What happend on 27th August

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2004

Visigoth sack of Rome ends after three days.

2003

Mars makes closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing approximately 34,646,416 miles (55,758,006 kilometers) from Earth.

2000

Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire, three people are killed.

1993

The Rainbow Bridge, connecting Tokyo's Shibaura and the island of Odaiba, is completed.

1993

The Florida DOT decides to cease producing its distinctive colored U.S. Highway shields so that it can make use of Federal funds for those signs.

1991

Moldova declares independence from the USSR.

1991

The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

1990

The British Broadcasting Corporation launches BBC Radio Five Live at 9am GMT with a mixture of sports, news, and children's programming. The station broadcasts for eighteen hours per day.

1985

The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Babangida.

1979

An IRA bomb kills Lord Mountbatten and 3 others on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland. Another near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland kills 18 British soldiers.