On this day August 27
1945 US troops land in Japan after Japan surrender
1958 USSR launches Sputnik 3 with two dogs aboard
1962 Mariner 2, the first probe to fly by Venus, is launched
1973 American Civil War ship USS Monitor is discovered
1990 Market prices plunge as OPEC nears an informal agreement to increase output to cover the shortfall due to the invasion; cash market trading experiences an abrupt decline
