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August 27, 1995 "Arcadia" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City after 204 performances August 27, 1995 23rd du Maurier Golf Classic: Jenny Lidback August 27, 1995 95th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods August 27, 1995 Worst fire in New York in 80 years ends after 4 days August 27, 1994 "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" closes at R Rodgers New York City after 320 performances August 27, 1993 Yak-40 crashes in Tadzjikistan, 79 killed/1 lives August 27, 1992 CFL revokes BC Lions franchise August 27, 1992 Mets trade David Cone to Toronto for Jeff Kent and Ryan Thompson August 27, 1991 Moldavia declares independence from U.S.S.R. August 27, 1990 52 Americans arrive in Turkey from Iraq August 27, 1990 Brewers-Blue Jays game is delayed 35 minutes due to gnats August 27, 1990 Rosa Mota wins female marathon (2:31:27) August 27, 1990 WWF Summer Slam-Ultimate Warrior beats Rick Rude August 27, 1989 100 march through Bensonhurst protesting racial killings August 27, 1989 89th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Chris Patton August 27, 1989 Betsy King wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship August 27, 1989 Tina Barrett wins LPGA Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State Golf Open August 27, 1988 Dodger Tommy Lasorda wins 1,000th game as manager tops Philadelphia, 4-2 August 27, 1986 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation August 27, 1985 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-launched August 27, 1985 Mary Joe Fernandez, 14 years and 8 days old is youngest to win a U.S. Tennis Open match (beats Sara Gomer in 1st round) August 27, 1984 President Reagan announces Teacher in Space project August 27, 1984 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test August 27, 1983 Haiti adopts constitution August 27, 1983 U.S. performs nuclear test August 27, 1982 Rickey Henderson steals 119th base of season breaks Lou Brock's mark August 27, 1982 Soyuz T-7 returns to Earth August 27, 1981 Divers begin to recover a safe found aboard Andrea Doria August 27, 1981 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site August 27, 1980 Chon Doo Hwan elected President of South Korea August 27, 1979 18 British militia die in ambush/bomb attack in Northern Ireland August 27, 1978 Gerrie Knetemann becomes world cyclist champion August 27, 1978 Reds Joe Morgan is 1st to hit 200 home runs and have 500 stolen bases August 27, 1978 Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic August 27, 1978 Yankee Catfish Hunter's 6-2 win gives him a perfect 6-0 in Aug 1978 August 27, 1977 "Chicago" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 947 performances August 27, 1977 Army shoots on market vendor women in Conakry Guinee August 27, 1977 Toby Harrah and Bump Wills hit back-to-back inside-the-park-homers off Yankee Ken Clay at Yankee Stadium, Rangers won 8-2 August 27, 1976 Transsexual Renee Richards barred from competing in U.S. Tennis Open August 27, 1975 1st night match at U.S. Tennis Open (Parun defeats Smith) August 27, 1975 Veronica and Colin Scargill (England) complete tandem bicycle ride, a record 18,020 miles around the world August 27, 1974 New York Met Benny Ayala hits a HR in his 1st at bat August 27, 1972 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open August 27, 1972 U.S. bombs Haiphong North Vietnam August 27, 1969 Lindy's Pride win Hambletonian Stakes August 27, 1969 Mike Procter hits six consecutive sixes (across two overs) August 27, 1967 Naomi Sims is 1st black model on U.S. cover (Fashion of the Times) August 27, 1967 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Amarillo Ladies' Golf Open August 27, 1966 Francis Chichester begins 1st solo sail around world August 27, 1966 Oakland Pitcher Paul Lindblad begins a 385 cons errorless streak August 27, 1966 Race riot in Waukegan, Illinois August 27, 1966 Sir Francis Chichester begins 1st solo ocean voyage around the world August 27, 1965 Beatles spend an evening with Elvis Presley August 27, 1965 Bob Dylan booed off stage in New York's Forest Hills August 27, 1965 WTVI TV channel 42 in Charlotte, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting August 27, 1962 Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus August 27, 1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. August 27, 1961 Francis the Talking Mule is mystery guest on "What's My Line" August 27, 1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Spokane Women's Golf Open August 27, 1960 Anita Lonsbrough swims world/olympic record 200m (2:49.5) August 27, 1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Grossinger Golf Open August 27, 1958 Calvin Griffith says Senators will prob accept offer to move to Minn August 27, 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean August 27, 1958 U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik 3 with 2 dogs aboard August 27, 1957 Hickory Smoke wins Hambletonian Stakes August 27, 1957 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site August 27, 1956 Curt Robert of Columbus (International League) hits 4 home runs in 7 inning game August 27, 1955 Guinness Book of World Records 1st published August 27, 1955 Sandy Koufax fans 14 Reds, both teams combine for record 23 strikeouts August 27, 1952 Emil Zatopek wins 12th olympics marathon (2:23:03.2) August 27, 1950 1st transmission of a TV program from continental Europe shown on BBC August 27, 1950 General Foods blacklists Jean Muir of Aldrich Family as a communist August 27, 1948 102 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August August 27, 1945 U.S. troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender August 27, 1944 200 Halifax bombers attack oil-installations in Homburg August 27, 1942 Cuba declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy August 27, 1941 Shah of Iran abdicates throne to his son Reza Pahlawi August 27, 1940 Caproni-Campini CC-2, experimental jet plane, maiden flight (Milan) August 27, 1939 Erich Warsitz makes 1st jet-propelled flight (in a Heinkel He-178) August 27, 1939 Heinkel He-178 makes 1st manned flight with rocket/jet propulsion August 27, 1939 Nazi Germany demands Danzig and Polish corridor August 27, 1939 Queen Wilhelmina receives German ambassador Grave Zech August 27, 1938 Yanks Monte Pearson no-hits Indians 13-0, DiMaggio hits 3 triples August 27, 1937 Bkln Dodger Fred Frankhouse no-hits Cin, 5-0 in 7 2/3 inn game August 27, 1937 George E T Eyston sets world auto speed record at 345.49 MPH August 27, 1934 Arlen, Ira Gershwin and Harburgs musical premieres in New York City August 27, 1933 Earl Averill becomes 2nd Cleveland ballplayer to hit for cycle Moody defaults in 3rd set, trailing 3-0 August 27, 1932 200,000 English textile workers strike August 27, 1932 International anti-war congress opens in Amsterdam August 27, 1928 16 die in a New York City subway's 2nd worst accident August 27, 1928 42nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen W Moody beats Helen Hull Jacobs (62 61) August 27, 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact, where 60 nations agree to outlaw war August 27, 1927 Parks College, America's oldest aviation school, opens August 27, 1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000m (8:28.6) August 27, 1921 J E Clair of Acme Packing Co of Green Bay granted an NFL franchise August 27, 1918 Christy Mathewson resigns as Reds manager to accept a commission as a captain in chemical warfare branch of Army August 27, 1918 Dr. Joseph L Johnson named minister to Liberia August 27, 1917 Indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game August 27, 1916 Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary August 27, 1914 2nd day of battle at Tannenberg: German bombs Usdau August 27, 1914 U.S. war reporter Richard H. Davis visits Leuven August 27, 1913 Lt Peter Nestrov, of Imperial Russian Air Service, performs a loop in a monoplane at Kiev (1st aerobatic maneuver in an airplane) August 27, 1912 Edgar Rice Burroughs' publishes "Tarzan of the Apes" August 27, 1911 Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits Boston, 5-0 August 27, 1910 Using 20, 137,000 candlepower arc lights, 2 amateur baseball teams play a night game at White Sox Park August 27, 1910 Washington Red Killefer sacrifices record 4 times against Detroit August 27, 1909 Jack Chesbro's final Yankee game August 27, 1908 Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as the Tigers August 27, 1903 23rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Hugh L Doherty beats William A Larned (60 63 108) August 27, 1900 Battle at Bergendal: Gen Buller beats Boer general Botha August 27, 1897 Roger Bresnahan debuts as Washington Senator pitcher (later HOF catcher) August 27, 1896 England defeated Zanzibar in a 38-minute war (9:02 AM-9:40 AM) August 27, 1895 15th U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred H Hovey beats Robert D Wrenn (63 62 64) August 27, 1894 Congress passes Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which includes a graduated income tax later struck down by the Supreme Court August 27, 1892 New York City Metropolitan Opera House catches fire August 27, 1883 Krakatoa, west of Java, explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons August 27, 1881 Hurricane hits Florida and Carolinas; about 700 die August 27, 1861 Battle of Cape Hatteras SC-Union troops take Ft. Clark August 27, 1859 1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn by Edwin Drake August 27, 1832 Black Hawk, leader of Sauk-indians, gives himself up August 27, 1828 Uruguay gains independence during Brazil-Argentina peace talk August 27, 1816 Lord Exmouth bombs Algiers, a refuge for Barbary pirates August 27, 1813 Battle of Dresden-Napoleon defeats Austrians August 27, 1799 English invasion army lands in North-Holland August 27, 1798 Battle at Castelbar, Ireland: French army hunts The English August 27, 1789 French National Assembly issues "Decl of Rights of Man and Citizen" August 27, 1788 Jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance August 27, 1783 1st hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reaches 900 m altitude August 27, 1776 British defeat Americans in Battle of Long Island August 27, 1667 Earliest recorded hurricane in U.S., Jamestown, Virginia August 27, 1665 "Ye Bare and Ye Cubb" is 1st play, performed in North America (Acomac, Va) August 27, 1634 Battle of Nordingen-Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, loses Duchy of Francomia August 27, 1628 Java sultan Agung van Mataram attacks Batavia August 27, 1626 Battle at Lutter: Catholic League beats Danish king Christian IV August 27, 1619 Monarch Frederik van Palts chosen king of Bohemia August 27, 1610 Polish King Wladyslaw crowned king of Russia August 27, 1601 Olivier van Noort completes 1st Dutch exploration of new world August 27, 1585 Duke van Parma's troops occupy Antwerp August 27, 1569 Pope Pius names Cosimo I de' Medici, grand duke of Toscane August 27, 1549 Battle at Dussindale: John Dudley destroys English boer army August 27, 1232 Kioto Staatsraad accept Joei Legislation |