AUGUST 27TH
- TODAY IS NATIONAL JUST BECAUSE DAY
- TODAY IS NATIONAL POTS DE CRÈME DAY
BIRTHDAYS:
- ED GEIN (1906-1984)
- LYNDON JOHNSON (1908-1973)
- TUESDAY WELD (1943, 75)
- BARBARA BACH (1947, 71)
- PEEWEE HERMAN (1952, 66)
- TOM FORD (1961, 57)
- DOWNTOWN JULIE BROWN (1963, 55)
- CESAR MILAN (1969, 49)
- CHANDRA WILSON (1969, 49)
- SARAH CHALKE (1977, 41)
- AARON PAUL (1979, 39)
ON THIS DAY:
- IN 1665, “THE BARE AND YE CUBB” IS THE FIRST PLAY PERFORMED IN THE NEW WORLD IN VIRGINIA. THE THREE PERFORMERS WERE FINED FOR PUTTING ON A PUBLIC DISPLAY
- IN 1667, THE FIRST RECORDED HURRICANE IN NORTH AMERICAN HITS JAMESTOWN, VA
- IN 1813, NAPOLEON CONQUERS AUSTRIA IN THE BATTLE OF DRESDEN
- IN 1859, EDWIN DRAKE DRILLS THE FIRST EVER OIL WELL IN TITUSVILLE, PA
- IN 1883, THE KRAKATOA VOLCANO EXPLODES IN INDONESIA. IT DELIVERS A FORCE EQUIVALENT TO 26 ATOMIC BOMBS, COULD BE HEARD FROM 3,000 MILES AWAY AND KILLS 36,000 PEOPLE
- IN 1889, THE EASTMAN COMPANY PRODUCES THE FIRST ROLL OF CELLULOID FILM
- IN 1892, THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE CATCHES FIRE
- IN 1910, THE FIRST EVER NIGHT BASEBALL GAME IS PLAYED USING 137,000 CANDLES AT WHITE SOX PARK
- IN 1912, EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS PUBLISHES “TARZAN AND THE APES”
- IN 1938, TWO SUBWAY TRAINS COLLIDE BENEATH NEW YORK CITY KILLING TWO PEOPLE AND INJURING 51
- IN 1942, THE USS IOWA IS COMMISSIONED. IT REMAINS THE ONLY U.S. NAVY SHIP IN HISTORY WITH A BATH TUB IN IT TO ACCOMMODATE PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WHO COULDN’T USE A SHOWER
- IN 1953, AUDREY HEPBURN’S “ROMAN HOLIDAY” IS RELEASED
- IN 1955, THE FIRST EDITION OF “THE GUINESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS”
- IN 1966, THE BEACH BOYS PEAK AT #2 WITH “GOD ONLY KNOWS”. THE CONCERN OF PEOPLE ABOUT IT BEING THE FIRST COMMERCIAL SONG TO USE THE WORD “GOD” IN ITS TITLE LIKELY KEPT IT FROM HITTING #1
- IN 1976, RENEE RICHARDS IS BARRED FROM COMPETING IN THE U.S. OPEN AFTER GENDER TRANSITION SURGERY
- In 1977, JIMMY BUFFET MARRIES JANE SLAGSVOL
- IN 1984, PRESIDENT REAGAN ANNOUNCES HIS PLAN TO SEND A TEACHER INTO SPACE
- IN 1988, GEORGE MICHAEL HITS #1 WITH “MONKEY”, TYING MICHAEL JACKSON’S EIGHT #1 SONGS IN THE 80’S
- IN 1990, GARTH BROOKS RELEASES “NO FENCES”
- IN 1990, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN DIES IN A HELICOPTER CRASH AT 35
- IN 1991, PEARL JAM RELEASES “TEN”
- IN 1992, FOX DEBUTS MARTIN LAWRENCE’S SITCOM “MARTIN”
- IN 1994, BOYZ II MEN BEGIN THEIR 14 WEEK RUN AT #1 WITH “I’LL MAKE LOVE TO YOU”. THEY DROPPED TO #2 ONLY WHEN THEIR OWN NEXT SINGLE “ON BENDED KNEE” REPLACED IT
- IN 2001, ANGELINA JOLIE IS NAMED A GOODWILL AMBASSADOR FOR THE U.N.
- IN 2004, ARGENTINA UPSETS THE U.S. ALL STAR BASKETBALL TEAM WINNING 89-81 AND TAKING GOLD. THE U.S. TEAM ENDS UP WINNING BRONZE
- IN 2005, ROBERT DOWNEY JR. MARRIES PRODUCER SUSAN LEVIN
- IN 2008, BARACK OBAMA RECEIVES THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
- IN 2012, MACKLEMORE RELEASES “THRIFT SHOP”
- IN 2013, ALFONSO CUARON RELEASES “GRAVITY”
- IN 2013, MILEY CYRUS INFAMOUSLY “TWERKS” ON ROBIN THICKE AT THE MTV MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS
- IN 2014, ALEJANDRO INARRITU RELEASES “BIRDMAN”
- IN 2017, FLOYD MAYWEATHER DEFEATS CONOR MCGREGOR IN HIS DEBUT MMA FIGHTING MATCH IN LAS VEGAS