TODAY IN HISTORY – 27th Aug, 2026 – ORBITS NEWS
Valentine Uchechukwu Ndukwu believes that history can be likened to a time traveler. When studied carefully, it reveals what can happen or reoccur in the nearest future.
Kindly scroll down to untie the historical bounty that Today in History has to offer
On this day in 1859 Petroleum was discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania, leading to the world’s first commercially successful oil well.
Still on this day in 1933, the first Afrikaans Bible was introduced during a Bible Festival in Bloemfontein.
In 1939, on this day, we had the First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world’s first jet aircraft.
Today in history recorded the first day of the Sarny Massacre, perpetrated by Germans and Ukrainians in the year 1942.
Again, on this day in 1971, an attempted coup d’état failed in the African nation of Chad. The Government of Chad accuses Egypt of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off diplomatic relations.
It was exactly on this day in 1985 that Major General Muhammadu Buhari, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria, was ousted from power in a coup d’état led by Major General Ibrahim Babangida.
Today in history, Mars made its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km) distant and this was in 2003.
For another scintillating build up of some verifiable historical events on our ever interesting today in history series, please check back tomorrow, and as the point man, keep pointing in the right direction.
