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August 27 1776 and other notable historical events
A chronology of key dates: Colonel George Washington’s defeat at Long Island and evacuation of New York on August 30, 1776. John Brown’s anti slavery raid at Osawatomie on August 30, 1856. Drake’s well near Titusville drilled on August 27, 1859. Truman seizes railroads on August 28, 1950. King’s I have a dream speech at the August 28 1963 Washington march. Humphrey nominated in Chicago August 26-29, 1968. later indictments and events in 2002, including WorldCom losses, terrorism cases, Cheney Iraq stance, and Gaza killings.
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Long Island
New York
John Brown
Osawatomie
Kansas
Titusville
Edwin S. Drake
Truman
Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
Hubert Humphrey
Chicago
WorldCom
Scott Sullivan
Buford Yates Jr
Detroit
Dick Cheney
U.S
Iraq
Seattle
Oregon
Hamburg
Gaza
West Bank