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Damascus, SANA- Today in History Aug 27th:
1883-A Tsunami in Indonesia kills 36.000 people.
1896- The Anglo-Zanzibar War erupts between the United Kingdom and the Zanzibar. The war lasted around 40 minutes as it is the shortest war in history.
1939- First flight of aircraft powered by a jet engine.
1969- South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard succeeds in transplanting artificial arteries for a child.
1991-Moldova declares independence from the Soviet Union.
1992- Hurricane Andrew sweeps Arizona State causing losses estimated at USD 1 billion.
Born Today:
1666- Tsar Ivan V of Russia.
1874- German chemist Carl Bosch
Passed Away:
1576- Italian Painter Tiziano Vecelli.
1958- American physicist Ernest Orlando Lawrence.
R.J/ Barry