August 27th (2006) was a Sunday. 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, 2006
» Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound for Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
August 27th Famous Deaths for 2006
» María Capovilla, Ecuadorian super-centenarian (b. 1889)
» Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
» Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist (Napalm Death, Terrorizer, Brujeria (band) called Brujeria, and Lock Up (UK band) or Lock Up) (b. 1969)
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.