This day in history

AUGUST 27

2001 - An Israeli missile attack killed Abu Ali Mustafa, leader of Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine, in West Bank.

2003 - Mars passed 34.65m miles from Earth, the closest such encounter since the Stone Age.

2006 - Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Kentucky bound Atlanta, killing 49 of the 50 people onboard.