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August 27th, 1883:
One of the world's most devastating explosions - as the island volcano Krakatoa erupts in the South Pacific.
The resulting tidal waves in Indonesia's Sunda Strait kill some 36-thousand people on the islands of Java and Sumatra. 1908:
Lyndon Johnson, the first American president from the South to be elected since the Civil War, is born near Stonewall, Texas.
Johnson's legacy includes landmark civil rights laws, Medicare and Medicaid, anti-poverty programs ... and a tragic escalation of the Vietnam War. 1910:
Mother Teresa, the missionary who earned a Nobel Peace Prize for her work on behalf of the poor, is born in present-day Macedonia. 1859:
Colonel Edwin Drake drills the first successful oil well in the United States - near Titusville, Pennsylvania. 1979:
Britain's Lord Louis Mountbatten is killed when his boat explodes off the coast of Ireland.
The Irish Republican Army claims responsibility for the blast. And, 1967:
Brian Epstein , manager of The Beatles, is found dead at his London flat, after an overdose of sleeping pills.
Epstein, who helped guide the Fab Four to rock n' roll stardom, was 32 years old.
Today in History, August 27th, 2026. The Associated Press
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(27 Aug 2026)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
SOURCE - RESTRICTION
Location - Date
1. See Script
STORYLINE:
August 27th, 1883:
One of the world's most devastating explosions - as the island volcano Krakatoa erupts in the South Pacific.
The resulting tidal waves in Indonesia's Sunda Strait kill some 36-thousand people on the islands of Java and Sumatra. 1908:
Lyndon Johnson, the first American president from the South to be elected since the Civil War, is born near Stonewall, Texas.
Johnson's legacy includes landmark civil rights laws, Medicare and Medicaid, anti-poverty programs ... and a tragic escalation of the Vietnam War. 1910:
Mother Teresa, the missionary who earned a Nobel Peace Prize for her work on behalf of the poor, is born in present-day Macedonia. 1859:
Colonel Edwin Drake drills the first successful oil well in the United States - near Titusville, Pennsylvania. 1979:
Britain's Lord Louis Mountbatten is killed when his boat explodes off the coast of Ireland.
The Irish Republican Army claims responsibility for the blast. And, 1967:
Brian Epstein , manager of The Beatles, is found dead at his London flat, after an overdose of sleeping pills.
Epstein, who helped guide the Fab Four to rock n' roll stardom, was 32 years old.
Today in History, August 27th, 2026. The Associated Press
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