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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_27" title="August 27">August 27</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_of_the_Republic_of_Moldova" title="Independence Day of the Republic of Moldova">Independence Day</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldova" title="Moldova">Moldova</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991" title="1991">1991</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/410" title="410">410</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Rome_(410)" title="Sack of Rome (410)">sacking of Rome</a></b> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visigoths" title="Visigoths">Visigoths</a> ended after three days.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896" title="1896">1896</a> – In <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Zanzibar_War" title="Anglo-Zanzibar War">the shortest recorded war in history</a></b>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultanate_of_Zanzibar" title="Sultanate of Zanzibar">Sultanate of Zanzibar</a> surrendered to the United Kingdom after less than an hour of conflict.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955" title="1955">1955</a> – The first edition of the <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records" title="Guinness World Records">Guinness Book of Records</a></b></i> was published.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964" title="1964">1964</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnamese</a> junta leader <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_Kh%C3%A1nh" title="Nguyễn Khánh">Nguyễn Khánh</a></b> entered into a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumvirate" title="Triumvirate">triumvirate</a> power-sharing arrangement with rival generals <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%E1%BA%A7n_Thi%E1%BB%87n_Khi%C3%AAm" title="Trần Thiện Khiêm">Trần Thiện Khiêm</a></b> and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_V%C4%83n_Minh" title="Dương Văn Minh">Dương Văn Minh</a></b>, both of whom had been involved in plots to unseat Khánh.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a> – The planet <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars" title="Mars">Mars</a></b> made its closest approach to Earth in almost 60,000 years.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Edwards_(entomologist)" title="Henry Edwards (entomologist)">Henry Edwards</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1827); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Wilmot_Griswold" title="Rufus Wilmot Griswold">Rufus Wilmot Griswold</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1857); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Bradman" title="Don Bradman">Don Bradman</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1908); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ieva_Simonaityt%C4%97" title="Ieva Simonaitytė">Ieva Simonaitytė</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1978)</p>