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This is a list of selected August 27 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Ineligible

Blurb Reason
1689 – The Tsardom of Russia and Qing Dynasty China signed the Treaty of Nerchinsk, the first treaty between the two nations. unreferenced section
1939 – Flown by German test pilot Erich Warsitz, experimental jet plane Heinkel He 178 became the world's first aircraft to fly under turbojet power. Tagged with {{refimprove}}
1859Edwin Drake successfully drilled for oil in Titusville, Pennsylvania, US, resulting in the Pennsylvania oil rush and the birth of the modern oil industry. Tagged with {{refimprove}}, oil rush article is unreferenced/stubby
1922Turkish forces re-captured Afyon, the first victory of their counterattack during the Greco-Turkish War. refimprove section

Eligible

  • 1896 – The United Kingdom and Zanzibar went to war, with Zanzibar surrendering less than an hour after the conflict broke out.
  • 2000Moscow's Ostankino Tower caught fire, killing three people and disrupting television and radio signals around the city.

Notes

August 27: Independence Day in Moldova (1991); National Heroes' Day in the Philippines (2012)

Chief Black Hawk

  • 2003 – The planet Mars made its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years: 55,758,006 kilometres (34,646,419 mi).
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