August 27: Independence Day in Moldova (1991)
Moscow's Ostankino Tower burning
- 1810 – Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeated the Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de la Passe.
- 1832 – Black Hawk, leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans, surrendered to US authorities, ending the Black Hawk War.
- 1928 – Over sixty nations signed the Kellogg–Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of national policy.
- 1957 – The Constitution of Malaya came into force, three days before the Federation of Malaya achieved formal independence from the United Kingdom.
- 2000 – Moscow's Ostankino Tower caught fire (pictured), killing three people and disrupting television and radio signals around the city.
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