Wednesday August 27, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are until the end of the year. The day of the week is .

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

479 BC
Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army in the Battle of Plataea.
The Battle of Long Island: in what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
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.
Uruguay is formally proclaimed independent at preliminary peace talks brokered by Great Britain between Brazil and Argentina during the Argentina-Brazil War.
Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, “Does the word ‘Persons’in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?”
First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world’s first jet aircraft.
The Constitution of Malaysia comes into force.
The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
Israeli commando force penetrates deep into Egyptian territory to stage a mortar attack on regional Egyptian Army headquarters in the Nile Valley of Upper Egypt.
The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.

Who were born on ?

1487
Anna of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark (d. 1514)
Anne Marie of Orléans, queen of Italy (d. 1728)
James Henry Breasted, American Egyptologist (d. 1935)
Ernst Wetter, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1963)
Vincent Auriol, French President (d. 1966)
Rebecca Helferich Clarke, English composer and violist (d. 1979)
Robert Richardson, American cinematographer
Jaap-Derk Buma, Dutch field hockey player
Danny Coyne, Welsh footballer
Milano Collection Akihito Terui, Japanese professional wrestler

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