungary
The prime minister of Hungary (Magyarország miniszterelnöke) is the head of government of Hungary.
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Prime Minister of the Netherlands
The prime minister of the Netherlands (Minister-president van Nederland) is the head of the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands.
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Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (born Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Μαρίνα; 27 August 1968) was a Greek and Danish princess by birth and a British princess by marriage.
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Principles of the Constitution
The Principles of the Constitution of 1908, also known as the Outline of Imperial Constitution or the Outline of the Constitution Compiled by Imperial Order, was an attempt by the Qing dynasty of China to establish a constitutional monarchy at the beginning of the 20th century.
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Provisional Irish Republican Army
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent republic encompassing all of Ireland.
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Prussia
Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.
Pyotr Wrangel
Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel (Пётр Николаевич Врангель,; Peter von Wrangel; 25 April 1928), also known by his nickname the Black Baron, was a Russian military officer of Baltic German origin in the Imperial Russian Army.
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Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i
Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i (قحطبة بن شبيب الطائي) (died 27 August 749) was a follower of the Abbasids from Khurasan who played a leading role in the Abbasid Revolution against the Umayyad Caliphate.
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Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last imperial dynasty in Chinese history.
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Rajesh Thakker
Rajesh Vasantlal Thakker (born 1954) is May Professor of Medicine in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Somerville College, Oxford.
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Randall Garrison
Randall C. Garrison (born August 27, 1950) is a Canadian politician.
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Random House
Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House.
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Range Rover Classic
The Range Rover is a 4x4, mid-size off-road vehicle series produced from 1970 to 1996 – initially by the Rover (later Land Rover) division of British Leyland, and latterly by the Rover Group.
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Razing of Vorizia
The razing of Vorizia (Καταστροφή των Βοριζίων) refers to the destruction of the village of Vorizia (Βορίζια) in Crete (Greece) by aerial bombardment and the murder of five of its inhabitants on 27 August 1943 by German occupying forces during World War II.
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Rearguard Affair of Étreux
The Rearguard Affair of Étreux was fought at Étreux by the British Expeditionary Force during the Great Retreat on the Western Front in 1914.
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Reşat Çiğiltepe
Reşat Çiğiltepe (1879; Istanbul - August 27, 1922; Çiğiltepe, Sandıklı) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army.
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Rebecca Clarke (composer)
Rebecca Helferich Clarke (27 August 1886 – 13 October 1979) was a British classical composer and violist.
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Reece Shearsmith
Reeson Wayne "Reece" Shearsmith (born 27 August 1969) is an English actor, writer, comedian and magician.
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Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr
Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr and 3rd Baron West (5 or 7 September 1395 – 27 August 1450) was an English nobleman and politician.
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René Higuita
José René Higuita Zapata (born 27 August 1966) is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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Republic of Formosa
The Republic of Formosa was a short-lived republic that existed on the island of Taiwan in 1895 between the formal cession of Taiwan by the Qing dynasty of China to the Empire of Japan in the Treaty of Shimonoseki and its being taken over by Japanese troops.
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Richard Kingsland
Sir Richard Kingsland, (19 October 1916 – 27 August 2012) was an Australian RAAF pilot known for being the youngest Australian group captain at age 29.
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Rob Burnett (American football)
Robert Barry Burnett (born August 27, 1967) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for 14 seasons in the National Football League (NFL).
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Robert Richardson (cinematographer)
Robert Bridge Richardson, (born August 27, 1955) is an American cinematographer.
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Rod Wave
Rodarius Marcell Green (born August 27, 1998), known professionally as Rod Wave, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter.
Roelof Kruisinga
Roelof Johannes Hendrik Kruisinga (27 August 1922 – 7 December 2012) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Christian Historical Union (CHU) party and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and physician.
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Rolls-Royce Limited
Rolls-Royce Limited was a British luxury car and later an aero-engine manufacturing business established in 1904 in Manchester by the partnership of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce.
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Romain Amalfitano
Romain Grégoire Clément Amalfitano (born 27 August 1989) is a French professional footballer who last played as an attacking midfielder for Western Sydney Wanderers.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona–Rochester
The Diocese of Winona–Rochester (Dioecesis Vinonaënsis-Roffensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in Southern Minnesota in the United States.
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Rosalie E. Wahl
Sara Rosalie Wahl (née Erwin; August 27, 1924 – July 22, 2013) was an American feminist, lawyer, public defender, clinical law professor, and judge.
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Royal Munster Fusiliers
The Royal Munster Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1922.
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Rufus and Carpophorus
Saints Rufus and Carpophorus (Carpone, Carponius) (died c. 295) were Christians who were martyred at Capua during the reign of Diocletian.
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Rufus Wilmot Griswold
Rufus Wilmot Griswold (February 13, 1815 – August 27, 1857) was an American anthologist, editor, poet, and critic.
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Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.
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Rusty Smith (speed skater)
Rusty Smith (born August 27, 1979) is a short track speed skater from the United States who won bronze in the 500m at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and another bronze in the 5000m relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
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Sack of Rome (410)
The Sack of Rome on 24 August 410 AD was undertaken by the Visigoths led by their king, Alaric.
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Saiichi Maruya
was a Japanese author and literary critic.
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Saint Monica
Monica (– 387) was an early North African Christian saint and the mother of Augustine of Hippo.
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Saint Phanourios
Saint Phanourios (Greek: Άγιος Φανούριος, meaning "the revealer") also known as St.
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Samuel C. Pomeroy
Samuel Clarke Pomeroy (January 3, 1816 – August 27, 1891) was a United States senator from Kansas in the mid-19th century.
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Samurai
were soldiers who served as retainers to lords (including ''daimyo'') in Feudal Japan.
Sarah Chalke
Sarah Louise Christine Chalke (born August 27, 1976) is a Canadian actress and model.
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Sarah Hecken
Sarah Stefanie Hecken (born 27 August 1993) is a German retired figure skater.
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Sarah Neufeld
Sarah Neufeld (born August 27, 1979) is a Canadian violinist who is known for her work with indie rock band Arcade Fire, with whom she is a former core member and currently a touring member.
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Sarny massacre
The Sarny Massacre was the execution of an estimated 14,000 to 18,000 people, mostly Jews, in the Nazi-occupied Polish city of Sarny (now Rivne Oblast of Ukraine) on August 27 and 28, 1942.
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Sauk people
The Sauk or Sac are Native Americans and Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands.
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and the county seat of Chatham County.
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SB Nation
SB Nation (an abbreviation for their full name SportsBlogs Nation) is a sports blogging network owned by Vox Media.
Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Scott Dibble (politician)
David Scott Dibble (born August 27, 1965) is an American politician serving as a member of the Minnesota Senate since 2003.
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Seán Purcell
Seán Purcell (17 December 1928– 27 August 2005), was a Gaelic footballer who played at senior level for the Galway county team.
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Sebastian Kurz
Sebastian Kurz (born 27 August 1986) is an Austrian former politician who served twice as the chancellor of Austria, initially from December 2017 to May 2019 and then a second time from January 2020 to October 2021.
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Sergei Krikalev
Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev (Сергей Константинович Крикалёв, also transliterated as Sergei Krikalyov; born 27 August 1958) is a Russian mechanical engineer, former cosmonaut and former head of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
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Sergey Mikhalkov
Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (Сергей Владимирович Михалков; 27 August 2009) was a Soviet and Russian author of children's books and satirical fables.
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Sergey Sirotkin
Sergey Olegovich Sirotkin (p; born 27 August 1995) is a Russian professional racing driver who competed in Formula One in for the Williams team.
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Sgt. Slaughter
Robert Rudolph Remus (born August 27, 1948), better known by his ring name Sgt.
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Shikken
The was a titular post held by a member of the Hōjō clan, officially a regent of the shogunate, from 1199 to 1333, during the Kamakura period, and so he was head of the bakufu (shogun's government).
Siege of Fushimi Castle
The siege of Fushimi was a crucial battle in the series leading up to the decisive Battle of Sekigahara which ended Japan's Sengoku period.
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Siege of Toulon (1793)
The siege of Toulon (29 August – 19 December 1793) was a military engagement that took place during the Federalist revolts and the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars.
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Siege of Tsingtao
The Siege of Tsingtao (Belagerung von Tsingtau; 青島の戦い) was the attack on the German port of Qingdao (Tsingtao) from Jiaozhou Bay during World War I by Japan and the United Kingdom.
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Sister republic
A sister republic (république sœur) was a republic established by the French First Republic or by local revolutionaries during the French Revolutionary Wars.
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Six-party talks
The six-party talks aimed to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns as a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
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Society of United Irishmen
The Society of United Irishmen was a sworn association, formed in the wake of the French Revolution, to secure representative government in Ireland.
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Sonny Sharrock
Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock (August 27, 1940 – May 25, 1994) was an American jazz guitarist.
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
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Sri Chinmoy
Chinmoy Kumar Ghose (27 August 1931 – 11 October 2007), better known as Sri Chinmoy, was an Indian spiritual leader who taught meditation in the United States after moving to New York City in 1964.
State Peace and Development Council
The State Peace and Development Council (နိုင်ငံတော် အေးချမ်းသာယာရေး နှင့် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေး ကောင်စီ; abbreviated SPDC or) was the official name of the military government of Burma (Myanmar) which, in 1997, succeeded the State Law and Order Restoration Council (နိုင်ငံတော် ငြိမ်ဝပ်ပိပြားမှု တည်ဆောက်ရေးအဖွဲ့; abbreviated SLORC or) that had seized power under the rule of Saw Maung in 1988.
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Stephan Elliott
Stephan Elliott (born 27 August 1964) is an Australian film director and screenwriter.
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Stephen Morris (American football)
Stephen Morris (born August 27, 1992) is a former American football quarterback.
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Steve McDowall
Steven Clark "Steve" McDowall (born 27 August 1961) is a former rugby union player from New Zealand (often erroneously written Steve McDowell); he played as a Prop forward and he won 46 full caps for the All Blacks between 1985 and 1992.
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Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stephen Ray Vaughan (also known as SRV; October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) was an American musician, best known as the guitarist and frontman of the blues rock trio Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble.
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Sulley Muntari
Suleyman Ali "Sulley" Muntari (born 27 August 1984) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC; Cour suprême du Canada, CSC) is the highest court in the judicial system of Canada.
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Supreme Military Council of Nigeria (1983–1985)
The Supreme Military Council was the body that ruled Nigeria after the 1983 Nigerian coup d'état.
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Syagrius of Autun
Saint Syagrius (Saint-Siacre; died 600 AD) was a bishop of Autun.
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Sylvère Maes
Sylvère Maes (27 August 1909 – 5 December 1966) was a Belgian cyclist, who is most famous for winning the Tour de France in 1936 and 1939.
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Takeoff
Takeoff is the phase of flight in which an aerospace vehicle leaves the ground and becomes airborne.
Terra Nova Expedition
The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to Antarctica which took place between 1910 and 1913.
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Texas
Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.
The Calendar of the Church Year
The Calendar of the Church Year is the liturgical calendar found in the 1979 ''Book of Common Prayer'', and in Lesser Feasts and Fasts, with additions made at recent General Conventions.
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The Famous Five (Canada)
The Famous Five, also known as The Valiant Five, and initially as The Alberta Five, were five prominent Canadian suffragists who advocated for women and children: Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Emily Murphy, and Irene Parlby.
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The Great Khali
Dalip Singh Rana (born 27 August 1972) is an Indian-born American retired professional wrestler and wrestling promoter better known by his ring name The Great Khali.
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The Plain Dealer
The Plain Dealer is the major newspaper of Cleveland, Ohio; it is a major national newspaper.
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The Troubles
The Troubles (Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998.
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Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school.
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Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Thomas Chandler Haliburton (17 December 1796 – 27 August 1865) was a Nova Scotian politician, judge, and author.
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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (December 10, 1787 – September 10, 1851) was an American educator.
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Tim Bogert
John Voorhis "Tim" Bogert III (August 27, 1944 – January 13, 2021) was an American musician.
Times of Malta
The Times of Malta is an English-language daily newspaper in Malta.
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Titian
Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (27 August 1576), Latinized as Titianus, hence known in English as Titian, was an Italian Renaissance painter, the most important artist of Renaissance Venetian painting.
Titusville, Pennsylvania
Titusville is a city in the far eastern corner of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Tokugawa clan
The Tokugawa clan (Shinjitai: 徳川氏, Kyūjitai: 德川氏, Tokugawa-shi or Tokugawa-uji) is a Japanese dynasty which produced the Tokugawa shoguns who ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868 during the Edo period.
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Tom Berryhill
Thomas Charles Berryhill (August 27, 1953 – August 29, 2020) was an American Republican politician.
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Tom Ford
Thomas Carlyle Ford (born August 27, 1961) is an American fashion designer and filmmaker.
Tom Lanoye
Tom Lanoye (his name is pronounced the French way: /lanwa/) was born on 27 August 1958 in the Belgian city Sint Niklaas.
Tomás Luis de Victoria
Tomás Luis de Victoria (sometimes Italianised as da Vittoria) was the most famous Spanish composer of the Renaissance.
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Tommy Sands
Thomas Adrian Sands (born August 27, 1937) is an American pop music singer and actor.
Tony Harris (sportsman)
Terence Anthony Harris (27 August 1916 – 7 March 1993) known as Tony Harris, was a South African sportsman who was the last man to be a dual international of both cricket and rugby union for his country.
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Tony Howard
Anthony Bourne Howard (born 27 August 1946) is a former West Indies international cricketer who played in one Test match in 1972, taking two wickets for 140 in a drawn match against New Zealand.
Tony Kanal
Tony Ashwin Kanal (born 27 August 1970) is a British-American musician, songwriter and record producer who is known for his work as the bassist and co-writer for the rock bands No Doubt and Dreamcar.
Tori Bowie
Frentorish "Tori" Bowie (August 27, 1990 – April 23, 2023) was an American track and field athlete, who primarily competed in the long jump, 100 meters, and 200 meters.
Torii Mototada
was a Japanese Samurai and Daimyo of the Sengoku period through late Azuchi–Momoyama period, who served Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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Toulon
Toulon (Tolon, Touloun) is a city on the French Riviera and a large port on the Mediterranean coast, with a major naval base.
Toulon arsenal
The military port of Toulon (arsenal de Toulon) is the principal base of the French Navy and the largest naval base in the Mediterranean, situated in the city of Toulon.
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Trần Thiện Khiêm
Trần Thiện Khiêm (15 December 1925 – 24 June 2021) was a South Vietnamese soldier and politician, who served as a General in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) during the Vietnam War.
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Treaty of Nerchinsk
The Treaty of Nerchinsk of 1689 was the first treaty between the Tsardom of Russia and the Qing dynasty of China.
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Triumvirate
A triumvirate (triumvirātus) or a triarchy is a political institution ruled or dominated by three individuals, known as triumvirs (triumviri).
Tsardom of Russia
The Tsardom of Russia, also known as the Tsardom of Muscovy, was the centralized Russian state from the assumption of the title of tsar by Ivan IV in 1547 until the foundation of the Russian Empire by Peter the Great in 1721. From 1550 to 1700, Russia grew by an average of per year. The period includes the upheavals of the transition from the Rurik to the Romanov dynasties, wars with the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Sweden, and the Ottoman Empire, and the Russian conquest of Siberia, to the reign of Peter the Great, who took power in 1689 and transformed the tsardom into an empire.
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Tuesday Weld
Tuesday Weld (born Susan Ker Weld; August 27, 1943) is a former American actress.
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Turbojet
The turbojet is an airbreathing jet engine which is typically used in aircraft.
United Press International
United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century until its eventual decline beginning in the early 1980s.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber.
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Valeri Kharlamov
Valeri Borisovich Kharlamov (Вале́рий Бори́сович Харла́мов,; 14 January 1948 – 27 August 1981) was a Russian ice hockey forward who played for CSKA Moscow in the Soviet League from 1967 until his death in 1981.
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Valeri Petrov
Valeri Petrov (Валери Петров, pseudonym of Valeri Nisim Mevorah (Валери Нисим Меворах); 22 April 1920 – 27 August 2014), was a popular Bulgarian poet, screenplay writer, playwright and translator of paternal Jewish origin.
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Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun.
Vice President of the Republic of China
The vice president of the Republic of China, commonly referred to as the vice president of Taiwan, is the second-highest constitutional office of the government in Taiwan, after the president, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession.
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Vice President of the United States
The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession.
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Vincent Auriol
Vincent Jules Auriol (27 August 1884 – 1 January 1966) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1947 to 1954.
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Visigoths
The Visigoths (Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, Wisi) were a Germanic people united under the rule of a king and living within the Roman Empire during late antiquity.
W. E. B. Du Bois
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist.
See August 27 and W. E. B. Du Bois
War of the First Coalition
The War of the First Coalition (Guerre de la Première Coalition) was a set of wars that several European powers fought between 1792 and 1797, initially against the constitutional Kingdom of France and then the French Republic that succeeded it.
See August 27 and War of the First Coalition
Warrenpoint
Warrenpoint (An Pointe) is a small port town and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland.
Warrenpoint ambush
The Warrenpoint ambush, also known as the Narrow Water ambush, the Warrenpoint massacre or the Narrow Water massacre, was a guerrilla attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 27 August 1979.
See August 27 and Warrenpoint ambush
Wayne James
Wayne Robert James (born 27 August 1965) is a former cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper batsman for Zimbabwe.
Willem Hubert Nolens
Wilhelmus Hubertus (Wiel) Nolens (Venlo, 7 September 1860 - The Hague, 27 August 1931) was a Dutch politician and a Roman Catholic priest.
See August 27 and Willem Hubert Nolens
William Chapman Ralston
William Chapman Ralston (January 12, 1826 – August 27, 1875) was a San Francisco businessman and financier, and the founder of the Bank of California.
See August 27 and William Chapman Ralston
William Hayden English
William Hayden English (August 27, 1822 – February 7, 1896) was an American politician.
See August 27 and William Hayden English
William Least Heat-Moon
William Least Heat-Moon (born William Lewis Trogdon, August 27, 1939) is an American travel writer and historian of English, Irish, and alleged Osage ancestry.
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William W. Boardman
William Whiting Boardman (October 10, 1794 – August 27, 1871) was a politician and United States Representative from Connecticut.
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Willie Crawford
Willie Murphy Crawford (September 7, 1946 – August 27, 2004) was an American professional baseball outfielder.
See August 27 and Willie Crawford
Wolfe Tone
Theobald Wolfe Tone, posthumously known as Wolfe Tone (Bhulbh Teón; 20 June 176319 November 1798), was a revolutionary exponent of Irish independence and is an iconic figure in Irish republicanism.
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a women's professional basketball league based in the United States.
See August 27 and Women's National Basketball Association
Won Gyun
Won Gyun (12 February 1540 – 27 August 1597) was a Korean general and admiral during the Joseon period.
World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
See August 27 and World War II
Yolanda Adams
Yolanda Yvette Adams (born August 27, 1961) is an American gospel singer, actress, and host of her own nationally syndicated morning gospel show.
See August 27 and Yolanda Adams
Zanzibar
Zanzibar is an insular semi-autonomous region which united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania.
1146
Year 1146 (MCXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1172
Year 1172 (MCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1232
Year 1232 (MCCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1255
Year 1255 (MCCLV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1312
Year 1312 (MCCCXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1394
Year 1394 (MCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1407
Year 1407 (MCDVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1450
Year 1450 (MCDL) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1471
Year 1471 (MCDLXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1487
Year 1487 (MCDLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1512
Year 1512 (MDXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1521
1521 (MDXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1521st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 521st year of the 2nd millennium, the 21st year of the 16th century, and the 2nd year of the 1520s decade.
1542
Year 1542 (MDXLII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1545
Year 1545 (MDXLV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1557
Year 1557 (MDLVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1576
Year 1576 (MDLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1600
In the Gregorian calendar, it was the last century leap year until the year 2000.
1689
Notable events during this year include.
1793
The French Republic introduced the French Revolutionary Calendar starting with the year I.
1883 eruption of Krakatoa
The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa (Letusan Krakatau 1883) in the Sunda Strait occurred from 20 May until 21 October 1883, peaking in the late morning hours of 27 August when over 70% of the island of Krakatoa and its surrounding archipelago were destroyed as it collapsed into a caldera.
See August 27 and 1883 eruption of Krakatoa
1893 Sea Islands hurricane
The 1893 Sea Islands hurricane was a deadly major hurricane that struck the Sea Islands which was near Savannah, Georgia on August 27, 1893.
See August 27 and 1893 Sea Islands hurricane
1905
As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony is subtitled The Year 1905 to commemorate this) and the start of Revolution in the Kingdom of Poland.
1908
This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars, having a duration of 31622401.38 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or ephemeris time), measured according to the definition of mean solar time.
1911
A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole.
1912
This year is notable for the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15th.
1914
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip.
1915
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
1916
Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix.
1917
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
1918
The ceasefire that effectively ended the First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year.
1923
In Greece, this year contained only 352 days as 13 days was skipped to achieve the calendrical switch from Julian to Gregorian Calendar.
1926
In Turkey, the year technically contained only 352 days.
1929
This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression.
1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
1940
A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280.
1941
The Correlates of War project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 3.49 million.
1942
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million.
1943
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
1944
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
1945
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan.
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
1957
1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade.
1962
The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a nuclear confrontation during the Cold War.
1969
1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1960s decade.
1971
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated.
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal.
1975
It was also declared the International Women's Year by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
1978
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1980 South Korean presidential election
Indirect presidential elections were held in South Korea on 27 August 1980 to fill the vacancy caused by President Choi Kyu-hah's resignation.
See August 27 and 1980 South Korean presidential election
1983
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
1985 Nigerian coup d'état
The 1985 Nigerian coup d'état was a military coup which took place in Nigeria on 27 August 1985 when a faction of mid-level Armed Forces officers, led by the Chief of Army Staff Major-General Ibrahim Babangida, overthrew the government of Major General Muhammadu Buhari (who himself took power in the 1983 coup d'état).
See August 27 and 1985 Nigerian coup d'état
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
1988
1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the 1988 Internet worm.
1989
1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin Wall in November, the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and the overthrow of the communist dictatorship in Romania in December; the movement ended in December 1991 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
1990
Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South Africa, and the Baltic states declaring independence from the Soviet Union during Perestroika.
1991
It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947.
1992
1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations.
1993
1993 was designated as.
1994
The year 1994 was designated as the "International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations.
1995
1995 was designated as.
1996
1996 was designated as.
1998
1998 was designated as the International Year of the Ocean.
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
1st Maryland Regiment
The 1st Maryland Regiment (Smallwood's Regiment) originated with the authorization of a Maryland Battalion of the Maryland State Troops on 14 January 1776.
See August 27 and 1st Maryland Regiment
2001
The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror.
2002
After the September 11 attacks of the previous year, foreign policy and international relations were generally united in combating al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations.
2003
2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Freshwater In 2003, a United States-led coalition invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit.
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Johannes Kepler.
2009 Kokang incident
The Kokang incident was a violent series of skirmishes that broke out in August 2009 in Kokang in Myanmar's northern Shan State.
See August 27 and 2009 Kokang incident
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake.
2011
The year marked the start of a series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen, and in some cases sparking civil wars such as the Syrian civil war and the first Libyan civil war, the former still ongoing while the latter gave way to the second Libyan civil war.
2012
2012 was designated as.
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four different digits (a span of 26 years).
2014
2014 was designated as.
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as.
2016
2016 was designated as.
410
Year 410 (CDX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
542
Year 542 (DXLII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
749
Year 749 (DCCXLIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 749th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 749th year of the 1st millennium, the 49th year of the 8th century, and the 10th and last year of the 740s decade.The denomination 749 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
827
Year 827 (DCCCXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
865
Year 865 (DCCCLXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
923
Year 923 (CMXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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