Aug. 27, 2025 is the 239th day of the year with 126 days remaining. Major events on Aug. 27 include Hurricane Irene making U.S. landfall in 2011 causing 49 deaths and over $14 billion in damage, and the 1883 Krakatoa eruption and tsunamis that killed about 36,000 in Java and Sumatra. Other events include the 1894 Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act's income tax provision later struck down by the Supreme Court; the 1964 world premiere of Mary Poppins; the 1979 killing of Lord Louis Mountbatten; Rickey Henderson's 1982 stolen base record; the 1990 death of Stevie Ray Vaughan; and Barack Obama's 2008 presidential nomination. The day also lists several notable birthdays.
Today is Wednesday, Aug. 27, the 239th day of 2025. There are 126 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 27, 2011, Hurricane Irene made landfall in the United States; the storm would be responsible for 49 total deaths and more than $14 billion in damage. Also on this date: In 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa erupted with a series of cataclysmic explosions.
The explosions (which could be heard 3,000 miles away) and resulting tsunamis in Indonesia's Sunda Strait claimed some 36,000 lives in Java and Sumatra. In 1894, Congress passed the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which contained a provision for a graduated income tax that was later struck down by the Supreme Court. In 1964, the film Mary Poppins had its world premiere in Los Angeles, California. In 1979, British war hero Lord Louis Mountbatten and three other people,
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