August 27th, 1979

Born on August 27th, 1979

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What happened on August 27th, 1979?

August 27th, 1979

The Troubles: Eighteen British soldiers are killed in an ambush by the Provisional Irish Republican Army near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland, in the deadliest attack on British forces during Operation Banner. An IRA bomb also kills British royal family member Lord Mountbatten and three others on his boat at Mullaghmore, Republic of Ireland.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles

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, 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, 1979

44

Aaron Paul

American actor (born 1979)

*August 27th, 1979, Emmett

44

Rusty Smith

Short track speed skater

*August 27th, 1979, Long Beach

44

Sarah Neufeld

Canadian musician

*August 27th, 1979, Merville

44

Ole Bischof

German judoka

*August 27th, 1979, Reutlingen

44

Goran Arnaut

Serbian footballer

*August 27th, 1979, Bačka Topola

44

El Capea

Spanish matador

*August 27th, 1979, Salamanca

44

Melanie Schulz

German athletics competitor

*August 27th, 1979, Gera

32

Karel Rachůnek

Czech ice hockey player

*August 27th, 1979, Zlín †September 7th, 2011, Tunoshna

44

Dempsey Pappion

American actor

*August 27th, 1979, United States of America

44

Tian Liang

Chinese diver

*August 27th, 1979, Chongqing

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 27th?

24

Shiva

Italian rapper (1999-)

*August 27th, 1999, Isola della Scala

70

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor, director and musician

*August 27th, 1953, Kumla

37

Sebastian Kurz

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

*August 27th, 1986, Vienna

40

Jamala

Ukrainian singer

*August 27th, 1983, Osh

54

Chandra Wilson

American actress and director

*August 27th, 1969, Houston

31

Kim Petras

German singer and songwriter (born 1992)

*August 27th, 1992, Bonn

58

Thomas Dörflinger

German politician (1965–)

*August 27th, 1965, Waldshut-Tiengen

47

Mark Webber

Australian professional racing driver

*August 27th, 1976, Queanbeyan

43

Neha Dhupia

Indian actress

*August 27th, 1980, Kochi

70

Cesária Évora

Cape Verdean singer (1941–2011)

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

64

Lyndon B. Johnson

President of the United States from 1963 to 1969

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

62

Yolanda Adams

American gospel singer

*August 27th, 1961, Houston

45

Suranne Jones

British actress

*August 27th, 1978, Chadderton

29

Ellar Coltrane

American actor

*August 27th, 1994, Austin

34

Juliana Cannarozzo

Figure skater

*August 27th, 1989, Boston

39

Sulley Muntari

Ghanaian footballer

*August 27th, 1984, Konongo

69

Walter Arnold

German sculptor and politician (1909-1979)

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

85

Andreas Alföldi

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

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

51

The Great Khali

Indian professional wrestler, actor and powerlifter

*August 27th, 1972, Dhiraina

41

Ben Williams

British football player, born 1982

*August 27th, 1982, Manchester

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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