On this day in history.

[Richard Brown]

On The 27th August 1979, Lord Louis Mountbatten was killed when Irish Republican Army (IRA) terrorists detonated a 50-pound bomb hidden on his fishing vessel Shadow V.

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[Richard Brown]

On the 27th of August 1967, Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles, was found dead from an accidental drug overdose in his Sussex home.

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[AdmiralAdama]

August 27 - 1912 - Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Tarzan of the Apes" was published for the first time.

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[AdmiralAdama]

August 27 - 1989 - The first U.S. commercial satellite rocket was launched. A British communications satellite was onboard.

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[AdmiralAdama]

August 28 - 2004 - George Brunstad, at age 70, became the oldest person to swim the English Channel. The swim from Dover, England, to Sangatte, France, took 15 hours and 59 minutes.

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[AdmiralAdama]

August 30 - 1996 - An expedition to raise part of the Titanic failed when the nylon lines being used to raise part of the hull snapped.

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[scifan5751]

August 30 - 1996 - An expedition to raise part of the Titanic failed when the nylon lines being used to raise part of the hull snapped.

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The piece was successfully raised the following year.

 

[AdmiralAdama]

August 30 -1835 - Melbourne, Australia wad founded.

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[leelai]

August 30 -1835 - Melbourne, Australia wad founded.

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I like that one Admiral!

 

[followthesapper]

31 August - Princess Diana died in Paris on this day in 1997 and in 1989 her sister in law Princess Anne separated from her husband Captain Mark Phillips.

 

[KevinJS]

31 August - Princess Diana died in Paris on this day in 1997 and in 1989 her sister in law Princess Anne separated from her husband Captain Mark Phillips.

I was in Paris that night.

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[leelai]

I was in Paris that night.

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Oh boy Kevin, you were in the thick of it then.....that was a dreadful night though....

one of those times you always remember what you were doing when the news broke.

 

[Richard Brown]

31 August - Princess Diana died in Paris on this day in 1997 and in 1989 her sister in law Princess Anne separated from her husband Captain Mark Phillips.

Thanks for flagging this, followthesapper. I learnt of her death while out on a club run. Wouldn't she be proud of her sons. Harris antics would amuse her no end in private.

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[leelai]

Thanks for flagging this, followthesapper. I learnt of her death while put on a club run. Wouldn't she be proud of her sons. Harris antics would amuse her no end in private.

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Oh yes she would be so so proud of them.....and Harry's antics sure would make her smile and cringe at times and laugh her head off!

 

[AdmiralAdama]

August 31 - 1887 - The kinetoscope was patented by Thomas Edison. The device was used to produce moving pictures.

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