August 27th, 1922

Born on August 27th, 1922

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 27th, 1922?

August 27th, 1922

Greco-Turkish War: The Turkish army takes the Aegean city of Afyonkarahisar from the Kingdom of Greece.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Turkish_War_(1919–1922)

What else happened on August 27th?

August 27th, 2009

The Myanmar military junta and ethnic armies began three days of violent clashes in the region of Kokang.

August 27th, 2006

Comair Flight 5191 crashed while inadvertently attempting to take off from the wrong runway at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49 of the 50 people on board, and causing the Federal Aviation Administration to modify air traffic control rules.

August 27th, 2003

The planet Mars made its closest approach to Earth in almost 60,000 years.

August 27th, 1990

American musician Stevie Ray Vaughan, one of the most influential guitarists in the revival of blues in the 1980s, was killed in a helicopter crash.

August 27th, 1979

The Troubles: IRA bombs killed 18 British soldiers in an ambush near Warrenpoint, and British royal family member Lord Mountbatten and three others on his boat at Mullaghmore.

August 27th, 1964

South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Khánh entered into a triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals Trần Thiện Khiêm and Dương Văn Minh, both of whom had been involved in plots to unseat Khánh.

August 27th, 1955

The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records was published.

August 27th, 1928

The first three of more than sixty nations signed the Kellogg–Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of national policy.

August 27th, 1896

In the shortest recorded war in history (pictured), the Sultanate of Zanzibar surrendered to the United Kingdom after less than an hour of conflict.

August 27th, 1832

Black Hawk, the leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans, surrendered to U.S. authorities to end the Black Hawk War.

August 27th, 1810

Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeated the Royal Navy, preventing them from capturing the harbour of Grand Port on Mauritius.

August 27th, 1776

British forces led by William Howe defeated the Continental Army under George Washington at the Battle of Long Island, the largest battle of the American Revolutionary War.

August 27th, 0410

The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ended after three days.

August 27th, 1992

Aeroflot Flight 2808 crashes on approach to Ivanovo Yuzhny Airport, killing all 84 aboard.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 27th

Born on August 27th, 1922

82

Frank Kelly Freas

American artist (1922-2005)

*August 27th, 1922, Hornell †January 2nd, 2005, Los Angeles

81

Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar

Colombian sculptor (1923-2004)

*August 27th, 1922, Pamplona †August 24th, 2004, Bogotá

86

Fanny Rabel

Mexican artist (1922-2008)

*August 27th, 1922, Lublin †November 25th, 2008, Mexico City

22

Robert Dauber

Composer and musician

*August 27th, 1922, Prague †March 24th, 1945, Dachau

90

Roelof Kruisinga

Dutch politician (1922-2012)

*August 27th, 1922, Grijpskerke †December 7th, 2012

95

Günter Halm

Recipient of the Knight's Cross

*August 27th, 1922, Elze †September 26th, 2017

101

Cate Bauer

British actress

*August 27th, 1922, London

87

Helmut Schneller

German author

*August 27th, 1922, Schwarzenberg †July 25th, 2010, Berlin

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64

Lyndon B. Johnson

President of the United States from 1963 to 1969

*August 27th, 1908, Stonewall †January 22nd, 1973, Stonewall

70

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor, director and musician

*August 27th, 1953, Kumla

69

Walter Arnold

German sculptor and politician (1909-1979)

*August 27th, 1909, Leipzig †July 11th, 1979, Dresden

24

Shiva

Italian rapper (1999-)

*August 27th, 1999, Isola della Scala

78

Ira Levin

American novelist, playwright (1929–2007)

*August 27th, 1929, The Bronx †November 12th, 2007, Manhattan

70

Cesária Évora

Cape Verdean singer (1941–2011)

*August 27th, 1941, Mindelo †December 17th, 2011, Mindelo

85

Andreas Alföldi

Hungarian historian, epigraphist, numismatist, archaeologist (1895-1981)

*August 27th, 1895, Pomáz †February 12th, 1981, Princeton

90

Osamu Shimomura

Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist (1928–2018)

*August 27th, 1928, Fukuchiyama †October 19th, 2018, Nagasaki

77

Leo Penn

American actor and director (1921–1998)

*August 27th, 1921, Lawrence †September 5th, 1998, Los Angeles

54

Chandra Wilson

American actress and director

*August 27th, 1969, Houston

74

Theodore Dreiser

American novelist and journalist (1871–1945)

*August 27th, 1871, Terre Haute †December 28th, 1945, Hollywood

62

Yolanda Adams

American gospel singer

*August 27th, 1961, Houston

44

Aaron Paul

American actor (born 1979)

*August 27th, 1979, Emmett

91

Antonia Fraser

British author and novelist

*August 27th, 1932, London

58

Thomas Dörflinger

German politician (1965–)

*August 27th, 1965, Waldshut-Tiengen

37

Sebastian Kurz

Chancellor of Austria (2017–2019, 2020–2021)

*August 27th, 1986, Vienna

61

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

German philosopher and theologian (1770–1831)

*August 27th, 1770, Stuttgart †November 14th, 1831, Berlin

75

Rolando Laserie

Cuban singer

*August 27th, 1923, Santa Clara †November 22nd, 1998, Coral Gables

95

Mangosuthu Buthelezi

South African politician (1928-2023)

*August 27th, 1928, Mahlabathini †September 9th, 2023, Ulundi

31

Kim Petras

German singer and songwriter (born 1992)

*August 27th, 1992, Bonn

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93

Trude Dothan

Austrian-Israeli archaeologist

*November 30th, 1922, Vienna †January 28th, 2016, Jerusalem

75

Poul Bundgaard

Danish actor and opera singer

*October 27th, 1922, Hellerup †June 3rd, 1998, Gentofte

93

Christopher Lee

English actor and singer (1922–2015)

*May 27th, 1922, Belgravia †June 7th, 2015, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

47

Judy Garland

American actress and singer (1922–1969)

*June 10th, 1922, Grand Rapids †June 22nd, 1969, Chelsea

58

Hattie Jacques

English comedy actress of stage, radio and screen (1922-1980)

*February 7th, 1922, Sandgate †October 6th, 1980, Eardley Crescent

93

Bernhard Hassenstein

German biologist

*May 31st, 1922, Potsdam †April 16th, 2016, Freiburg im Breisgau

84

Eva Ebner

German actor, screenwriter ans assistant director

*January 14th, 1922, Gdańsk †January 31st, 2006, Berlin

88

Ilse Jahn

German biologist, historian of science and curator (1922–2010)

*February 2nd, 1922, Chemnitz †May 8th, 2010, Berlin

97

Doris Day

American actress and singer (1922–2019)

*April 3rd, 1922, Cincinnati †May 13th, 2019, Carmel Valley

98

Carl Reiner

American actor (1922–2020)

*March 20th, 1922, The Bronx †June 29th, 2020, Beverly Hills

95

Stan Lee

American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer (1922–2018)

*December 28th, 1922, Manhattan †November 12th, 2018, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

98

Arthur Ashkin

American physicist (1922-2020)

*September 2nd, 1922, Brooklyn †September 21st, 2020, Rumson

86

Paul Scofield

English actor (1922–2008)

*January 21st, 1922, West Sussex †March 19th, 2008, Sussex

82

Barbara Bel Geddes

American actress (1922–2005)

*October 31st, 1922, New York City †August 8th, 2005, Northeast Harbor

93

Patrick Macnee

English actor (1922–2015)

*February 6th, 1922, Paddington †June 25th, 2015, Rancho Mirage

91

Sid Caesar

American comic actor and writer

*September 8th, 1922, Yonkers †February 12th, 2014, Beverly Hills

78

Jose Gonzales-Gonzales

American actor

*December 7th, 1922, Aguilares †December 15th, 2000, Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center, Marina Campus

93

Madeleine Sherwood

Canadian actress

*November 13th, 1922, Montreal †April 23rd, 2016, Saint-Hippolyte

85

Maila Nurmi

Finnish American actress (1922-2008)

*December 11th, 1922, Pechenga †January 10th, 2008, Los Angeles

53

Margaret Leighton

British actress (1922–1976)

*February 26th, 1922, Barnt Green †January 13th, 1976, Chichester

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Public holidays on August 27th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 27th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1922 is a normal year and no leap year.

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