February 27
February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the
Gregorian Calendar. There are 307 days remaining, 308 in
leap years.
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Events
\n*1560 - The Treaty of Berhick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland\n*1594 - Henry IV is crowned King of France.\n*1617 - Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbova, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea\n*1700 - The island of New Britain is discovered.\n*1793 - The Giles resolutions are introduced to the United States House of Representatives asking the House to condemn Alexander Hamilton's handling of loans.\n*1801 - Washington, DC is placed under the jurisdiction of the United States Congress.\n*1827 - The first Mardi Gras is celebrated in New Orleans, Louisiana.\n*1844 - The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.\n*1861 - A crowd in Warsaw protesting Russian rule over Poland is fired upon by Russian troops killing five protesters.\n*1864 - American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.\n*1900 - Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronje.\n* 1900 - The British Labour Party is founded\n*1922 - A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States.\n*1933 - Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire.\n*1939 - American Civil Rights Movement: Sit-down strikes are outlawed by the Supreme Court of the United States.\n*1942 - World War II: the USS Langley, the first United States aircraft carrier, is sunk by Japanese warplanes.\n*1951 - The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.\n*1964 - The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.\n*1967 - Dominica gains independence from the United Kingdom.\n*1973 - The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota. \n*1974 - People magazine is published for the first time. \n*1976 - Western Sahara declares independence\n*1986 - The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis. \n*1990 - Exxon Valdez oil spill: Exxon and its shipping company are indicted on five criminal counts. \n*1991 - Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated."\n*1996 - Pokémon game debuts for Nintendo Game Boy\n*1999 - While trying to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon, Colin Prescot and Andy Elson set a new endurance record after being in a hot air balloon for 233 hours and 55 minutes. \n* 1999 - Olusegun Obasanjo becomes Nigeria's first elected president since mid-1983.\n*2003 - Rowan Williams is enthroned as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury in the Anglican church.
Births
\n*1807 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet (d. 1882)\n*1861 - Rudolf Steiner, anthroposoph (d. 1925)\n*1873 - Enrico Caruso, opera singer (d. 1921)\n*1886 - Hugo Black, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1971)\n*1887 - Marian Anderson, singer (d. 1993)\n*1888 - Lotte Lehmann, singer (d. 1976)\n*1890 - Freddie Keppard, jazz musician (d. 1933)\n*1891 - David Sarnoff, broadcasting pioneer (d. 1971)\n*1892 - William Demarest, actor (d. 1983)\n*1899 - Charles Best, medical scientist (d. 1978)\n*1902 - John Steinbeck, writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature 1962 (d. 1968)\n*1902 - Gene Sarazen, golfer (d. 1999)\n*1903 - Grethe Weiser, actress (d. 1970)\n*1905 - Franchot Tone, actor (d. 1968)\n*1907 - Mildred Bailey, jazz performer (d. 1951)\n*1910 - Joan Bennett, actress (d. 1990)\n*1912 - Lawrence Durrell, writer (d. 1990)\n*1913 - Irwin Shaw, writer (d. 1984)\n*1917 - John Connally, Governor of Texas (d. 1993)\n*1918 - William Jefferson Blythe III, father of U.S. President Bill Clinton, is born in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas (d. 1946)\n*1923 - Dexter Gordon, jazz saxophone player (d. 1990)\n*1928 - Alfred Hrdlicka, sculptor and graphic artist\n* 1928 - Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel\n*1930 - Joanne Woodward, actress\n*1932 - Elizabeth Taylor, actress\n*1934 - Ralph Nader, consumer activist\n*1941 - Paddy Ashdown, British politician\n*1943 - Morten Lauridsen, composer\n*1957 - Adrian Smith, musician (Iron Maiden)\n* 1957 - Viktor Markin, Soviet athlete\n*1971 - Derren Brown, psychological illusionist\n*1980 - Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former U.S. President Bill Clinton
Deaths
\n*1706 - John Evelyn, diarist (b. 1620)\n*1844 - Nicholas Biddle, President of the Second Bank of the United States (b. 1786)\n*1887 - Alexander Borodin, composer (b. 1833)\n*1941 - James Joyce, author (b. 1882)\n*1964 - Orry-Kelly, costume designer\n*1978 - Vadim Salmanov, composer\n*1985 - Henry Cabot Lodge, politician, candidate for Vice President of the United States (b. 1902)\n*1986 - Jacques Plante, ice hockey star (b. 1929)\n*1989 - Paul Oswald Ahnert, astronomer (b. 1897)\n*1989 - Konrad Lorenz (b. 1903)\n*1993 - Lillian Gish, actress (b. 1893)\n*1998 - J.T. Walsh, actor\n*2002 - Spike Milligan, comedian (b. 1918)\n*2003 - Fred Rogers, children's television celebrity (b. 1928)
Holidays and observances
\n*Roman Empire - Equirria, horse races in honor of Mars were held.\n*Bahá'í Faith - Day 2 of Ayyám-i-Há (Intercalary Days) - days in the Bahá'í calendar devoted to service and gift giving.\n*Dominican Republic - National Day
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listing of all days
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