Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 27
August 27: Ganesh Chaturthi in Hinduism, Heroes' Day in the Philippines (2006); Independence Day for Moldova (1991).
- 1776 - British forces led by William Howe (pictured) defeated the Continental Army under George Washington in the Battle of Long Island.
- 1896 - Zanzibar surrendered within an hour after the Anglo-Zanzibar War broke out.
- 1928 - The Kellogg-Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, was signed by 60 nations.
- 1939 - Experimental jetplane Heinkel He 178 became the world's first aircraft to fly under turbojet power.
- 1985 - The Nigerian government of Muhammadu Buhari was overthrown by Ibrahim Babangida.