August 27 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for August 27
In the headlines today:

1990	Fifty-two Americans, previously held hostage by Iraq, reach freedom in Turkey.
1984	Diane Sawyer joins the reporting team of the CBS-TV news show 60 Minutes.
1981	Salvage divers recover a million dollars in cash and jewels from the wreckage of the Andrea Doria, sunk in 1965.
1979	An IRA bomb takes the life of British Lord Louis Mountbatten in a boat off the Irish coast.
1974	Former Ethiopian leader Haile Selassie dies in Addis Ababa at age 83.
1971	Humorist and author Bennet Cerf dies.
1967	The Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, is found dead in his London flat from an overdose of sleeping pills.
1945	US troops begin their occupation of Japan, following Japan's surrender to Allied forces during WWII.
1912	Edgar Rice Burroughs publishes Tarzan of the Apes.
1892	The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City is heavily damaged by fire.
1858	Lincoln and Douglas debate at Freeport, IL.
1776	Americans lose to the British at the Battle of Long Island.

Born today:

1979 Jon Siebels - rock musician (Eve 6)

1976 Sarah Chalke - actress (Roseanne)

1953 Alex Lifeson - rock guitarist (Rush)

1952 Pee-wee Herman (Paul Reubens) - actor

1951 Glen Matlock - bassist (Sex Pistols)

1950 Cynthia Potter - diving champion

1949 Jeff Cook - country singer, guitarist (Alabama)

1947 Barbara Bach - actress; wife of The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr

1944 Tim Bogert - rock bassist (Cactus, Vanilla Fudge)

1943 Tuesday Weld - actress

1942 Daryl Dragon - keyboardist (The Beach Boys, Captain & Tennille)

1937 Tommy Sands - singer

1929 Ira Levin - author

1916 Martha Ray - actress

1910 Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) - Nobel Prize-winning humanitarian

1908 Lyndon B. Johnson - 36th US president

1865 Charles Dawes - 30th US Vice President

1809 Hannibal Hamlin - 15th US Vice President

551 BC Confucious - philosopher

Born today? Your sign of the Zodiac is:

Virgo

(The Virgin)