August 27: This Day in History - From Battle of Plataea to Barack Obama

0:00 This Day in History — August 27
0:03 -479 — Battle of Plataea ends Persian invasion
0:30 410 — Visigoth sacking of Rome ends
0:58 1776 — Battle of Long Island decisive British victory
1:25 1813 — Battle of Dresden Napoleon defeated
1:58 1859 — Carrington observes solar sunspot event
2:24 1883 — Krakatoa erupts catastrophically
2:52 1910 — Korea annexed by Japan
3:21 1920 — 19th Amendment women's suffrage celebrated
3:54 1968 — Democratic Convention Chicago protests continue
4:24 2003 — Mars closest approach in 60,000 years
4:57 2008 — Barack Obama nominated for president