08-27-2005, 07:22 AM
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August 27th
410 ~ The Visigoth sack of Rome ended after three days.
1776 ~ Battle of Long Island: British forces under General William Howe defeated the Americans under General George Washington.
1813 ~ Napoleon defeated the Austrians, Russians and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden.
1828 ~ The Russians defeat the Turks at Akhaltzikke.
1861 ~ Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
1896 ~ Anglo-Zanzibar War. With a duration of only 45 minutes, it holds the record of being the shortest war in recorded history.
1900 ~ British defeat Boer commandos at Bergendal.
1928 ~ Kellogg-Briand Pact, outlawing war, signed by sixty nations.
1939 ~ First jet aircraft flight; a Heinkel He 178, piloted by Erich Warsitz.
1979 ~ An IRA bomb killed Lord Mountbatten and 3 others on holiday.
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