August 27th (2003) was a Wednesday. It's the 239th day of the year (240th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 126 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 27th August, 2003
» Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing convert called 34646418 e.g mi distant.
» The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns as a result of the North Korea and weapons of mass destruction called North Korean nucle
August 27th Famous Deaths for 2003
» Peter-Paul Pigmans, Dutch record producer (b. 1961)
» Pierre Poujade, French politician (b. 1920)
August 27th Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints or feast day:
» Baculus of Sorrento
» Caesarius of Arles
» Margaret the Barefooted
» Saint Monica known as Saint Monica of Hippo, mother of Augustine of Hippo
» Saint Phanourios named Phanourios of Rhodes
» Rufus and Carpophorus
» Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle (Episcopal Church (USA))
» August 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Moldova from the USSR in 1991.