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August 27
What happened on this day
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Anglo-Zanzibar War
130 years ago
British warships bombard the Sultan's palace in 1896 and Zanzibar surrenders in under 45 minutes, the shortest war on record.
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First oil well
167 years ago
Edwin Drake completes the first commercial oil well, in Titusville, Pennsylvania, in 1859.
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Don Bradman born
118 years ago
Australia's greatest batsman, whose Test average of 99.94 stands far beyond any rival's, is born in Cootamundra in 1908.
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Guinness Book of Records
71 years ago
The first edition is bound in 1955, conceived to settle pub arguments and a British bestseller by Christmas.
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