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| 1910 Thomas Edison demonstrates the first "talking" pictures |
''Knowing the past, we can make wise
choices for a brighter, and more positive future.''
| 1626 | The Danes are crushed by the Catholic League in Germany, marking the end of Danish intervention in European wars. | |
| 1776 | The Americans are defeated by the British at the Battle of Long Island, New York. | |
| 1793 | Maximilien Robespierre is elected to the Committee of Public Safety in Paris, France. | |
| 1813 | The Allies defeat Napoleon at the Battle of Dresden. | |
| 1861 | Union troops make an amphibious landing at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. | |
| 1862 | As the Second Battle of Bull Run rages, Confederate soldiers attack Loudoun County, Virginia. | |
| 1881 | New York state's Pure Food Law goes into effect to prevent "the adulteration of food or drugs." | |
| 1894 | The United States congress passes an income tax law as part of a general tariff act, but it is found unconstitutional. | |
| 1910 | Thomas Edison demonstrates the first "talking" pictures--using a phonograph--in his New Jersey laboratory. | |
| 1912 | Edgar Rice Burrough's Tarzan of the Apes first appears in a magazine. | |
| 1916 | Italy declares war on Germany. | |
| 1928 | Fifteen nations sign the Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact, outlawing war and calling for the settlement of disputes through arbitration. Forty-seven other countries eventually sign the pact. | |
| 1941 | The Prime Minister of Japan, Fumimaro Konoye, issues an invitation for a meeting with President Franklin Roosevelt. | |
| 1945 | B-29 Superfortress bombers begin to drop supplies into Allied prisoner of war camps in China. | |
| 1963 | Cambodia severs ties with South Vietnam. | |
| 1975 | Veronica & Colin Scargill of England complete tandem bicycle ride around the world, a record 18,020 miles (29,000.4 km). | |
| 1979 | Lord Mountbatten is killed by an Irish terrorist bomb in his sail boat in Sligo, Ireland. | |
| 1984 | President Ronald Reagan announces NASA Teacher in Space project, intended to inspire students and honor teachers and spur interest in the fields of science, mathematics and space exploration. | |
| 1989 | Chuck Berry performs his tune Johnny B. Goode for NASA staff in celebration of Voyager II's encounter with the planet Neptune. | |
| 1991 | Moldavia declares independence from USSR. | |
| 1993 | The Rainbow Bridge, a 1,870-foot suspension bridge over Tokyo Bay, completed. | |
| 2003 | Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing within 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km). | |
| 2008 | Democrats nominate Barack Obama for president, first African American nominated by a major political party for the office of President of the United States. | |
| 2012 |
First interplanetary human voice recording is broadcast from the Mars Rover Curiosity.
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Born on August 27
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| 1770 | George William Hegel, German idealist philosopher. | |
| 1871 | Theodore Dreiser, novelist (Sister Carrie). | |
| 1899 | C.S. Forester, novelist and author of the Horatio Hornblower series. | |
| 1908 | Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th president of the United States (1963-1969). | |
| 1915 | Walter Heller, economist; chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors (1961-64); suggested a "War on Poverty" to Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson and tax cuts to stimulate the economy. | |
| 1929 | Ira Levin, author (Rosemary's Baby, The Boys from Brazil). | |
| 1931 | Sri Chinmoy (Chinmoy Kumar Ghose), Indian spiritual leader whose teachings attracted a worldwide following; nominated for Nobel Peace Prize. | |
| 1943 | Tuesday Weld (Susan Ker Weld), actress; won Golden Globe for Most Promising Female Newcomer, 1960 (Looking for Mr. Goodbar). | |
| 1947 | Barbara Bach, actress (The Spy Who Loved Me). | |
| 1949 | Jeff Cook, musician, singer with the band Alabama. | |
| 1950 | Charles Fleischer, actor, (Laverne and Shirley TV series) comedian, voice-over actor best known as the voice of Roger Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?). | |
| 1952 | Pee-Wee Herman (Paul Reubens), actor (Pee-Wee's Playhouse children's TV series, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure). | |
| 1954 | Derek Warwick, Formula 1 race car driver. | |
| 1975 | Jonny (Jonathan) Moseley, Olympic Gold Medal skier; first Puerto Rican on US Ski Team. | |
| 1977 | Sarah Chalke, actress (Roseanne TV series). | |
| 1986 | Mario (Mario Dewar Barrett), singer / songwriter ("Let Me Love You"), actor (Freedom Writers), dancer, model; included on Billboard magazine's Artist of the Decade list for the 2000s. | |
| 1988 | Alexa Vega, actress, singer (Spy Kids movies, Ruby in Ruby & the Rockits TV series). | |
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