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'''Atlantic Coast Radio''' is a [[radio station|radio]] company located in the state of [[Maine]], owned by longtime broadcaster [[J. J. Jeffrey]]. Previous to the current radio group, Jeffrey was a partner in '''Fuller-Jeffrey Broadcasting''' with Bob Fuller, the company was dissolved when [[Citadel Broadcasting]] bought the group. Their studios are located at 779 Warren Ave. in [[Portland, Maine]].
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==Current stations==
==Events==
* [[WLOB]] 1310 [[AM Radio|AM]] [[Talk radio|News/Talk]]
*[[479 BC]] - [[Greco-Persian Wars]]: [[Persian Empire|Persian]] forces led by [[Mardonius]] are routed by [[Pausanias (general)|Pausanias]], the [[Sparta]]n commander of the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] army in the [[Battle of Plataea]]. Along the with the Greek victory on the same day in the [[Battle of Mycale]], the [[Persian Empire|Persian]] invasion of [[Ancient Greece|Greece]] is halted.
* [[WJJB]] 96.3 FM, 1440 (WJAE)/900 [[AM Radio|AM]] [[Sports Radio|Sports]] station known as ''The Big Jab'' carrying [[Boston Red Sox]] baseball, [[Boston Celtics]] basketball and [[Portland Pirates]] [[ice hockey]].
*[[410]] - The [[Sack of Rome (410)|sacking]] of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] by the [[Visigoths]] ends after three days.
* [[WPEI]] 95.9 FM [[WGEI]] 95.5 FM [[Sports Radio]]
*[[663]] - Remnants of the [[Baekje|Korean Baekje Kingdom]] and their [[Yamato period|Yamato]] [[Japan]]ese allies engage the combined naval forces of the [[Tang Dynasty|Tang Chinese]] and [[Silla|Silla Koreans]] on the [[Geum River]] in [[Three Kingdoms of Korea|Korea]]; the outcome is a significant Tang-Silla victory, while the Japanese would not attempt another invasion of Korea until the [[Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)|Japanese invasions of Korea]] of the late 16th century.
*[[1232]] - The [[Goseibai Shikimoku|Formulary of Adjudications]] is promulgated by [[Shikken|Regent]] [[Hōjō Yasutoki]]. (Traditional [[Japanese calendar|Japanese date]]: [[August 10]], [[1232]])
*[[1689]] - The [[Treaty of Nerchinsk]] is signed by [[Russia]] and the [[Qing]] empire.
*[[1776]] - The [[Battle of Long Island]]: in what is now [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] forces under [[General]] [[William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe|William Howe]] defeat [[United States|Americans]] under [[General]] [[George Washington]].
*[[1789]] - The [[French National Assembly]] adopts the [[Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen]], proclaiming that "men are born and remain free and equal in rights".
*[[1793]] - [[War in the Vendée|French counter-revolution]]: the port of [[Toulon]] revolts and admits the British fleet, which lands troops and seizes the port leading to [[Siege of Toulon]].
*[[1798]] - [[Wolfe Tone]]'s [[Society of the United Irishmen|United Irish]] and [[French Revolutionary Army|French]] forces clash with the [[British Army]] in the [[Battle of Castlebar]], part of the [[Irish Rebellion of 1798]], resulting in the creation of the French [[puppet state|puppet]] [[Republic of Connaught]].
*[[1813]] - [[France|French]] Emperor [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon Bonaparte]] defeats a larger force of [[Austria]]ns, [[Russia]]ns and [[Prussia]]ns at the [[Battle of Dresden]].
*[[1828]] - The [[Russians]] defeat the [[Ottoman Empire|Turks]] at the [[Battle of Akhalzic]].
* 1828 - [[Uruguay]] is formally proclaimed independent at preliminary peace talks brokered by [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]] between [[Brazil]] and [[Argentina]] during the [[Argentina-Brazil War]].
*[[1859]] - [[Petroleum]] is discovered in [[Titusville, Pennsylvania]] leading to the world's first commercially successful [[oil well]].
*[[1861]] - [[Union (American Civil War)|Union (Northern)]] forces attack [[Cape Hatteras]], [[North Carolina]].
*[[1883]] - [[Krakatoa]], an [[Indonesia]]n [[volcano]], enters the final stage of its [[Plinian eruption|eruption]]. Four enormous explosions followed by a [[pyroclastic flow]] killed about 1,000 people. Its final [[shock wave]]s traveled around the Earth as many as seven times and [[tsunami]]s over {{convert|30|m|ft|-2}} high killed an estimated 36,000 people worldwide. The final explosion is the loudest sound in recorded history, measured at 180 [[dBSPL]] {{convert|160|km|mi|-2}} away.
*[[1896]] - [[Anglo-Zanzibar War]]: the shortest war in world history (09:00 to 09:45) between the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Zanzibar]].
*[[1916]] - [[Romania]] declares war against [[Austria-Hungary]], entering [[World War I]] as one of the [[Allies of World War I|Allied nations]]. It is soon occupied by [[Germany|German]] and [[Bulgaria]]n forces.
*[[1921]] - The [[United Kingdom|British]] install the son of [[Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca|Sharif Hussein bin Ali]] (leader of the [[Arab Revolt]] of 1916 against the [[Ottoman Empire]]) as [[Faisal I of Iraq|King Faisal I]] of [[Iraq]].
*[[1928]] - The [[Kellogg-Briand Pact]] outlawing war is signed by the first fifteen nations to do so. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
*[[1939]] - First flight of the [[turbojet]]-powered [[Heinkel He 178]], the world's first [[jet aircraft]].
*[[1943]] - [[Japan]]ese forces evacuate [[New Georgia|New Georgia Island]] in the [[Pacific Theater of Operations]] during [[World War II]].
*[[1952]] - [[West Germany]] and [[Israel]] conclude [[reparations|reparation]] negotiations in [[Luxembourg]]; [[West Germany]] agrees to pay 3 billion [[German mark|Deutschmark]].
*[[1957]] - The [[Constitution of Malaysia]] comes into force.
*[[1962]] - The [[Mariner 2]] unmanned space mission is launched to [[Venus]] by [[United States|America's]] [[NASA]].
*[[1969]] - [[Israel]]i [[commando]] force penetrates deep into [[Egypt]]ian territory to stage [[mortar (weapon)|mortar attack]] on regional [[Egyptian Army]] headquarters in the [[Nile|Nile Valley]] of [[Upper Egypt]].
*[[1971]] - A [[coup]] attempt fails in the [[Africa]]n nation of [[Chad]]. The [[Government of Chad]] accuses [[Egypt]] of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off [[diplomatic relations]].
*[[1975]] - The Governor of [[Portuguese Timor]] abandons its capital, [[Dili]], and flees to [[Atauro Island]], leaving control to a rebel group.
*[[1979]] - An [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] bomb kills [[United Kingdom|British]] [[World War II]] [[admiral]] [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Lord Louis Mountbatten]] and 3 others while they were boating on holiday in [[Sligo]], [[Republic of Ireland]]. Another bomb near [[Warrenpoint]], [[Northern Ireland]] kills 18 [[British Army|British soldiers]].
*[[1982]] - [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[military attache|military diplomat]] [[Colonel]] [[Atilla Altikat]] is shot and killed in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]'s capital. [[Justice Commandos Against Armenian Genocide]] claim responsibility, saying they were avenging the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians in the 1915 [[Armenian Genocide]].
*[[1985]] - The [[Government of Nigeria|Nigerian government]] is peacefully overthrown by [[Army Chief of Staff]] [[Major General]] [[Ibrahim Babangida]].
*[[1991]] - The [[European Community]] recognizes the independence of the [[Baltic state]]s of [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]] and [[Lithuania]].
* 1991 - [[Moldova]] declares independence from the [[Soviet Union|USSR]].
*[[1993]] - The [[Rainbow Bridge (Tokyo)|Rainbow Bridge]], connecting [[Tokyo]]'s [[Shibaura]] and the island of [[Odaiba]], is completed.
*[[2000]] - {{convert|540|m|ft|0|adj=on}}-tall [[Ostankino Tower]] in [[Moscow]] catches fire, three people are killed.
*[[2003]] - [[Mars]] makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing {{convert|34646418|mi}} distant.
*[[2006]] - [[Comair Flight 5191]] crashes on [[takeoff]] from [[Blue Grass Airport]] in [[Lexington, Kentucky]] bound for [[Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]]. Of the passengers and [[aircrew|crew]], 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
*[[2008]] - [[Barack Obama]] becomes the first [[African-American]] to be [[nomination|nominated]] by a [[major party|major political party]] for [[President of the United States]]


==Past stations (as Fuller-Jeffrey Broadcasting)==
==Births==
*[[Seacoast Region (New Hampshire)|Seacoast]] market: [[WOKQ]] 97.5, [[WPKQ]] 103.7, [[WSHK|WXBB]] 105.3, [[WSAK|WXBP]] 102.1.
*[[1407]] - [[Ashikaga Yoshikazu]], Japanese shogun (d. [[1425]])
*[[Portland, Maine|Portland]] market: [[WCYI]] 93.9, [[WCYY]] 94.3, [[WHOM]] 94.9, [[WJBQ]] 97.9, [[WCLZ]] 98.9, [[WBLM]] 102.9.
*[[1471]] - [[George, Duke of Saxony]] (d. [[1539]])
*[[1487]] - [[Anna of Brandenburg]], queen of Denmark (d. 1514)
*[[1637]] - [[Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore]], Governor of the Province of Maryland (d. [[1715]])
*[[1665]] - [[John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol]], English politician (d. [[1751]])
*[[1669]] - [[Anne Marie of Orléans]], queen of Italy (d. [[1728]])
*[[1698]] - [[Baal Shem Tov]], Founder of the Chasiddic movement {d. [[1760]])
*[[1677]] - [[Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun]], Austrian field marshal (d. [[1748]])
*[[1724]] - [[John Joachim Zubly]], Swiss-born Continental Congressman (d. [[1781]])
*[[1730]] - [[Johann Georg Hamann]], German philosopher (d. [[1788]])
*[[1770]] - [[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel]], German philosopher (d. [[1831]])
*[[1803]] - [[Edward Beecher]], American theologian (d. [[1895]])
*[[1809]] - [[Hannibal Hamlin]], [[Vice President of the United States of America]] (d. [[1891]])
*[[1858]] - [[Giuseppe Peano]], Italian mathematician (d. [[1932]])
*[[1865]] - [[James Henry Breasted]], American Egyptologist (d. [[1935]])
* 1865 - [[Charles G. Dawes]], 30th [[Vice President of the United States]] and [[Nobel Peace Prize]] laureate (d. [[1951]])
*[[1870]] - [[Amado Nervo]], Mexican poet (d. [[1919]])
*[[1871]] - [[Theodore Dreiser]], American author (d. [[1945]])
*[[1874]] - [[Carl Bosch]], German chemist [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1940]])
*[[1875]] - [[Katharine McCormick]], American women's rights activist (d. [[1967]])
*[[1877]] - [[Charles Rolls]], British co-founder of [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]] (d. [[1910]])
* 1877 - [[Ernst Wetter]], member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. [[1963]])
*[[1882]] - [[Samuel Goldwyn]], Polish-born Hollywood film producer (d. [[1974]])
* 1884 - [[Vincent Auriol]], French President (d. 1966)
*[[1886]] - [[Rebecca Helferich Clarke]], English composer and violist (d. [[1979]])
* 1886 - [[Eric Coates]], English composer (d. [[1957]])
*[[1890]] - [[Man Ray]], American photographer and artist (d. [[1976]])
*[[1896]] - [[Faina Ranevskaya]], Russian actress (d. [[1984]])
*[[1898]] - [[Gaspard Fauteux]], French Canadian parliamentarian (d. [[1963]])
*[[1899]] - [[C. S. Forester]], British author (d. [[1966]])
* 1899 - [[Byron Foulger]], American actor (d. [[1970]])
*[[1904]] - [[Norah Lofts]], British author (d. [[1983]])
* 1904 - [[John Hay Whitney]], American financier (d. [[1982]])
*[[1906]] - [[Ed Gein]], American serial killer (d. [[1984]])
*[[1908]] - [[Donald Bradman|Don Bradman]], Australian cricketer (d. [[2001]])
* 1908 - [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], 36th [[President of the United States]] (d. [[1973]])
* 1908 - [[Kurt Wegner]], German artist (d. [[1985]])
*[[1909]] - [[Sylvère Maes]], Belgian cyclist (d. [[1966]])
* 1909 - [[Lester Young]], American musician (d. [[1959]])
*[[1911]] - [[Kay Walsh]], British actress (d. [[2005]])
*[[1912]] - [[Gloria Guinness]], Mexican socialite and writer(d.[[1980]])
*[[1913]] - [[Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg|Nina Schenk von Stauffenberg]], Russian-born wife of [[Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg]] (d. [[2006]])
*[[1915]] - [[Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr.|Norman F. Ramsey]], American physicist [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[1916]] - [[Martha Raye]], American actress (d. [[1994]])
* 1916 - [[Tony Harris (cricketer)|Tony Harris]], South African cricketer (d. [[1993]])
*[[1917]] - [[Peanuts Lowrey]], American baseball player (d. [[1986]])
*[[1919]] - [[Murray Grand]], American songwriter and cabaret singer (d. [[2007]])
*[[1921]] - [[Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg]], head of the [[House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] (d. [[1996]])
* 1921 - [[Leo Penn]], American film director (d. [[1998]])
*[[1924]] - [[David Rowbotham]], Australian poet
*[[1925]] - [[Darry Cowl]], French actor (d. [[2006]])
*[[1926]] - [[Pat Coombs]], English actress (d. [[2002]])
* 1926 - [[Kristen Nygaard]], Norwegian mathematician (d. [[2002]])
*[[1927]] - [[Jimmy C. Newman]], American singer
*[[1928]] - [[Mangosuthu Buthelezi]], South African politician
*[[1929]] - [[Ira Levin]], American author (d. [[2007]])
*[[1931]] - [[Sri Chinmoy]], Indian guru (d. [[2007]])
* 1931 - [[Joe Cunningham]], American baseball player
*[[1932]] - [[Antonia Fraser]], British author
*[[1935]] - [[Ernie Broglio]], American baseball player
* 1935 - [[Frank Yablans]], American film producer
*[[1936]] - [[Joel Kovel]], American politician
*[[1937]] - [[Alice Coltrane]], American jazz musician (d. [[2007]])
* 1937 - [[Tommy Sands]], American actor and singer
*[[1940]] - [[Sonny Sharrock]], American jazz guitarist (d. [[1994]])
*[[1942]] - [[Daryl Dragon]], American keyboardist ([[Captain & Tennille]])
* 1942 - [[Brian Peckford]], Canadian politician
*[[1943]] - [[Tuesday Weld]], American actress
*[[1945]] - [[G. W. Bailey]], American actor
*[[1946]] - [[Tony Howard]], West Indian cricketer
*[[1947]] - [[Barbara Bach]], American actress
* 1947 - [[Harry Reems]], American actor
* 1947 - [[John Morrison (cricketer)|John Morrison]], New Zealand cricketer
*[[1948]] - [[Pavlos Sidiropoulos]], Greek musician (d. [[1990]])
*[[1949]] - [[Jeff Cook (musician)|Jeff Cook]], vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, fiddle, banjo and mandolin for [[Alabama (band)|Alabama]]
*[[1950]] - [[Charles Fleischer]], American actor
*[[1951]] - [[Buddy Bell]], American baseball player-manager
* 1951 - [[Mack Brown]], American University of Texas Head Football Coach
*[[1952]] - [[Paul Reubens|Paul "Pee-Wee Herman" Reubens]], American actor
*[[1953]] - [[Alex Lifeson]], Canadian guitarist ([[Rush (band)|Rush]])
* 1953 - [[Peter Stormare]], Swedish-born actor
*[[1954]] - [[John Lloyd (tennis)|John Lloyd]], British tennis player
* 1954 - [[Derek Warwick]], British race car driver
*[[1955]] - [[Laura Fygi]], Dutch singer
* 1955 - [[Robert Richardson (cinematographer)|Robert Richardson]], American cinematographer
* 1955 - [[Diana Scarwid]], American actress
*[[1957]] - [[Bernhard Langer]], German golfer and two-time [[The Masters Tournament|Masters]] champion
*[[1958]] - [[Normand Brathwaite]], Canadian comedian and television and radio host
* 1958 - [[Sergei Krikalev]], Russian cosmonaut
* 1958 - [[Tom Lanoye]], Belgian author
*[[1959]] - [[Gerhard Berger]], Austrian race car driver and [[F1]] team co-owner ([[Scuderia Toro Rosso]])
* 1959 - [[Juan Fernando Cobo]], Colombian artist
*[[1961]] - [[Yolanda Adams]], American gospel singer
* 1961 - [[Tom Ford]], American fashion designer
*[[1962]] - [[Vic Mignogna]], American voice actor
* 1962 - [[Adam Oates]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1963]] - [[Downtown Julie Brown]], Welsh TV personality and MTV VJ
*[[1964]] - [[Frankie Thorn]], American actress
*[[1965]] - [[Wayne James]], Zimbabwean cricketer
*[[1966]] - [[Juhan Parts]], [[Prime Minister of Estonia]]
*[[1967]] - [[Bob Nastanovich]], American musician ([[Pavement (band)|Pavement]], [[Silver Jews]])
*[[1969]] - [[Reece Shearsmith]], British actor and comedian
* 1969 - [[Mark Ealham]], England cricketer
* 1969 - [[Chandra Wilson]], American actress
*[[1970]] - [[Peter Ebdon]], English snooker player
* 1970 - [[Tony Kanal]], English-born musician ([[No Doubt]])
* 1970 - [[Jeff Kenna]], Irish footballer
* 1970 - [[Jim Thome]], American baseball player
* 1970 - [[Andy Bichel]], Australian cricketer
* 1970 - [[Mark Ilott]], England cricketer
*[[1971]] - [[Julian Cheung]], Hong Kong actor and singer
*[[1972]] - [[Denise Lewis]], English heptathlete
* 1972 - [[The Great Khali|Dalip Singh]], Indian professional wrestler
* 1972 - [[Mike Smith (actor)|Mike Smith]], Canadian actor
*[[1973]] - [[Carlene Begnaud]], American professional wrestler
* 1973 - [[Cory Bowles]], Canadian actor
* 1973 - [[Danny Coyne]], Welsh footballer
* 1973 - [[Dietmar Hamann]], German footballer
*[[1974]] - [[José Vidro]], Puerto Rican baseball player
* 1974 - [[Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer)|Mohammad Yousuf]], Pakistani cricketer
* 1974 - [[Michael Mason]], New Zealand cricketer
*[[1975]] - [[Jonny Moseley]], American skier
* 1975 - [[Mark Rudan]], Australian footballer
*[[1976]] - [[Sarah Chalke]], Canadian actress
* 1976 - [[Carlos Moyà]], Spanish tennis player
* 1976 - [[Steve P. Taylor (writer)|Steve Taylor]], British writer
* 1976 - [[Akihito Terui|Milano Collection Akihito Terui]], Japanese professional wrestler
* 1976 - [[Mark Webber]], Australian race car driver
*[[1977]] - [[Deco]], Portuguese footballer
* 1977 - [[Mase]], American rapper
*[[1979]] - [[Giovanni Capitello]], American filmmaker/actor
* 1979 - [[Tian Liang]], Chinese diver
* 1979 - [[Sarah Neufeld]], Canadian musician ([[Arcade Fire]])
*[[1983]] - [[Wilson Chen]], Taiwanese actor
*[[1984]] - [[David Bentley]], English footballer
* 1984 - [[Sulley Muntari]], Ghanaian footballer
*[[1985]] - [[Alexandra Nechita]], Romanian/American artist
*[[1986]] - [[Mario (singer)|Mario]], American R&B singer
*[[1988]] - [[Alexa Vega]], American actress
*[[1991]] - [[Tanuki]], mythological creature from the woods


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==Deaths==
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* [[542]] - [[Saint Caesarius of Arles]]
* [[827]] - [[Pope Eugene II]]
*[[1312]] - [[Arthur II, Duke of Brittany]] (b. [[1262]])
*[[1394]] - [[Chokei]], Emperor of Japan (b. [[1343]])
*[[1450]] - [[Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr]], English politician (b. [[1395]])
*[[1521]] - [[Josquin Des Prez]], Flemish composer
*[[1545]] - [[Piotr Gamrat]], Polish Catholic archbishop (b. [[1487]])
*[[1572]] - [[Claude Goudimel]], French composer
*[[1577]] - [[Titian]], Italian artist
*[[1590]] - [[Pope Sixtus V]] (b. [[1521]])
*[[1635]] - [[Félix Lope de Vega]], Spanish poet and playwright (b. [[1562]])
*[[1664]] - [[Francisco Zurbarán]], Spanish painter (b. [[1598]])
*[[1748]] - [[James Thomson (poet)|James Thomson]], Scottish poet (b. [[1700]])
*[[1773]] - [[Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz]], Prussian general (b. [[1721]])
*[[1857]] - [[Rufus Wilmot Griswold]], American literary critic and editor (b. 1812)
*[[1871]] - [[William Whiting Boardman]], American politician (b. [[1794]])
*[[1875]] - [[William Chapman Ralston]], American banker (b. [[1826]])
*[[1909]] - [[Emil Christian Hansen]], Danish fermentation physiologist (b. [[1842]])
*[[1929]] - [[Herman Potocnik|Herman Potočnik Noordung]], Slovenian rocket scientist (b. [[1892]])
*[[1931]] - [[Frank Harris]], Irish author and editor (b. [[1856]])
* 1931 - [[Francis Marion Smith]], American borax magnate (b. [[1846]])
*[[1944]] - [[Georg von Boeselager]], German nobleman (b. [[1915]])
*[[1948]] - [[Charles Evans Hughes]], U.S. Supreme Court justice (b. [[1862]])
*[[1958]] - [[Ernest Lawrence]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1901]])
*[[1963]] - [[Garrett Morgan]], American inventor (b. [[1877]])
* 1963 - [[W. E. B. Du Bois]], American civil rights activist and scholar (b. [[1868]])
* 1963 - [[Allama Mashriqi]], Pakistani scholar and politician (b. [[1888]])
*[[1964]] - [[Gracie Allen]], American actress and comedienne (b. [[1895]])
*[[1965]] - [[Le Corbusier]], Swiss architect (b. [[1887]])
*[[1967]] - [[Brian Epstein]], English manager of [[The Beatles]] (b. [[1934]])
*[[1968]] - [[Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark|Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent]] (b. [[1906]])
*[[1969]] - [[Ivy Compton-Burnett]], English novelist (b. [[1884]])
* 1969 - [[Erika Mann]], German writer and daughter of [[Thomas Mann]] (b. [[1905]])
*[[1971]] - [[Bennett Cerf]], American publisher and television personality (b. [[1898]])
* 1971 - [[Margaret Bourke-White]], American photo-journalist (b. [[1906]])
*[[1975]] - [[Haile Selassie]] I, [[Emperor of Ethiopia]] (b. [[1892]])
*[[1976]] - [[Mukesh]], Indian playback singer (b. [[1923]])
*[[1979]] - [[Earl Mountbatten]], British admiral and statesman (assassinated) (b. [[1900]])
*[[1980]] - [[Douglas Kenney]], American humorist (b. [[1947]])
*[[1981]] - [[Valery Kharlamov]], Soviet ice hockey player (b. [[1948]])
*[[1984]] - [[Bernard Youens]], English actor (b. [[1914]])
*[[1987]] - [[Scott La Rock]], American DJ ([[Boogie Down Productions]]) (b. [[1962]])
*[[1988]] - [[William Sargant]], British psychiatrist (b. [[1907]])
* 1988 - [[Mario Montenegro]], Filipino actor (b. [[1928]])
*[[1990]] - [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]], American guitarist (b. [[1954]])
*[[1996]] - [[Greg Morris]], American actor (b. [[1933]])
*[[1999]] - [[Hélder Câmara]], Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop (b. [[1909]])
*[[2001]] - [[Abu Ali Mustafa]], leader of [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] (assassinated) (b. [[1938]])
* 2001 - [[Michael Dertouzos]], Greek internet pioneer, Director of the M.I.T. [[Laboratory for Computer Science]] (b. [[1936]])
*[[2002]] - Dr. [[Edwin Louis Cole]], "Father of the Modern Day Men's Movement," Founder of the Christian Men's Network (CMN)
*[[2003]] - [[Pierre Poujade]], French politician (b. [[1920]])
*[[2004]] - [[Willie Crawford]], American baseball player (b. [[1946]])
*[[2005]] - [[Seán Purcell]], Gaelic footballer (b. [[1929]])
*[[2006]] - [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]], Indian film director (b. [[1922]])
* 2006 - [[Maria Capovilla]], oldest woman alive from 2004-2006 (b. [[1889]])
* 2006 - [[Jesse Pintado]], Mexican-born guitarist ([[Napalm Death]]) (b. [[1969]])
*[[2007]] - [[Emma Penella]], Spanish actress (b. [[1930]])
*[[2008]] - [[Mark Priestley]], Australian actor (b. [[1976]])
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==Holidays and observances==
*[[Roman Festivals]] - [[Volturnalia]] held in honor of [[Volturnus]].
*[[Calendar of Saints|RC Saints]] -
**Saint [[Joseph Calasanctius]] (Pre-1970 Roman Catholic calendar)
**Saint [[Monica of Hippo]]
**Saint [[Caesarius of Arles]]
**Saints [[Rufus and Carpophorus]]
**Saint [[Margaret the Barefooted]].
*[[Moldova]] - [[Independence Day]] (from the [[USSR]], [[1991]]).
*[[Texas]] - [[Lyndon Baines Johnson Day]]

==External links==
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/27 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=27}}
* [http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Aug&day=27 On This Day in Canada]
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Atlantic Coast Radio is a radio company located in the state of Maine, owned by longtime broadcaster J. J. Jeffrey. Previous to the current radio group, Jeffrey was a partner in Fuller-Jeffrey Broadcasting with Bob Fuller, the company was dissolved when Citadel Broadcasting bought the group. Their studios are located at 779 Warren Ave. in Portland, Maine.

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