08-27-2004, 04:47 AM
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August 27th
479 BC ~ Battle of Plataea concluded the Persian invasion of Greece, Mardonius routed by Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army.
1770 ~ Birthday of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Philosopher.
1776 ~ Battle of Long Island, in present day Brooklyn, New York 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.
1899 ~ Birthday of C.S. Forester, Author.
1900 ~ British defeat Boer commandos at Bergendal.
19928 ~ Kellogg-Briand Pact, outlawing war, signed by sixty nations.
1979 ~ An IRA bomb killed Lord Mountbatten and 3 others on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland. Another near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland killed 18 British soldiers.
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