What day of the week was August 27, 1875?

The day of the week August 27th, 1875 fell on was a Friday.

Katharine McCormick the American biologist, philanthropist, and activist (d. 1967) was born on 27 August in 1875.

William Chapman Ralston the American businessman and financier, founded the Bank of California (b. 1826) died on this day in 1875.