August 27

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2026 Daily Holidays that fall on August 27, include:

• Banana Lover's Day 
• Just Because Day 
• Kiss Me Day 
• Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (State of Texas)
• National Hamburger Day - August 27, 2026
• National Petroleum Day 
• National Pots de Creme Day 
• Raksha Bandhan - August 27, 2026 (Hindu Holiday)
• Slow Art Day
  
• Tarzan Day 
  
• The Duchess Who Wasn't Day 
• Thoughtful Thursday - August 27, 2026 (Last Thursday in August)
• World Rock Paper Scissors Day

2026 Weekly Holidays that include August 27, are:

• Be Kind to Humankind Week - August 25-31
• Brake Safety Week - August 23-29, 2026
• Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over - Labor Day: August 19 - September 6, 2026
• Health Unit Coordinators Week - August 23-29
• National Composites Week - August 24-28, 2026
• National Safe at Home Week - August 24-28, 2026 (Last Mon-Fri Week in August)
• Rabi 'al Awwal - August 14 - September 11, 2026
• World Water Week - August 23-27, 2026

2026 Monthly Holidays that include August 27, are:

There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our August Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of August.

NOTE:

1. A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
2. If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.

World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

• Little League World Series - August 19-30, 2026 (Held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania)

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for August 27 is Virgo.

Birth Flower of the Month

Birthstone

Famous Birthdays

• 1809 - Hannibal Hamlin, American attorney and politician who was the 15th Vice President of the United States while Abraham Lincoln was President (d. 1891)
• 1865 - Charles G. Dawes, American General and politician who was the 30th Vice President of the United States (d. 1951)
• 1877 - Charles Rolls, English engineer, and businessman who co-founded Rolls-?Royce Limited (d. 1910)
• 1908 - Lyndon B. Johnson, American commander and politician who was the 36th President of the United States (d. 1973)
• 1947 - Barbara Bach, American model, actress and wife of Beatle Ringo Starr (The Spy who Loved Me, Force 10 from Navarone)
• 1969 - Chandra Wilson, American actress and director (Grey's Anatomy)

Famous Deaths

• 1964 - Gracie Allen, America actress, comedian, wife of George Burns (Burns and Allen) (b. 1895)
• 1990 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer, songwriter, producer, guitarist (Double Trouble) (b. 1954)
• 1996 - Greg Morris, American actor (Mission Impossible) (b. 1933)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1977 - Singer Jimmy Buffett marries Jane Slagsvol
• 2005 - Actor Robert Downey Jr. marries producer Susan Levin in New York

Quote of the Day

August 27th is Kiss Me Day!

Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe of the Day

There is a Glycemic Index Diet, that is a new way of eating, based upon the Glycemic Index. It is one my favorite lifestyle solutions for your food choices, because it is just a guide to healthy eating, and there are many benefits that will help you with weight control and weight loss. You won’t get skinny quickly, but you will learn how to eat for health!

Remember, in the Glycemic Index, carbohydrate foods are categorized into green light foods that are a go, yellow light foods that signal caution, and red light foods that you should stop or eat sparingly. You can guess that all sugar laden foods, and processed foods fall into the red light category! Surprise!

Find out more about the Glycemic Index Diet from Kerry's Healthy Diet Habits website!

Season

August 27th falls within the Summer Season in the Northern Hemisphere.

Summer is the Hottest of the Four Seasons! It follows Spring and is before Fall! The kids are out of school and many vacations happen in summer, which means more family time. Hopefully a beach is involved!

The first day of Summer is also known as the Summer Solstice where we enjoy the most sunlight of the year! After this day, the amount of daylight starts to decrease each day.

Check out our Summer Season page for information about Summer, Summer Dates, Major Summer Holidays and Observances, Major Summer Festivals, Fun Facts About Summer, Summer Food Tips, Summer Gardening, Summer Preparation, Summer Quotes, and Summer Weather Information.

Kerry has put together some great information and tips on Summer Foods: 

• Summer Cooking

• Summer Weight Loss Tips

If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, this day falls in the Winter Season. 

• Winter Foods

• Winter Weight Gain

• Winter Weight Loss Tips

This Day in History

• 1172 - King Henry II of England crowns his heirs, Henry the Young King and Queen Margaret, without giving them any actual authority
• 1832 - The Black Hawk War is ended when Black Hawk, the leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans surrenders to the U.S. authorities
• 1881 - A hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia and causes an estimated 700 deaths
• 1893 - The Sea Islands hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia killing up to 2,000 people
• 1962 - NASA launches the Mariner 2 unmanned space mission to Venus
• 1980 - Extortionist John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada. The FBI attempt to disarm the bomb but fail and the bomb explodes and damages the hotel, but no injuries occur
• 2003 - Despite passing at 34,646,418 miles from Earth, Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years
• 2006 - Comair Flight 5191 from Lexington Kentucky bound for Atlanta crashes on takeoff and 49 of the 50 passengers and crew are confirmed dead
• 2011 - Hurricane Irene touches down on the U.S. east coast killing 47 and causing $15.6 billion in damages

This Day in Music

• 1955 - Ain't That a Shame by Fats Domino's hits #10 in the United States
• 1964 - Disney releases Mary Poppins, a musical featuring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke
• 1966 - Cherish is released by The Association
• 1988 - Tracy Chapman's self-titled debut album reaches #1 in the United States, with her single Fast Car coming in at #6 (video below)
• 1988 - Billboard introduces the New Age Albums Chart and Cristofori's Dream by pianist David Lanz is their first #1
• 1991 - Ten is the debut album released by Pearl Jam 
• 2017 - Humble, by Kendrick Lamar wins Video of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards

This Day in Sports

• 1938 - New York Yankees pitcher Monte Pearson no-hits Indians 13-0 while Joe DiMaggio hits 3 triples
• 2017 - Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeats MMA fighter Conor McGregor in his debut match in Las Vegas

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!