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A bit of August 27th history 479 BC - Greco-Persian...

8/27/2021

A bit of August 27th history…

479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Battle of Mycale won by Greek forces over Persian naval troops on Ionian coast; double victory with that of Plataea ends the Persian invasion

1883 - Krakatoa volcano, west of Java in Indonesia, erupts with a force of 1300 megatons and kills approx 40,000 people (pictured)

1896 - Britain defeats Zanzibar in a 38 minute war; shortest recorded war in history

1913 - Gideon Sundback applies to patent all purpose zipper

1918 - Spanish Flu arrives in Boston, beginning the second and deadliest wave in the US

1928 - Kellogg - Briand Pact; 60 nations agree

1955 - “Guinness Book of World Records” 1st published

2008 - Barack Obama becomes 1st African-American to be nominated by a major political party for President of the United States

A bit of August 27th history… 479 BC - Greco-Persian...

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A bit of August 27th history 479 BC - Greco-Persian...