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August 27, 2006

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Red River Reunion

By Thayer Evans

After years in prison, Nelson Peterson, the father of Oklahoma’s Adrian Peterson, hopes to see his son play in person for the first time.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 23, 2006, covering August 27, 2006.

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    Album cover for Port Of Miami by Rick Ross

    Port Of Miami

    Rick Ross

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    Album cover for Phobia by Breaking Benjamin

    Phobia

    Breaking Benjamin

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    Album cover for NOW 22 by Various Artists

    NOW 22

    Various Artists

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    Album cover for Cassie by Cassie

    Cassie

    Cassie

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    Album cover for Christ Illusion by Slayer

    Christ Illusion

    Slayer

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Notable Births

Kang Ju-hyeok

2006Kang Ju-hyeok, South Korean footballer[†]

Kang Ju-hyeok is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a forward for K League 1 club FC Seoul. He made his debut professional appearance in the 2024 K League 1 season.

Notable Deaths

Hrishikesh Mukherjee

2006Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)[†]

Hrishikesh Mukherjee was an Indian film director, editor and writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Indian cinema. Popularly known as Hrishi-da, he directed 42 films during his career spanning over four decades, and is named the pioneer of the 'middle cinema' of India. Renowned for his social films that reflected the changing middle-class ethos, Mukherjee "carved a middle path between the extravagance of mainstream cinema and the stark realism of art cinema".

2006Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist (born 1969)[†]

Jesus "Jesse" Ernesto Pintado Andrade was a Mexican-American guitarist best known as a guitarist for the British grindcore band Napalm Death.

Historical Events

Comair Flight 5191

2006Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, bound for Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.[†]

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, the Bombardier CRJ100ER crashed while attempting to take off from Blue Grass Airport in Fayette County, Kentucky, 4 miles west of the central business district of the city of Lexington.

Historical Context for August 27, 2006

In 2006, the world population was approximately 6,671,452,015 people[†]