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August 27 is known in some circles as Oil and Gas Industry
Appreciation Day. This date, in 1859, is also when Edwin
Drake drilled the first successful oil well in the world.

(Col) Edwin L. Drake (
March 29, 1819 – November 9, 1880)
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1. 
   Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989)

   
   

   Doctors determined that Ball had succumbed to a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm not directly related to her surgery
   on April 18 to install an aortic valve replacement.

   Lucille Ball was an actress, comedian, producer, and
   studio executive. She was recognized by Time in 2020
   for her work in all four of these areas.

   She was nominated for 13 Primetime Emmy Awards,
   winning five times, and was the recipient of several
   other accolades, such as the Golden Globe Cecil B.
   DeMille Award and two stars on the Hollywood Walk
   of Fame.
   

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Photograph during the eruption in 1883.

An 1888 lithograph of the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa.

The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait occurred
from 20 May until 21 October 1883, peaking in the late
morning hours of 27 August when over 70% of the island
of Krakatoa and its surrounding archipelago were destroyed
as it collapsed into a caldera.

The eruption was one of the deadliest and most destructive
volcanic events in recorded history.

CARLATA BRADLEY

MIKE GRACIA