English mechanic who gained fame at age 79 as a YouTube celebrity; in Leicester (d. 2014) Jimmy Raney, American guitarist, in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1995) Yootha Joyce, English television actress, in Wandsworth (d. 1980) Died: Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler, 64, Austrian-American pianist Sunday, August 21, 1927 On the final day of the first large scale Nazi Party national congress at Nuremberg, a crowd of 80,000 followers turned out for the main event at 9:00 pm, to hear party leader Adolf Hitler address his loyal followers. The Nuremberg Rallies would become an annual event with each party congress of the NSDAP. Born: Thomas S. Monson, President of the LDS Church since 2008; in Salt Lake City (d. 2018) Died: William Burnside, 75, British mathematician who pioneered group theory Monday, August 22, 1927 The divorce trial of Charlie Chaplin and Lita Grey Chaplin ended with a settlement with a record verdict, $625,000 to her and a $200,000 trust fund for their sons. Died: Louis Agassiz Fuertes, 53, American ornithologist, after his car was struck by a train at a railroad crossing at Unadilla, New York Tuesday, August 23, 1927 At Charlestown State Prison near Boston, Nicola Sacco, 36 and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, 39 were put to death in the electric chair despite worldwide public outcry. Preceding them in death was Celestino Madeiros, who was executed for an unrelated murder at 12:09 am, but who had sworn that he had committed the 1920 murder of Frederick A. Parmenter and Alexander Berardelli, for which Sacco and Vanzetti had been convicted. Sacco entered the death chamber at 12:11. After reportedly shouting, in Italian, "Long live anarchy!", he then said, in English, "Farewell, mother," and was pronounced dead at 12:19. Vanzetti went to the chair at 12:20 and reportedly said, "I wish to forgive some people for what they are now doing to me." He was pronounced dead at 12:26. All three men were put to death by state executioner Robert G. Elliott. Born: Dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator (d. 2017) Died: Saad Zaghlul, 68, Egyptian nationalist and former Prime Minister of Egypt (in 1924) Wednesday, August 24, 1927 During night maneuvers of Japan's Combined Fleet, the battle cruiser Jintsu struck the starboard side of the Warabi and cut it into two, sinking it immediately with 92 of her crew on board. To avoid the collision, the Naka turned sharply and struck the Ashi, killing 27 of its crew. The