Blacksheep Speaks

Historuc Events that occurred on 8/27

And here is the final installment of the "I am fixing what I broke yesterday" trilogy. These are famous events, good and bad, that occured on yesterday's date in history. Looks like a pretty long list for me to type, too. Must be making me do pennance for forgetting it:)

26 -BC- Origin of Egyptian Era. 1665 "Ye Bare & Ye Cubb" is 1st play performed in N America. (Acomac, Va). 1667 Earliest recorded hurricane in US (Jamestown Virginia). 1776 British defeat Americans in Battle of Long Island. 1783 1st hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reaches 900 m altitude. 1789 French Natl Assembly issues "Decl of the Rights of Man & the Citizen". 1859 1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn. 1883 Krakatoa, west of Java, explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons. 1896 Zanzibar loses to England in a 38 minute war (9:02 AM-9:40 AM). 1909 Jack Chesbro's final Yankee game. 1911 Chic White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits Boston, 5-0. 1912 Edgar Rice Burroughs' publishes Tarzan. 1913 Lt Peter Nestrov, of Imperial Russian Air Service, performs a loop in a monoplane at Kiev (1st aerobatic maneuver in an airplane). 1918 Dr Joseph L Johnson named minister to Liberia. 1921 J E Clair of Acme Packing Co of Green Bay granted an NFL franchise. 1927 Parks College, America's oldest aviation school, opens. 1928 16 die in a NYC subway's 2nd worst accident. 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact, where 60 nations agree to outlaw war. 1937 Bkln Dodger Fred Frankhouse no-hits Cin, 5-0 in 7 2/3 inn game. 1937 George E.T. Eyston sets world auto speed record at 345.49 MPH. 1938 Yanks Monte Pearson no-hits Indians 13-0, DiMaggio hits 3 triples. 1939 Erich Warsitz makes 1st jet-propelled flight (in a Heinkel He-178). 1940 Caproni-Campini CC-2, experimental jet plane, maiden flight (Milan). 1945 US troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender. 1950 General Foods blacklists Jean Muir of Aldrich Family as a communist. 1961 Francis the Talking Mule is the mystery guest on "What's My Line". 1962 Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus. 1966 Francis Chichester begins the 1st solo sail around the world. 1966 Race riot in Waukegan Illinois . 1974 NY Met Benny Ayala hits a home run in his 1st at bat. 1975 Veronica & Colin Scargill (England) complete tandem bicycle ride, a record 18,020 miles around the world. 1977 Toby Harrah & Bump Wills hit back-to-back inside-the-park-homers off Yankee Ken Clay at Yankee Stadium, Rangers won 8-2. 1978 Reds Joe Morgan is 1st to hit 200 HRs & have 500 stolen bases. 1978 Yankee Catfish Hunter's 6-2 win gives him a perfect 6-0 in Aug 1978. 1981 Divers begin to recover a safe found aboard the Andrea Doria. 1982 Rickey Henderson steals 119th base of season breaks Lou Brock's mark. 1982 Soyuz T-7 returns to Earth. 1984 President Reagan announces the Teacher in Space project. 1985 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-launched. 1989 100 march through Bensonhurst protesting racial killings. 1990 52 Americans arrive in Turkey from Iraq. 1990 WWF Summer Slam-Ultimate Warrior beats Rick Rude.