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			Current events for August 27, 2013 <<-Previous day Return to calendar Next day->> Events in space history for 08/27: President Reagan announced Teacher in Space Project (1984). First launch of a satellite by a private U.S. company (1989). First unmanned Hydrogen filled balloon flight by Professor J.A.C. Charles near Gonesse, France (1783). First flight of a jet-propelled plane took place in Germany (1939).