On this day: August 27
POSTED: 02:55 PM PDT Aug 24, 2012
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Aug 26, 2012
Krakatoa blows its top, The Guinness Book of World Records debuts, "Mary Poppins" premieres, The Beatles meet The King and a guitar great dies, all on this day.
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1990: With the retractable roof at Toronto's SkyDome open on a beautiful night, a baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and Toronto Blue Jays is delayed for 35 minutes after clouds of gnats descend on the stadium in the fifth inning. Closing the roof stops the bugs and allows the game to continue.
