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August 27

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Mother Teresa Roman Catholic nun READ MORE FEATURED EVENT 1576 The death of Titian READ MORE

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2011: After causing extensive damage to various Caribbean islands, Hurricane Irene made landfall in the United States, striking North Carolina's Outer Banks before moving along the Eastern Seaboard; property damage in the United States exceeded $7 billion, making Irene one of the most expensive Atlantic hurricanes in the country's history. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about natural disasters.]

2008: Democratic politician Barack Obama became the first African American to be nominated for the presidency by either major party; he later defeated Republican John McCain to win the office. [Read our list of 10 Democrats who made history, including Barack Obama.]

1979: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, was assassinated by members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, who placed on a bomb on his boat, which was in Donegal Bay, Ireland. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about famous Europeans.]

1964: The musical film Mary Poppins, an adaptation of P.L. Travers's book, had its world premiere in Los Angeles, and it became a Disney classic, especially noted for the performance of Julie Andrews, who was making her screen debut. [Test your knowledge of Disney.]

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ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY

1908 Lyndon B. Johnson president of United States

1906 Ed Gein American serial killer

1770 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel German philosopher

1961 Tom Ford American fashion designer

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