27TH
AUGUST
FEAST DAY OF
"ST CAESARIUS OF ARLES; ST DAVID LEWIS;
LITTLE ST HUGH; ST MONICA; ST MARGARET THE BAREFOOTED; ST MARCELLUS OF TOMI; & ST
POEMEN." |
| 27TH |
1783 |
THE FIRST HYDROGEN BALLOON FLIGHT WAS UNMANNED & REACHED
900 m ALTITUDE. |
| 27TH |
1784 |
THE FIRST BALLOON ASCENT WAS MADE IN
BRITAIN BY "JAMES TYTLER" AT EDINBURGH. |
| 27TH |
1857 |
THE "BLANCHE BARKLY" GOLD NUGGET WEIGHING 54.2kg IS
FOUND AT KINGOWER, VICTORIA. |
| 27TH |
1891 |
THE FIRST BRISBANE WOOL SALES ARE HELD. |
| 27TH |
1896 |
ZANZIBAR LOSES TO ENGLAND IN A WAR WHICH LASTED 38 MINUTES;
9:02am - 9:40am. |
| 27TH |
1900 |
6000 PEOPLE DIED WHEN A HURRICANE
STRUCK GALVESTON, TEXAS. |
| 27TH |
1902 |
WOMEN ARE GRANTED THE VOTE IN NSW. |
| 27TH |
1907 |
"FREDERICK PETERS"
ESTABLISHES "PETER’S AMERICAN DELICACY Co. Ltd." IN SYDNEY TO MAKE
ICECREAM. |
| 27TH |
1912 |
"EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS" PUBLISHES "TARZAN" |
| 27TH |
1913 |
RUSSIAN PILOT, "LIEUTENANT PETER
NESTEROV" BECAME THE FIRST TO PERFORM THE LOOP-THE-LOOP. |
| 27TH |
1937 |
"GEORGE E. T. EYSTON" SETS A WORLD LAND SPEED
RECORD OF 345.49mph. |
| 27TH |
1939 |
THE FIRST JET PROPELLED AIRCRAFT, THE
"HEINKEL 178" PILOTED BY "ERICH WARSITZ" MADE IT’S FIRST FLIGHT. |
| 27TH |
1945 |
U.S. TROOPS LAND IN JAPAN AFTER THE JAPANESE SURRENDER. |
| 27TH |
1966 |
"FRANCIS CHICHESTER" BEGINS
THE FIRST SOLO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD. |
| 27TH |
1967 |
"BRIAN EPSTEIN," THE MAN WHO DISCOVERED "THE
BEATLES" IN A DINGY LIVERPOOL CLUB DIED AGED 32. HIS BODY WAS FOUND IN HIS
LONDON HOME BY A HOUSEKEEPER. APPARENTLY HE TOOK AN OVERDOSE OF SLEEPING PILLS. |
| 27TH |
1970 |
THE HAIRY NOSED OR PLAINS WOMBAT WAS
ADOPTED AS THE FAUNAL EMBLEM OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. |
| 27TH |
1979 |
"LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN" IS MURDERED BY AN IRA
TERRORIST BOMB. |
| 27TH |
1981 |
THE EXPEDITION TO REACH THE LINER,
"ANDREA DORIA" WHICH SANK IN A COLLISION WITH THE SWEDISH LINER,
"STOCKHOLM" ON 25TH JULY 1965, HAVE BROUGHT ONE OF THE SHIPS TWO SAFES TO THE
SURFACE.THEY ARE RUMOURED TO CONTAIN MORE THAN $1 million IN CASH & JEWELRY. |
| 27TH |
1982 |
BHP ASKS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO RESTRICT STEEL IMPORTS
AFTER A FALL IN NET PROFITS. |
| 27TH |
1990 |
GRAMMY WINNING GUITARIST, "STEVIE
RAY VAUGHAN" 35, ALONG WITH THREE MEMBERS OF "ERIC CLAPTON’S"
ENTOURAGE, WERE KILLED WHEN THEIR HELICOPTER CRASHED INTO A HILL IN EAST TROY,
WISCONSIN.HE HAD JUST FINISHED A CONCERT WITH "CLAPTON" & "ROBERT
CRAY." |
| 27TH |
1999 |
AT 7:34pm THE ELECTRONIC SCOREBOARD ABOVE THE PONSFORD STAND
AT THE MCG CAUGHT FIRE JUST PRIOR TO THE START OF AN AFL NIGHT MATCH BETWEEN RICHMOND
& CARLTON. |
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