August 27 historical events
1105 — Battle of Ramla (1105)
The third Battle of Ramla (or Ramleh) took place on 27 August 1105 between the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Fatimids of Egypt. The town of Ramla lay on the road from Jerusalem to Ascalon, the latter of which was the largest Fatimid fortress in Palestine. From Ascalon the Fatimid vizier, Al-Afdal Shahanshah, launched almost annual attacks into the newly founded Crusader kingdom from 1099 to 1107. Of the three battles the Crusaders fought at Ramla early in the twelfth century, the third was the most bloody. Egyptian armies of the period relied on masses of Sudanese bowmen supported by Arab and Berber cavalry.
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1597 — Battle of Chilcheollyang
The naval Battle of Chilcheollyang took place before dawn on August 27, 1597 (the 15th day of the 7th lunar month 1597) during the Imjin War in Chilcheollyang, which is a narrow strait near Geoje island. It took place during the second invasion of the Japanese. This was the only naval victory for the Japanese during the War.
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1626 — Battle of Lutter
The Battle of Lutter (Lutter am Barenberge) took place during the Thirty Years' War, on 27 August 1626 (17 August 1626 in the modern Gregorian calendar), between the forces of the Lower Saxon Circle, combining mostly Protestant states, and led by its Circle Colonel Christian IV of Denmark, and the forces of the Catholic League. Lutter am Barenberge lies to the south of the modern town of Salzgitter, then within the Imperial Circle of Lower Saxony, and now in northwest Germany. The battle resulted in a heavy defeat of Christian IV's troops by those of Emperor Ferdinand II, led by the Catholic League general Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly.
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1661 — Action of 27 August 1661
Action of 27 August 1661 was a naval battle that took place on 27 August 1661 near Milos, Greece between the Republic of Venice and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta over the Ottoman Empire.
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1776 — Battle of Long Island
The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn and the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, fought on August 27, 1776, was the first major battle of the American Revolutionary War to take place after the United States declared its independence on July 4, 1776. It was a victory for the British Army and the beginning of a successful campaign that gave them control of the strategically important city of New York. In terms of troop deployment and fighting, it was the largest battle of the entire war.
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1781 — Battle of Pollilur (1781)
The Battle of Pollilur was fought on 27 August 1781, between forces of the Kingdom of Mysore under Hyder Ali and British East India Company forces led by General Eyre Coote. The battle was fought on the site of a 1780 encounter in which a Company force was almost completely killed or captured. In the 1781 battle, the company's army was organized into 2 lines. One line fought against the troops under Tipu. But Hyder Ali's army faced severe casualties and retreated to Kanchipuram. After the battle a shortage of provisions led Coote to move his forces toward Tripasur.
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1781 — Battle of Elizabethtown
The Battle of Elizabethtown occurred on August 27, 1781 in Elizabethtown, North Carolina in Bladen County, North Carolina. The battle was fought between Patriot troops under the command of Thomas Robeson and Thomas Brown and the Loyalist North Carolina militia commanded by John Slingsby and David Godden. John Slingsby and David Godden were both mortally wounded and many of the soldiers fled the area into a ravine near the river, which has been known as "Tory Hole" ever since.
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1782 — Battle of the Combahee River
The Battle of the Combahee River was a battle of the American Revolutionary War fought on August 27, 1782, near Beaufort, South Carolina, one of many such confrontations after the Siege of Yorktown to occur before the British evacuated Charleston in December 1782. Of note is the death of 27-year-old Colonel John Laurens, "one of the bravest and most gallant of the American officers."
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1791 — Declaration of Pillnitz
The Declaration of Pillnitz was a statement of five sentences issued on 27 August 1791 at Pillnitz Castle near Dresden (Saxony) by Frederick William II of Prussia and the Habsburg Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor who was Marie Antoinette's brother. It declared the joint support of the Holy Roman Empire and of Prussia for King Louis XVI of France against the French Revolution.
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1792 — 1792–93 United States House of Representatives elections
The 1792–93 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between August 27, 1792, and September 6, 1793. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 3rd United States Congress convened on December 2, 1793.
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1798 — Battle of Castlebar
The Battle of Castlebar occurred on 27 August 1798 near the town of Castlebar, County Mayo, during the Irish Rebellion of that year. A combined force of 2,000 French troops and Irish rebels routed a force of 6,000 British militia in what would later become known as the "Castlebar Races" or "Races of Castlebar".
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1862 — Fight at Waterford
The Fight at Waterford was a small skirmish during the American Civil War that took place in Waterford, Virginia on August 27, 1862 between the local partisan cavalry units of White's Rebels, fighting for the Confederates, and the Loudoun Rangers fighting for the Union. The Rebels surprised and routed the newly formed Loudoun Rangers in their camp at Waterford, capturing nearly the whole unit before subsequently paroling them, thus resulting in a Confederate victory.
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1863 — Battle of Bayou Meto
The Battle of Bayou Meto (August 27, 1863), also known as the Battle of Reed's Bridge, was fought in Pulaski County, Arkansas, during the American Civil War.
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1870 — Battle of Buzancy
Battle of Buzancy was a battle of the Franco-Prussian War which took place on 27 August 1870 in Buzancy, France between the French Empire and the combined German forces of Prussia and Saxony. The midfield force of the 24th Brigade (under the command of Major General Friedrich Senfft von Pilsach ) of a division Saxon cavalry of the Maas Army of the Prussian army won a victory over the Cavalry Regiment. 12th Chasseur light infantry of the V Army of the French Empire under the command of General Pierre Louis Charles de Failly.
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1895 — Battle of Baguashan
The Battle of Baguashan (Chinese: 八卦山戰役), the largest battle ever fought on Taiwanese soil, was the pivotal battle of the Japanese invasion of Taiwan. The battle, fought on 27 August 1895 near the city of Changhua in central Taiwan between the invading Japanese army and the forces of the short-lived Republic of Formosa, was a decisive Japanese victory, and doomed the Republic of Formosa to early extinction. The battle was one of the few occasions on which the Formosans were able to deploy artillery against the Japanese.
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1895 — Maltese general election, 1895
General elections were held in Malta on 26 and 27 August 1895. For the first time since 1883, every seat was contested.
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1901 — Battle of Aguadulce
The Battle of Aguadulce was a battle that occurred during the Thousand Days War, between Liberals and Conservatives. It occurred between February 23 and August 27, 1901 and ended in an overwhelming victory on the part of the Liberal army under the command of General Benjamin Herrera over the Conservative army based in the city of Aguadulce under the command of General Francisco Castro.
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1906 — Norwegian parliamentary election, 1906
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway between 5 and 27 August 1906, with a second round held between 26 August and 22 October. It was the first parliamentary election in Norway after gaining independence from Sweden in 1905. A Two-round system was used at this election for the first time. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 73 of the 123 seats in the Storting.
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1918 — Battle of Ambos Nogales
The Battle of Ambos Nogales (The Battle of Both Nogales), or as it is known in Mexico La batalla del 27 de agosto (The Battle of 27 August), was an engagement fought on 27 August 1918 between Mexican forces and elements of US Army troops of the 35th Infantry Regiment, who were reinforced by the Buffalo Soldiers of the 10th Cavalry Regiment, and commanded by Lt. Col. Frederick J. Herman. The American soldiers and militia forces were stationed in Nogales, Arizona, and the Mexican soldiers and armed Mexican militia were in Nogales, Sonora.
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1920 — August 1920 Guatemalan presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Guatemala on 27 August 1920. The result was a victory for Carlos Herrera, who received 95% of the vote.
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1923 — Irish general election, 1923
The Irish general election of 1923 was held on 27 August 1923. The newly elected members of the 4th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 19 September when the new President of the Executive Council and Executive Council of the Irish Free State were appointed. The election was held just after the end of the Irish Civil War. Many of the Republican TDs, who represented the losing anti-Treaty side, were still imprisoned during and after the election. Cumann na nGaedheal, who represented the winning side in the war, also won the election and formed the government.
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1931 — 1931 Victorian local elections
The 1931 Victorian local elections were held on 27 August 1931 to elect the councils of 100 of the local government areas in Victoria, Australia. A number of by-elections were also held to fill extraordinary vacancies. Until the 1994 reforms introduced by the Kennett state government, all local elections were staggered, with not all councillors up for election each year.
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1939 — 1939 Poland v Hungary football match
The Last Game, as it is known in Poland, was played on Sunday, 27 August 1939, at the Stadion Wojska Polskiego in Warsaw. It was the last game of the interwar Polish football team before the Second World War. The Poland national football team faced and beat one of the best teams of that period – FIFA World Cup (1938) runners-up, Hungary, four goals to two.
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1957 — North Korean parliamentary election, 1957
Parliamentary elections were held for the second Supreme People's Assembly in North Korea on 27 August 1957. Only one candidate was presented in each constituency, all of which were selected by the Workers' Party of Korea, although some ran under the banner of other parties or state organisations to give an appearance of democracy. Voter turnout was reported to be 99.99%, with 99.92% voting in favour of the candidates presented. Its first session took place on 18–20 September 1957. One of its declarations was "On the Immediate Tasks of the People's Power in Socialist Construction".
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1957 — 1957 United States Senate special election in Wisconsin
The 1957 United States Senate special election in Wisconsin took place on August 27, 1957, to elect a U.S. Senator to complete the unexpired term of Senator Joseph McCarthy, who died on May 2, 1957. Unlike most states Wisconsin law did not allow for the gubernatorial appointment of an interim Senator. Democratic nominee William Proxmire defeated Republican nominee and former Governor Walter J. Kohler Jr.
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1974 — 1974 Indian vice presidential election
The 1974 Indian vice presidential election was held on 27 August 1974. B. D. Jatti defeated his opponent, Niral Enem Horo to become the fifth vice president of India. There were some changes in the law regarding vice-presidential elections, as follows: The nomination paper of a vice-presidential candidate shall be subscribed by at least 5 electors as proposers and 5 electors as seconders.
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1977 — Tuvaluan general election, 1977
General elections were held in Tuvalu on 27 August 1977. As there were no political parties, all candidates ran as independents, with Toaripi Lauti remaining Chief Minister. Voter turnout was 78.8%.
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1979 — Warrenpoint ambush
The Warrenpoint ambush or Narrow Water ambush (also called the Warrenpoint massacre or Narrow Water massacre) was a guerrilla attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 27 August 1979. The IRA's South Armagh Brigade ambushed the British Army with two large roadside bombs at Narrow Water Castle (near Warrenpoint) in Northern Ireland. The first bomb targeted a British Army convoy and the second targeted the reinforcements sent to deal with the incident. IRA volunteers hidden in nearby woodland also allegedly fired on the troops. The castle is on the banks of the Newry River, which marks the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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1979 — 1979 Indian vice presidential election
The 1979 Indian vice presidential election was held in mid-1979 to elect the vice president of India. Former chief justice Mohammad Hidayatullah was elected unopposed for the post. Had the election been contested by more than one candidate, it would have occurred on 27 August 1979.
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1980 — South Korean presidential election, 1980
The 11th South Korean Presidential Election took place on 27 August 1980.
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1985 — 1985 Nigerian coup d'état
The 1985 Nigerian coup d'état was a military coup which took place in Nigeria on 27 August 1985 when a faction of mid-level Armed Forces officers, led by the Chief of Army Staff Major-General Ibrahim Babangida, overthrew the government of Major General Muhammadu Buhari (who himself took power in the 1983 coup d'état). Buhari was then detained in Benin City until 1988.
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1990 — SummerSlam (1990)
SummerSlam (1990) was the third annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on August 27, 1990, at The Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The card consisted of ten televised matches, including two main events. The Ultimate Warrior successfully defended his WWF World Heavyweight Championship against Rick Rude in a steel cage match, and Hulk Hogan defeated Earthquake by countout. The pay-per-view also included two other title matches. Mr. Perfect lost his WWF Intercontinental Championship to the Texas Tornado, who was a substitute for Brutus Beefcake, who had been injured in a real-life accident.
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1994 — NWA World Title Tournament
In professional wrestling, the NWA World Title Tournament was a live supercard held by the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States-based professional wrestling promotion NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling on August 27, 1994. The event featured a tournament for the vacant NWA World Heavyweight Championship. The commentator for the event was Joey Styles. Highlights from the event aired on the August 29, 1994 episode of ECW Hardcore TV, while the tournament final appeared on the 2012 WWE DVD release ECW Unreleased: Vol 1. The event is known for the speech given by the tournament winner, ECW Heavyweight Champion Shane Douglas, who threw down the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and proclaimed the ECW Heavyweight Championship to be a world championship.
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1995 — SummerSlam (1995)
The 1995 SummerSlam was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the eighth annual SummerSlam and took place on Sunday, August 27, 1995, at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This was the first SummerSlam to broadcast live on a Sunday as all prior events were held on a Monday, except the 1992 event, which took place on a Saturday but aired on tape delay the following Monday.
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1998 — Belizean general election, 1998
General elections were held in Belize on 27 August 1998. The result was a victory for the People's United Party, which won 26 of the 29 seats and Said Musa was elected as Prime Minister for the first time. Voter turnout was 90.1%, the highest since independence.
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2000 — SummerSlam (2000)
SummerSlam (2000) was the thirteenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The event was presented by Chef Boyardee and took place on August 27, 2000, at the Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. The main event was a Triple Threat match for the WWF Championship involving champion The Rock, Triple H, and Kurt Angle. The Rock won the match and retained the title after pinning Triple H following a People's Elbow. One of the predominant matches on the undercard was Kane versus The Undertaker, which ended in a no contest after Undertaker unmasked Kane.
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2003 — 2003 Jordanian local elections
Local elections were held in Jordan on 27 August 2003 to elect municipal and local councils.
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2004 — 2004 UEFA Super Cup
The 2004 UEFA Super Cup was an association football match between Porto of Portugal and Valencia of Spain on 27 August 2004, held at the Stade Louis II in Monaco. The match was the 29th annual UEFA Super Cup contested between the winners of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup. Porto were appearing in the Super Cup for the third time; they won the competition in 1987 and lost in 2003. Valencia were appearing in the competition for the second time; their previous appearance in 1980 resulted in a victory. The teams had qualified for the Super Cup match by winning the two seasonal European competitions.
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2006 — Comair Flight 5191
Comair Flight 5191 was a scheduled United States domestic passenger flight from Lexington, Kentucky, to Atlanta, Georgia. On the morning of August 27, 2006, at around 06:07 EDT (10:07 UTC), the Bombardier CRJ100 crashed while attempting to take off from Blue Grass Airport in Fayette County, Kentucky, four miles (six kilometres; three nautical miles) west of the central business district of the city of Lexington.
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2011 — Singaporean presidential election, 2011
The Singaporean presidential election of 2011 was the fourth Singaporean presidential election, held on 27 August 2011. Nomination Day for eligible candidates was held on 17 August 2011. S.R. Nathan, the previous President of Singapore, stepped down on 31 August 2011 when his term drew to a close. He could have sought re-election, as there is no term limit, but he declined to do so. Four candidates were issued certificates of eligibility by Singapore's Presidential Elections Committee, and all four were nominated on Nomination Day. This was the first contested election since the 1993 election and the first presidential race with more than two candidates in Singaporean history.
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2011 — All Together (professional wrestling)
All Together is a series of professional wrestling events organized by United Japan Pro-Wrestling. Initially the All Together event series was organized by Japan's three biggest promotions; All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH), in response to the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The first event was held in Tokyo on August 27, 2011, and the second in Sendai on February 19, 2012.
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2013 — 2013 Birmingham, Alabama mayoral election
The 2013 Birmingham, Alabama mayoral election was held on August 27, 2013, to elect the mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. Incumbent Mayor William A. Bell, who was first elected in a 2010 special election and re-elected to a two-year term in 2011, ran for re-election to his first full term as mayor. He faced a little-known field of challengers and won re-election in a landslide, receiving 82 percent of the vote.
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2014 — Prisión Fatal (August 2014)
Prisión Fatal (2014) was a professional wrestling major event, produced by the Mexico based International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) professional wrestling promotion. The event took on August 27, 2014, at "Arena Naucalpan" in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, IWRG's main venue and was the fourth show promoted under that name. The main event was the eponymous Prisión Fatal (Spanish for "Deadly Prison") Steel cage match where the last person remaining in the cage was forced to unmasked or shaved bald as per the match stipulation. The Prisión Fatal match included Alan Extreme, Chucho el Roto, Ciclon Black, Golden Magic, Metaleón, Relámpago, Tony Rivera and Yakuza.
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2016 — UFC on Fox: Maia vs. Condit
UFC on Fox: Maia vs. Condit (also known as UFC on Fox 21) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on August 27, 2016 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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2016 — Field of Honor (2016)
Field of Honor (2016) was a professional wrestling event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH), that took place on August 27, 2016 at the MCU Park in Brooklyn, New York. Field of Honor '16 is on ROH Wrestling.com's Home Page in the Video on Demand Section.
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2016 — Gabonese presidential election, 2016
Presidential elections were held in Gabon on 27 August 2016. Incumbent President Ali Bongo Ondimba ran for re-election and was challenged by former Minister for Foreign Affairs Jean Ping. On 31 August, the electoral commission proclaimed Bongo's re-election with a margin of less than two per cent. Protests broke out in the capital Libreville after the results were announced.
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2016 — 2016 Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015) leadership election
The Democratic Party held a leadership election on 27 August 2016. It was to elect a successor to interim leader Kim Chong-in, who was the leader of the 2016 legislative election. The elected leader was slated to serve a 2-year term. The new leader, Choo Mi-ae was the first leader from Daegu–Gyeongbuk (TK) region in the history of the Democratic Party.
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2021 — 2021 Niuean village council elections
Village council elections were held in Niue on 27 August 2021 to elect members of the village councils of all fourteen villages. However, in only six villages were there more candidates than seats to fill, so all other candidates were elected unopposed.
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2023 — Deir ez-Zor clashes (2023)
Starting on 27 August 2023, an escalation of violence occurred across Deir ez-Zor Governorate in eastern Syria. The clashes began after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is the military force of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) arrested the military commander of Deir ez-Zor Military Council known by the name of Abu Khawla, accusing him of corruption and unlawful activity.
Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria · War & conflict · Checked 2026-09-23
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2023 — Impact Wrestling Emergence (2023)
The 2023 Emergence was a professional wrestling event produced by Impact Wrestling. It took place on August 27, 2023, at the Rebel Entertainment Complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and aired on Impact Plus and YouTube. It was the fourth event under the Emergence chronology. Eleven matches were contested at the event, including two on the pre-show and one taped as a digital exclusive.
Toronto, Canada · Arts & culture · Checked 2026-09-23
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