Historical Events for 27th August 2023

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1585 - Duke of Parma's troops occupy Antwerp
1883 - Krakatoa volcano, west of Java in Indonesia, erupts with a force of 1,300 megatons and kills approximately 40,000 people
1918 - Christy Mathewson resigns as Cincinnati Reds manager to accept a commission as a captain in chemical warfare branch of US Army
1956 - Curt Robert of Columbus (Intl League) hits 4 HRs in 7 inning game
1968 - Protest by the Derry Housing Action Committee (DHAC) at the Guildhall's council chamber; after which Eamon Melaugh phones the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) to organise a march in Derry
1982 - Soyuz T-7 returns to Earth
1991 - Moldavia declares independence from USSR
1996 - Dino Ciccarelli is traded by the Detroit Red Wings to the Tampa Bay Lightning
2004 - China's first ever gold in Olympic Games men's track and field; Liu Xiang wins 110m hurdles in Athens, equalling Colin Jackson's 1993 world record time of 12.91 seconds
2021 - Britain's Prince Andrew served with a US federal lawsuit alleging he sexually abused a teenager 20 years ago

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