WHAT HAPPENED ON 27. AUGUST
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The Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by the first 15 nations to do so. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it. (27. August 1928)

First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft. (27. August 1939)

World War II: Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. (27. August 1943)

Malaysia's constitution comes into force. (27. August 1957)

The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA. (27. August 1962)

The Walt Disney musical film Mary Poppins is released. (27. August 1964)

An attempted coup fails in the African nation of Chad. The Government of Chad accuses Egypt of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off diplomatic relations. (27. August 1971)

The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili, and flees to Atauro Island, leaving control to a rebel group. (27. August 1975)

A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb kills British retired admiral Louis Mountbatten and three others while they are boating on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland. Shortly after, 18 British Army soldiers are killed in an ambush near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland. (27. August 1979)

Turkish military diplomat Colonel Atilla Altıkat is shot and killed in Ottawa, Canada's capital city. Justice Commandos Against Armenian Genocide claim responsibility, saying they are avenging the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians in the 1915 Armenian Genocide. (27. August 1982)

The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida. (27. August 1985)

The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. (27. August 1991)

Moldova declares independence from the USSR. (27. August 1991)

The Rainbow Bridge, connecting Tokyo's Shibaura and the island of Odaiba, is completed. (27. August 1993)

The 540-metre (1,772 ft)-tall Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire, three people are killed. (27. August 2000)

Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km) distant. (27. August 2003)

The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns as a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program. (27. August 2003)

Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound for Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash. (27. August 2006)

The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the Kokang Special Region. (27. August 2009)

The riots between two religious communities started at Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India. (27. August 2013)