August 27: Krakatoa Erupts and the End of Lord Mountbatten

On This Day in History August 27, 2020 Historical Events 663  Battle of Baekgang: Tang Chinese and Silla Korean forces defeat Korean Baekje forces and their Yamato Japanese allies on the Geum River in Korea. Last Japanese invasion of Korea for 900 years. 1789  French National Assembly issues the "Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen" 1883  Krakatoa volcano, west of Java in Indonesia, erupts with a force of 1,300 megatons and kills approximately 40,000 people 1979  1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and last Viceroy of India, is killed along with three companions, two of them children by the IRA when his boat is blown up near Sligo, Ireland More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Barbara Bach 73rd Birthday Donald Bradman (1908 - 2001) Ed Gein (1906 - 1984) Lyndon B. Johnson (1908 - 1973) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Haile Selassie (1892 - 1975) Lord Mountbatten (1900 - 1979) More Famous Deaths August 27: Krakatoa: The World's Mightiest Explosion The world's biggest-ever explosion – 13,000 times greater than the Hiroshima bomb – happened on this day as eruptions of the Krakatoa volcano reached a climax Read the Article You Might Like Take Our Weekly Quiz You received this email because you opted in at our website, OnThisDay.com Update Your Preferences | Unsubscribe © 2020 OnThisDay.com 2 Acacia Place, Tauranga 3110, New Zealand