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August 27, 1958
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The USSR launched Sputnik 3, carrying two dogs 
 
August 27, 1939
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The first jet-propelled aircraft, the Heinkel 178, made its first flight 
 
August 27, 1913
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A Russian pilot, Lieutenant Peter Nesterov, became the first to perform the loop-the-loop 
 
August 27, 1911
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Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits Boston, 5-0 
 
August 27, 1910
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Using 20, 137,000 candlepower arc lights, 2 amateur baseball teams play a night game at White Sox Park 
 
August 27, 1909
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Jack Chesbros final Yankee game 
 
August 27, 1900
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Battle at Bergendal 
 
August 27, 1859
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Edwin Drake was the first in the US to strike oil - at Titusville, Pennsylvania 
 
August 27, 1784
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The first balloon ascent was made in Britain by James Tytler at Edinburgh 
 
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