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Good morning, it’s Thursday, August 27, the 239th day of 2015. There are 126 days left in the year. We’ll start the day around 70 and we’re expecting afternoon highs in the mid-90s under a sunny sky before temperatures drop into the lower 70s overnight. On August 27, 1990—25 years ago today--Texas guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, 36, was killed in a helicopter crash en route to Chicago after a concert in East Troy, Wis. Vaughan died at the height of his career and his memorial service in Dallas was attended by such stars as Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and Stevie Wonder. Today's Highlight in Local History:. On August 27, 1992, the post-convention Clinton-Gore bus tour overnighted in Waco and then held a rally at the Trading House Creek power station the next day. Today's Highlight in History:. On August 27, 1975, Haile Selassie, the last emperor of Ethiopia's 3,000-year-old monarchy, died in Addis Ababa at age 83 almost a year after being overthrown. In 1776, the Battle of Long Island began during the Revolutionary War as British troops attacked American forces, who ended up being forced to retreat two days later. In 1939, the first turbojet-powered aircraft, the Heinkel He 178, went on its first full-fledged test flight over Germany. Source: www.kwtx.com
