This Day, Aug. 27: NZ gives 1st life sentence without parole for mosque attack

New Zealand handed down its first life sentence without parole for Brenton Tarrant, who killed 51 mosque worshippers in Christchurch in 2020, according to a “On this date in history” roundup dated Aug. 27. The file also revisits other milestones across years, including the first successful U.S. oil well near Titusville in 1859 and the 1883 Krakatoa eruption. It notes the 2008 selection of Barack Obama as the Democratic presidential nominee in Denver, a 2010 approval of a planned $3 billion Continental–United merger by the U.S. Justice Department, and updates such as Prince Andrew being served a lawsuit in 2021.