On This Day in History August 27, 2018

Historical Events 479  Greco-Persian Wars: Battle of Mycale won by Greek forces over Persian naval troops on Ionian coast, double victory with that at Plataea ends Persian invasion 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; - no Japanese invasion of Korea for 900 years 1789  French National Assembly issues "Declaration of Rights of Man & Citizen" 1883  Krakatoa volcano, west of Java in Indonesia, erupts with a force of 1,300 megatons and kills approximately 40,000 people 1979  The 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 71st Birthday Donald Bradman (1908 - 2001) Ed Gein (1906 - 1984) Lyndon B. Johnson (1908 - 1973) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Haile Selassie (1892 - 1975) Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954 - 1990) More Famous Deaths August 29th: How 200 Conquistadors Conquered an Empire of 10 Million How did a mere 200 Spanish conquistadors capture the Incan Emperor-god Atahualpa, execute him and conquer an entire empire?