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What happend on 27. February in History

In our data base we found 294 events happened on 27. February:
  • 272: Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (d. 337) [category: Births]
  • 380: Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I, with co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II, declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to trinitarian Christianity. [category: Events]
  • 425: The University of Constantinople is founded by Emperor Theodosius II at the urging of his wife Aelia Eudocia. [category: Events]
  • 956: Theophylact, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 917) [category: Deaths]
  • 1560: The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland. [category: Events]

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  • 1594: Henry IV is crowned King of France. [category: Events]
  • 1617: Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea. [category: Events]
  • 1626: Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci. [category: Events]
  • 1659: Henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College (b. 1609) [category: Deaths]
  • 1689: Pietro Gnocchi, Italian composer, choir director, historian, and geographer (d. 1775) [category: Births]
  • 1691: Edward Cave, English editor and publisher (d. 1754) [category: Births]
  • 1699: Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. c.1625) [category: Deaths]
  • 1700: The island of New Britain is discovered. [category: Events]
  • 1702: Johann Valentin Görner, German composer (d. 1762) [category: Births]
  • 1706: John Evelyn, English diarist (b. 1620) [category: Deaths]
  • 1711: Constantine Mavrocordatos, Prince of Wallachia and Moldavia (d. 1769) [category: Births]
  • 1720: Samuel Parris, English-born Puritan minister (b. 1653) [category: Deaths]
  • 1735: John Arbuthnot, English physician and writer (b. 1667) [category: Deaths]
  • 1776: American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia. [category: Events]
  • 1779: Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1842) [category: Births]

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  • 1789: Manuel Rodríguez, Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader (d. 1818) [category: Births]
  • 1795: Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Jamapese sumo wrestler (b. 1750) [category: Deaths]
  • 1801: Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress. [category: Events]
  • 1807: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet (d. 1882) [category: Births]
  • 1812: Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time. [category: Events]
  • 1812: Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire. [category: Events]
  • 1831: Hiram Bond Everest, American co-founder of The Vacuum Oil Company (d. 1913) [category: Births]
  • 1844: Nicholas Biddle, American businessman (b. 1786) [category: Deaths]
  • 1844: The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti. [category: Events]
  • 1847: Ellen Terry, English actress (d.1928) [category: Births]
  • 1848: Hubert Parry, English composer (d. 1918) [category: Births]
  • 1860: Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency. [category: Events]
  • 1861: Russian troops fire on a crowd in Warsaw protesting against Russian rule over Poland, killing five protesters. [category: Events]
  • 1862: Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and shooter (d. 1937) [category: Births]
  • 1864: American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia. [category: Events]
  • 1867: Irving Fisher, American economist (d. 1947) [category: Births]
  • 1870: Louis Coerne, American composer and music educator (d. 1922) [category: Births]
  • 1870: The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships. [category: Events]
  • 1875: George Rodocanachi, Greek-British physician (d. 1944) [category: Births]
  • 1877: Adela Verne, English pianist (d. 1952) [category: Births]
  • 1877: Walter Briggs, Sr., American entrepreneur and sports team owner (d. 1952) [category: Births]
  • 1878: Alvan T. Fuller, 50th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958) [category: Births]
  • 1879: René Lefebvre, martyr of the French Resistance (d. 1944) [category: Births]
  • 1886: Hugo Black, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1971) [category: Births]
  • 1887: Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (b. 1833) [category: Deaths]
  • 1888: Earl Caddock, American professional wrestler (d. 1950) [category: Births]
  • 1888: Lotte Lehmann, German singer (d. 1976) [category: Births]
  • 1888: Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist (d. 1974) [category: Births]
  • 1890: Freddie Keppard, American jazz musician (d. 1933) [category: Births]
  • 1891: Anne Samson, Canadian supercentenarian (d. 2004) [category: Births]
  • 1891: David Sarnoff, Russian-born broadcast pioneer (d. 1971) [category: Births]
  • 1892: William Demarest, American actor (d. 1983) [category: Births]
  • 1892: Louis Vuitton, French luggage maker (b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
  • 1895: Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1943) [category: Births]
  • 1897: Marian Anderson, American contralto (d. 1993) [category: Births]
  • 1899: Charles Best, Canadian scientist (d. 1978) [category: Births]
  • 1900: Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronje at the Battle of Paardeberg. [category: Events]
  • 1900: The British Labour Party is founded. [category: Events]
  • 1902: Gene Sarazen, American golfer (d. 1999) [category: Births]
  • 1902: John Steinbeck, American writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1968) [category: Births]
  • 1902: Harry 'Breaker' Morant, Anglo-Australian soldier (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
  • 1902: Peter Handcock, Australian soldier (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
  • 1902: Second Boer War: Harry 'Breaker' Harbord Morant is executed in Pretoria. [category: Events]
  • 1903: Grethe Weiser, German actress (d. 1970) [category: Births]
  • 1904: André Leducq, French cyclist (d. 1980) [category: Births]
  • 1904: Chick Fullis, American baseball player (d. 1946) [category: Births]
  • 1904: James T. Farrell, American writer (d. 1979) [category: Births]
  • 1904: Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist (d. 1996) [category: Births]
  • 1905: Franchot Tone, American actor (d. 1968) [category: Births]
  • 1907: Mildred Bailey, American singer (d. 1951) [category: Births]
  • 1907: Walter Wolf, German politician (d. 1977) [category: Births]
  • 1910: Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, American aerospace engineer (d. 1990) [category: Births]
  • 1910: Genrikh Gasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer (d. 1995) [category: Births]
  • 1910: Joan Bennett, American actress (d. 1990) [category: Births]
  • 1910: Peter De Vries, American writer (d. 1993) [category: Births]
  • 1910: Ted Horn, American race car driver (d. 1948) [category: Births]
  • 1911: Oscar Heidenstam, English bodybuilding champion (d. 1991) [category: Births]
  • 1912: Kusumagraj,Vishnu Vāman Shirwādkar, Indian writer (d. 1999) [category: Births]
  • 1912: Lawrence Durrell, English writer (d. 1990) [category: Births]
  • 1913: Irwin Shaw, American writer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
  • 1913: Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish president (d. 1989) [category: Births]
  • 1913: Paul Ricoeur, French philosopher (d. 2005) [category: Births]
  • 1915: Denis Whitaker, Canadian soldier, businessman and author (d. 2001) [category: Births]
  • 1915: Olavi Virta, Finnish singer (d. 1972) [category: Births]
  • 1917: John Connally, American politician (d. 1993) [category: Births]
  • 1921: Theodore Van Kirk, American navigator of the Enola Gay [category: Births]
  • 1921: Schofield Haigh, English cricketer (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
  • 1921: The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna. [category: Events]
  • 1922: Hans Rookmaaker, Dutch professor and art historian (d. 1977) [category: Births]
  • 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 in Leser v. Garnett. [category: Events]
  • 1923: Dexter Gordon, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1990) [category: Births]
  • 1925: Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (d. 2004) [category: Births]
  • 1926: David H. Hubel, Canadian neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
  • 1927: Guy Mitchell, American singer (d. 1999) [category: Births]
  • 1927: Jimmy Halliday, Scottish politician (d. 2013) [category: Births]
  • 1927: Lynn Cartwright, American actress (d. 2004) [category: Births]
  • 1929: Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1929: Jack Gibson, Australian rugby player and coach (d. 2008) [category: Births]
  • 1930: Joanne Woodward, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1930: Paul von Ragué Schleyer, American chemist [category: Births]
  • 1930: Peter Stone, American writer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
  • 1931: Chandrasekhar Azad,Indian revolutionaries (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
  • 1932: Elizabeth Taylor, British-American actress (d. 2011) [category: Births]
  • 1932: William Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (b. 1843) [category: Deaths]
  • 1933: Raymond Berry, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1933: Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire. [category: Events]
  • 1934: N. Scott Momaday, American writer [category: Births]
  • 1934: Ralph Nader, American author, activist and political figure [category: Births]
  • 1934: Van Williams, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1934: Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
  • 1935: Mirella Freni, Italian soprano [category: Births]
  • 1936: Roger Mahony, American cardinal and Archbishop [category: Births]
  • 1936: Ron Barassi, Australian rules footballer [category: Births]
  • 1936: Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1849) [category: Deaths]
  • 1936: Joshua W. Alexander, U.S. Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
  • 1937: Barbara Babcock, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1937: David Ackles, American singer songwriter (d. 1999) [category: Births]
  • 1938: Jake Thackray, English singer songwriter (d. 2002) [category: Births]
  • 1939: Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnamese poet (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1939: Peter Revson, American race car driver (d. 1974) [category: Births]
  • 1939: United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that sit-down strikes violate property owners' rights and are therefore illegal. [category: Events]
  • 1940: Bill Hunter, Australian actor (d. 2011) [category: Births]
  • 1940: Howard Hesseman, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1940: Pierre Duchesne, Canadian politician [category: Births]
  • 1940: Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14 [category: Events]
  • 1941: Paddy Ashdown, British politician [category: Births]
  • 1941: William D. Byron, U.S. Congressman (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
  • 1942: Charlayne Hunter-Gault, American journalist [category: Births]
  • 1942: Michel Forget, Canadian actor [category: Births]
  • 1942: Robert H. Grubbs, American chemist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
  • 1942: World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies [category: Events]
  • 1943: Mary Frann, American actress (d. 1998) [category: Births]
  • 1943: Morten Lauridsen, American composer [category: Births]
  • 1943: Kostis Palamas, Greek poet (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
  • 1943: The Rosenstrasse protest starts in Berlin [category: Events]
  • 1943: The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men. [category: Events]
  • 1944: Graeme Pollock, South African cricketer [category: Births]
  • 1944: Ken Grimwood, American writer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
  • 1944: Roger Scruton, British philosopher [category: Births]
  • 1945: Carl Anderson, American singer and actor (d. 2004) [category: Births]
  • 1947: Alan Guth, American physicist and cosmologist [category: Births]
  • 1947: Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist [category: Births]
  • 1949: Rosalinda Galli, Italian voice actress [category: Births]
  • 1950: Julia Neuberger, English rabbi and politician [category: Births]
  • 1951: Lee Atwater, American political figure (d. 1991) [category: Births]
  • 1951: Steve Harley, British musician (Cockney Rebel) [category: Births]
  • 1951: The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified. [category: Events]
  • 1952: Stathis Psaltis, Greek actor [category: Births]
  • 1953: Gabriela Svobodová, Czech cross country skier [category: Births]
  • 1953: Yolande Moreau, Belgian actress [category: Births]
  • 1954: Neal Schon, American musician (Journey and Santana) [category: Births]
  • 1954: Uri Shulevitz, American author and illustrator [category: Births]
  • 1955: Peter Christopherson, English musician and video director [category: Births]
  • 1955: Soviet Union regional elections, 1955. [category: Events]
  • 1957: Adrian Smith, English musician (Iron Maiden) [category: Births]
  • 1957: Danny Antonucci, Canadian animator [category: Births]
  • 1957: Timothy Spall, English actor [category: Births]
  • 1957: Viktor Markin, Russian athlete [category: Births]
  • 1958: Maggie Hassan, American politician, 81st governor of New Hampshire [category: Births]
  • 1958: Max Crivello, Itallian artist [category: Births]
  • 1958: Naas Botha, South African rugby union footballer [category: Births]
  • 1958: Nancy Spungen, American murder victim (d. 1978) [category: Births]
  • 1959: Johnny Van Zant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) [category: Births]
  • 1960: Andrés Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player [category: Births]
  • 1961: James Worthy, American basketball player [category: Births]
  • 1961: The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated. [category: Events]
  • 1962: Adam Baldwin, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1962: Grant Show, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1962: Robert Spencer, American author and blogger [category: Births]
  • 1963: Pär Nuder, Swedish politician [category: Births]
  • 1963: The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo. [category: Events]
  • 1964: Todd Bodine, American race car driver [category: Births]
  • 1964: Orry-Kelly, Australian costume designer (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
  • 1964: The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over. [category: Events]
  • 1965: Frank Peter Zimmermann, German violinist [category: Births]
  • 1965: Joakim Sundström, Swedish sound editor and sound designer [category: Births]
  • 1965: Noah Emmerich, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1966: Donal Logue, Canadian actor [category: Births]
  • 1968: Matt Stairs, Canadian baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1968: Frankie Lymon, American singer (The Teenagers) (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
  • 1969: Brad Vander Ark, American musician (The Verve Pipe) [category: Births]
  • 1969: Marius Barbeau, Canadian folklorist (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
  • 1970: Goran Markov, Macedonian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1970: Kent Desormeaux, American jockey [category: Births]
  • 1970: Matthias Lechner, German art director [category: Births]
  • 1970: Michael A. Burstein, American writer [category: Births]
  • 1970: Patricia Petibon, French opera singer [category: Births]
  • 1970: Marie Dionne, Canadian quintuplet (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
  • 1971: Chilli Thomas, American singer (TLC) [category: Births]
  • 1971: Derren Brown, British psychological illusionist [category: Births]
  • 1971: Paul Hudson, British television presenter [category: Births]
  • 1971: Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform aborti provocati. [category: Events]
  • 1972: Jennifer Lyon, American television personality (d. 2010) [category: Births]
  • 1972: Pat Brady, American actor and singer (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
  • 1973: Ali Tabatabaee, American-Iranian singer (Zebrahead) [category: Births]
  • 1973: Mark Taylor, Welsh rugby footballer [category: Births]
  • 1973: Peter André, Australian singer [category: Births]
  • 1973: Bill Everett, American comic book artist (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
  • 1973: The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota. [category: Events]
  • 1974: Carte Goodwin, American politician [category: Births]
  • 1974: Colin Edwards, American motorcycle racer [category: Births]
  • 1975: Prodromos Korkizoglou, Greek decathlete [category: Births]
  • 1975: Shelby Walker, American mixed martial artist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
  • 1976: Tony Gonzalez, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1976: Yukari Tamura, Japanese voice actress [category: Births]
  • 1976: The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. [category: Events]
  • 1977: James Wan, Australian film director [category: Births]
  • 1977: Ji Sung, South Korean actor [category: Births]
  • 1977: Lance Hoyt, American wrestler [category: Births]
  • 1977: John Dickson Carr, American author (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
  • 1978: James Beattie, English footballer [category: Births]
  • 1978: Kakha Kaladze, Georgian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1978: Vadim Salmanov, Russian composer (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
  • 1979: Andreas Voss, German footballer [category: Births]
  • 1980: Bobby V, American singer (Mista) [category: Births]
  • 1980: Brandon Beemer, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1980: Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton [category: Births]
  • 1980: Nick Speed, American Hip Hop producer [category: Births]
  • 1980: Scott Prince, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
  • 1980: George Tobias, American actor (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
  • 1981: Cameron Ling, Australian Rules footballer [category: Births]
  • 1981: Josh Groban, American singer [category: Births]
  • 1981: Élodie Ouédraogo, Belgian athlete [category: Births]
  • 1981: Jacob H. Gilbert, American politician (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
  • 1983: Devin Harris, American basketball player [category: Births]
  • 1983: Duje Draganja, Croatian swimmer [category: Births]
  • 1983: Hayley Angel Wardle, English actress [category: Births]
  • 1983: Kate Mara, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1984: Antti Tuisku, Finnish singer [category: Births]
  • 1984: David Noel, American basketball player [category: Births]
  • 1984: Lotta Schelin, Swedish footballer [category: Births]
  • 1985: Braydon Coburn, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1985: Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Russian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1985: Henry Cabot Lodge, American politician (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
  • 1986: Jonathan Moreira, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1986: Sandeep Singh, Indian hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1986: Yovani Gallardo, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1986: Jacques Plante, Canadian ice hockey goaltender (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
  • 1986: The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis. [category: Events]
  • 1987: Bill Holman, American cartoonist (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
  • 1987: Franciszek Blachnicki, Polish priest (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
  • 1987: Joan Greenwood, English actress and director (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
  • 1988: Dustin Jeffrey, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1988: Sumgait Pogrom: The Armenian community of Sumgait in Azerbaijan was in the target of a violent pogrom. [category: Events]
  • 1989: David Button, English footballer [category: Births]
  • 1989: Shota Shimizu, Japanese musician [category: Births]
  • 1989: Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
  • 1989: Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
  • 1989: Venezuela is rocked by the Caracazo riots. [category: Events]
  • 1990: Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Jewish-American scholar (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
  • 1991: Azeem Rafiq, Pakistani cricketer [category: Births]
  • 1991: Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated". [category: Events]
  • 1992: Jonjo Shelvey, English footballer [category: Births]
  • 1992: S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-American linguist and politician (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
  • 1993: Lillian Gish, American actress (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
  • 1994: Hou Yifan, Chinese chess player [category: Births]
  • 1998: George H. Hitchings, American scientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
  • 1998: J. T. Walsh, American actor (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
  • 1999: Horace Tapscott American musician (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
  • 2002: Spike Milligan, Irish comedian (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
  • 2002: Godhra train burning: a Muslim mob kills 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya; [category: Events]
  • 2002: Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair's handling of the evacuation. [category: Events]
  • 2003: Fred Rogers, American children's television actor (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
  • 2003: John Lanchbery, English composer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
  • 2004: Paul Sweezy, American economist and editor (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
  • 2004: Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historians (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
  • 2004: A bombing of a Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack kills 116. [category: Events]
  • 2004: The initial version of the John Jay Report, with details about the Catholic sexual abuse scandal in the United States, is released. [category: Events]
  • 2005: Jessica Lunsford, murder victim (b. 1995) [category: Deaths]
  • 2006: Linda Smith, English comedian (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
  • 2006: Otis Chandler, American newspaper publisher (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
  • 2006: Robert Lee Scott, Jr., U.S. General, Flying Tiger, and author (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: Bernd von Freytag-Loringhoven, German soldier (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: Bobby Rosengarden, American jazz drummer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: The Chinese Correction: the Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest drop in 10 years. [category: Events]
  • 2008: Boyd Coddington, American automobile designer (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
  • 2008: Ivan Rebroff, German and Russian Singer (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
  • 2008: Myron Cope, American sports broadcaster (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
  • 2008: William F. Buckley, Jr., American author and commentator (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
  • 2010: Madeleine Ferron, Canadian writer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
  • 2010: Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian Politician (b.1916) [category: Deaths]
  • 2010: An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggered a tsunami which struck Hawaii shortly after. [category: Events]
  • 2011: Duke Snider, American baseball player (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
  • 2011: Frank Buckles, last surviving American World War I veteran (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Chardon High School shooting: A gunman opens fire at Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio, killing three. [category: Events]
  • _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: February 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: First Equirria (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: George Herbert, pastor and poet, 1633 (commemoration, Anglican Communion) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Honorine [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Leander [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: National Day, celebrates the first independence of Dominican Republic from Haiti in 1844. [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: The second day of Ayyám-i-Há (Bahá'í Faith) [category: Holidays and observances]