BBC ON THIS DAY | 27 | 1990: ‘Guinness Four’ guilty
All four defendants in the marathon Guinness trial are facing jail after the jury returned “guilty” verdicts following five days of deliberations.
Ernest Saunders, Gerald Ronson, Sir Jack Lyons and Anthony Parnes were convicted, ending the most expensive court action in British legal history […]

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Carlos Moyà
Carlos Moyà Llompart (born August 27, 1976), also known as Carlos Moyá or Carlos Moya, is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Spain.
During his career, he has won the French Open, finished runner-up at the Australian Open, and helped Spain win the Davis Cup.
He currently resides in Switzerland and is dating […]

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Le Corbusier
Twice he was commissioned to design a city layout, the first of which was a new city built from scratch, the Indian city of Chandigarh. While Le Corbusier was engaged at Chandigarh, he designed the city layout and several of the buildings for Bhubaneshwar, the capital of Orissa state.
Against his doctor’s orders, on […]

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Beatles and Elvis - When the Beatles met Elvis
The Beatles visit Elvis home in Bel Air on Friday August 27, 1965 during their second USA tour. The Beatles visit lasted 4 hours during which time they told stories, joked and listened to records. The five of them even had an impromptu jam session - at […]

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AUGUST, 1965 | BaseballLibrary.com

Friday, August 27th
IN THE NEWS: Dodger P Don Drysdale wins in Philadelphia, but the Phils don’t make it easy. Drysdale wins 9–8, to end his 9-game losing streak to the Phillies. He last beat them on June 1, 1962, which was his 13th straight victory over the Phils.
SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 27, 1965
St. […]

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Constitution of Malaysia
The Constitution of Malaysia, comprising 181 articles, is the supreme law of Malaysia.  It is formally known as the Federal Constitution of Malaysia.
Contents
The Constitution was drafted based on the advice of the Reid Commission which conducted a study in 1956. The Constitution came into force on August 27, 1957. (Formal independence was only […]

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Mariner 2
Mariner 2 (Mariner-Venus 1962), a space probe to Venus, was the first successful spacecraft in the NASA Mariner program. The Mariner 1 and 2 spacecraft were simplified versions of the Block I spacecraft of the Ranger program. Its goal was to measure the planet’s atmosphere, magnetic field, charged particle environment, and mass.
The Atlas-Agena […]

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Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Mountbatten was assassinated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), who planted a bomb in his boat at Mullaghmore, County Sligo in the Republic of Ireland.
An IRA bomb kills Lord Mountbatten and 3 others on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland. Another near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland killed 18 […]

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Hey Jude
“Hey Jude” is a rock ballad written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon/McCartney) and recorded by The Beatles in 1968.
Originally titled “Hey Jules”, the song was written by McCartney to comfort John Lennon’s son Julian during his parents’ divorce.
“Hey Jude” begins with McCartney singing gently while accompanying himself on piano; the song grows […]

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Charles Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (4 February 1902 – 26 August 1974), known as “Lucky Lindy” and “The Lone Eagle,” was an American pilot famous for the first solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic, from Roosevelt Field, Long Island to Paris in 1927 in the “Spirit of St. Louis.”
In the ensuing deluge of publicity, Lindbergh […]

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