August 27

1724 | Politician John Joachim Zubly was born.

1776 | War of Independence: The Battle of Long Island, New York.

1782 | War of Independence: Battle of the Combahee River, Beaufort, South Carolina.

1782 | Soldier and abolitionist John Laurens was killed by the British.

1800 | SCOTUS: Justice Levi Woodbury was born.

1803 | Cleric Edward Beecher was born.

1809 | Vice-President Hannibal Hamlin was born.

1857 | Poet Rufus Wilmot Griswold died.

1859 | The first successful oil well was drilled near Titusville, Pennsylvania.

1865 | Vice-President Charles G. Dawes was born.

1865 | Egyptologist James Henry Breasted was born.

1866 | Poet John Pierpont died.

1871 | Novelist Theodore Dreiser was born.

1875 | Biologist and activist Katharine McCormick was born in Dexter, Michigan.

1894 | Congress: Enacted the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act.

1908 | POTUS: President Lyndon B. Johnson was born.

1918 | A second wave of the Spanish flu starts in the U.S.

1929 | Author Ira Levin was born.

1937 | Musician Alice Coltrane was born in Detroit, Michigan.

1937 | Architect John Russell Pope died.

1942 | POTUS: The first Soviet citizen, Major Lyudmila Pavlichenko (Lady Death) welcomed at the White House by Democrat President Roosevelt.

1945 | WWII: Following V-J Day, U.S. troops begin the liberation of mainland Japan.

1948 | Pro wrestler Sgt. Slaughter (Robert Remus) was born.

1948 | SCOTUS: Justice Charles Evans Hughes died.

1952 | Activist Roger Stone was born.

1953 | Film: “Roman Holiday” debuted.

1960 | Civil Rights: Ax Handle Saturday race riot in Jacksonville, Florida.

1961 | Designer Tom Ford was born.

1963 | Activist W.E.B. De Bois died.

1964 | Film: “Mary Poppins” debuted.

1964 | Comedian Gracie Allen died.

1966 | Civil Rights: Waukegan, Illinois, race riots.

1969 | Canine expert Cesar Millan was born.

1972 | Vietnam War: Operation Lion’s Den.

1990 | Music: Garth Brooks released his “No Fences” album.

2007 | Actress Ariana Greenblatt was born.

2020 | Pro Wrestler ‘Bullet’ Bob Armstrong died.