97621 | August 27 | Death | 2012 – Art Heyman, American basketball player (b. 1941) |
97622 | August 27 | Death | 2012 – Ivica Horvat, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1926) |
97623 | August 27 | Death | 2012 – Richard Kingsland, Australian captain and pilot (b. 1916) |
97624 | August 27 | Death | 2012 – Aboud Rogo, Kenyan cleric (b. 1968) |
97625 | August 27 | Death | 2012 – Russell Scott, American clown (b. 1921) |
97626 | August 27 | Death | 2013 – Kent Finell, Swedish radio host and producer (b. 1944) |
97627 | August 27 | Death | 2013 – Maxwell Fuller, Australian chess player (b. 1945) |
97628 | August 27 | Death | 2013 – Chris Kennedy, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1948) |
97629 | August 27 | Death | 2013 – Chen Liting, Chinese director and playwright (b. 1910) |
97630 | August 27 | Death | 2013 – Anatoly Onoprienko, Ukrainian murderer (b. 1959) |
97631 | August 27 | Death | 2013 – Bill Peach, Australian journalist (b. 1935) |
97632 | August 27 | Death | 2013 – Dave Thomas, Welsh golfer and architect (b. 1934) |
97633 | August 27 | Death | 2014 – Peret, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1935) |
97634 | August 27 | Death | 2014 – Jacques Friedel, French physicist and academic (b. 1921) |
97635 | August 27 | Death | 2014 – Jan Groth, Norwegian singer and keyboard player (Just 4 Fun and Aunt Mary) (b. 1946) |
97636 | August 27 | Death | 2014 – Jimmy Nesbitt, Irish police officer (b. 1934) |
97637 | August 27 | Death | 2014 – Valeri Petrov, Bulgarian poet, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1920) |
97638 | August 27 | Death | 2014 – Benno Pludra, German author (b. 1925) |
97639 | August 27 | Death | 2015 – Kazi Zafar Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician, 8th Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1939) |
97640 | August 27 | Death | 2015 – Pascal Chaumeil, French director and screenwriter (b. 1961) |
97641 | August 27 | Death | 2015 – Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player and coach (b. 1957) |
97642 | August 27 | Death | 2015 – Joan Garriga, Spanish motorcycle racer (b. 1963) |
97643 | August 27 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:Baculus of SorrentoCaesarius of ArlesMargaret the BarefootedMonica of Hippo, mother of Augustine of HippoPhanourios of RhodesRufus and CarpophorusThomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle (Episcopal Church)August 27 (Eastern Orthodox litu |
97644 | August 27 | Holiday and observance | Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Moldova from the USSR in 1991. |
97645 | August 27 | Holiday and observance | Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (Texas, United States) |
97646 | August 28 | Event | 475 – The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna. |
97647 | August 28 | Event | 489 – Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy. |
97648 | August 28 | Event | 663 – Silla–Tang armies crush the Baekje restoration attempt and force Yamato Japan to withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang. |
97649 | August 28 | Event | 1189 – Third Crusade: The Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan. |
97650 | August 28 | Event | 1521 – The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade. |