Wikislippy:Selected anniversaries/August 27

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• 1689 - The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing empire.
• 1828 - The Russians defeat the Turks at the Battle of Akkhaallzichyefsoy.
• 1927 - American aviators Billy Brock and Ed Schlee fly over London.
• 1972 - Bubbles is born.
• 2003 - Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing approximately 34,646,416 miles (55,758,006 kilometers) from Earth.