Born on August 27
August 27 birthdays & history
If you were born on August 27, you share a birthday with Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Lyndon B. Johnson and Ivan Franko. August 27 babies are Virgo, with peridot as their birthstone and the gladiolus as their birth flower. August 27 is the 240th day of the year in leap years (239th in other years).
Famous people born on August 27
- 1770Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher and academic
- 1908Lyndon B. Johnson, American commander and politician, 36th President of the United States
- 1856Ivan Franko, Ukrainian author and poet
- 1871Theodore Dreiser, American novelist and journalist
- 1941Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer
- 1874Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1977Deco, Brazilian-Portuguese footballer
- 1890Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter
- 1858Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher
- 1915Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
What happened on August 27
- 1656The Netherlands and the Ahanta people signed the Treaty of Butre, creating a Dutch protectorate over the country of Upper Ahanta in modern-day Ghana.
- 1828Brazil and Argentina recognize the sovereignty of Uruguay in the Treaty of Montevideo.
- 1859Edwin Drake successfully drilled for oil in Titusville, Pennsylvania, resulting in the Pennsylvania oil rush, the first oil boom in the United States.
- 1908The Qing dynasty promulgates the Qinding Xianfa Dagang, the first constitutional document in the history of China, transforming the Qing empire into a constitutional monarchy.
- 1927Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking: "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?"
- 1933The first Afrikaans Bible is introduced during a Bible Festival in Bloemfontein.
- 1939First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
- 1955The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records was published.
- 1962The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
- 1985Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-51-I to deploy three communication satellites and repair a fourth malfunctioning one.
- 1991The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
- 1991Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
Also observed on August 27
- Independence Day (Republic of Moldova), celebrates the independence of Moldova from the USSR in 1991.
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (Texas, United States)
Questions, answered
What star sign is August 27?
People born on August 27 are Virgo. Their birthstone is peridot and their birth flower is the gladiolus.
Which famous people were born on August 27?
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770), Lyndon B. Johnson (1908), Ivan Franko (1856), Theodore Dreiser (1871), Cesária Évora (1941), Carl Bosch (1874) were all born on August 27.
What happened on August 27 in history?
Among other things: in 1985, Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-51-I to deploy three communication satellites and repair a fourth malfunctioning one; in 1991, The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania; in 1991, Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
Can I get a newspaper front page from August 27?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any August 27 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “August 27”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.