Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 27
August 27: Independence Day for Moldova (1991)
- 1776 - British forces under General William Howe defeated Americans under General George Washington in the Battle of Long Island.
- 1962 - Mariner 2 was launched toward Venus.
- 1928 - Kellogg-Briand Pact, outlawing war, was signed by sixty nations.
- 1990 - The BBC launched BBC Radio Five Live.
- 2003 - Mars made its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years.