August 27 - Who, Us? Nothing.

Who, Us? Nothing.

This Day In History

410

The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days.

1859

Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well.
1892
The Metropolitan Opera House on 39th Street in New York City is gutted by a fire, causing the 1892-3 season to be cancelled.

1896

The shortest war in world history (09:00 to 09:45) takes place between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.

1939

First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.

1962

The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.

2003

Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, coming within 34,646,418 miles.

Famous Birthdays

1637

Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English governor (d. 1715)

1770

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher (d. 1831)

1871

Theodore Dreiser, American author (d. 1945)

1877

Charles Rolls, English automotive engineer (d. 1910)

1890

Man Ray, American photographer and artist (d. 1976)

1899

C. S. Forester, English author (d. 1966)

1904

Norah Lofts, Englis author (d. 1983)

1932

Antonia Fraser, English author

1939

William Least Heat-Moon, American author

1947

Barbara Bach, American actress

1952

Paul Reubens, American actor

1959

Downtown Julie Brown, Welsh TV personality and MTV VJ
1970
Jim Thome, American baseball player