1. The first recorded game of American football in Wisconsin was played on August 27, 1887, between Carroll College and Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company in Waukesha. Carroll won the game 2-0.

2. On August 27, 1959, the U.S. Air Force accidentally dropped a nuclear bomb on a farm in rural Bayfield County. The unarmed bomb caused a large crater, but thankfully did not detonate. The incident, known as the "Tybee Bomb" or "Nuke in the Ditch," remains one of the most serious nuclear accidents in U.S. history.

3. In 1910, the first state fair to be held in West Allis (now the Wisconsin State Fair) opened on August 27. The fair was a huge success, attracting over 100,000 visitors in its first year.

4. On August 27, 1892, the Battle of Kashube's Corners occurred in Polk County during the Wisconsin lumber strike. The battle, between striking lumberjacks and Pinkerton detectives hired by the lumber companies, resulted in the deaths of seven people.

5. Wisconsin native and famed film director David Lynch was born on August 27, 1946, in Missoula, Montana. However, Lynch spent much of his childhood in Wisconsin and attended high school in Alexandria before later attending the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.