Daily Archives: August 27, 2019

U.S. Vice President Hannibal Hamlin born 210 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 27 1809)


Video: 'Did You Know: Abraham Lincoln's First Vice President'

(Sunday, August 27, 1809)Hannibal Hamlin, the 15th Vice President of the United States, who served from 1861 until 1865 during the administration of President Abraham Lincoln, was born today in Paris (now in Maine, then a part of Massachusetts). Continue reading U.S. Vice President Hannibal Hamlin born 210 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 27 1809)

Britain’s Lord Mountbatten assassinated by IRA terrorists 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 27 1979)


Video: 'Mountbatten: Death Of A Royal'

(Monday, August 27, 1979, morning BST)Earl Mountbatten of Burma, one of the heroes of modern British history, his grandson Nicholas, and two others were killed today by a bomb set by members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, hidden aboard his fishing boat in Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Ireland. Continue reading Britain’s Lord Mountbatten assassinated by IRA terrorists 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 27 1979)