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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

• 1560 - The Treaty of Berhick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland
• 1594 - Henry IV is crowned King of France.
• 1617 - Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea
• 1700 - The island of New Britain is discovered.
• 1793 - The Giles resolutions are introduced to the United States House of Representatives asking the House to condemn Alexander Hamilton's handling of loans.
• 1801 - Washington, DC is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.
• 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.
• 1827 - The first Mardi Gras is celebrated in New Orleans, Louisiana.
• 1844 - The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
• 1860 - Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that was largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
• 1861 - A crowd in Warsaw protesting Russian rule over Poland is fired upon by Russian troops, killing five protesters.
• 1864 - American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
• 1900 - Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronje.
• 1900 - The British Labour Party is founded
• 1900 The FC Bayern München (Munich) is founded
• 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.
• 1933 - Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire.
• 1939 - American Civil Rights Movement: Sit-down strikes are outlawed by the Supreme Court of the United States.
• 1942 - World War II: the USS Langley, the first United States aircraft carrier, is sunk by Japanese warplanes.
• 1943 - The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, United States explodes, killing 74 men.
• 1951 - The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
• 1964 - The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
• 1967 - Dominica gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1971 - Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform abortus provocatus
• 1973 - The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
• 1974 - People magazine is published for the first time.
• 1976 - The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
• 1986 - The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.
• 1989 - Venezuela is rocked by the Caracazo.
• 1990 - Exxon Valdez oil spill: Exxon and its shipping company are indicted on five criminal counts.
• 1991 - Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated."
• 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.
• 1999 - Olusegun Obasanjo becomes Nigeria's first elected president since mid-1983.
• 2002- Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire in London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair's handling of the evacuation.
• 2002 - 2002 Gujarat violence: a train catches fire a few minutes after it leaves the Godhra railway station, killing an estimated 58 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya and triggering riots that lead to the death of 1000 people, mostly Muslims.
• 2003 - Rowan Williams is enthroned as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury in the Anglican church.
• 2004 - A bombing of a Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines kills 116, its worst terrorist attack.
• 2005 Pre - pay price capping on the Transport for London Oyster card was introduced.

Births

• 1691 - Edward Cave, English editor and publisher (d. 1754)
• 1807 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet (d. 1882)
• 1861 - Rudolf Steiner, Croatian-Austrian philosopher (d. 1925)
• 1886 - Hugo Black, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1971)
• 1888 - Lotte Lehmann, German singer (d. 1976)
• 1890 - Freddie Keppard, American jazz musician (d. 1933)
• 1891 - David Sarnoff, Russian-born broadcasting pioneer (d. 1971)
• 1891 - Anne Samson, oldest known Canadian (d. 2004)
• 1892 - William Demarest, American actor (d. 1983)
• 1897 - Marian Anderson, American contralto (d. 1993)
• 1899 - Charles Best, American medical scientist (d. 1978)
• 1902 - John Steinbeck, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
• 1902 - Gene Sarazen, American golfer (d. 1999)
• 1903 - Grethe Weiser, actress (d. 1970)
• 1905 - Franchot Tone, American actor (d. 1968)
• 1907 - Mildred Bailey, American singer (d. 1951)
• 1910 - Joan Bennett, American actress (d. 1990)
• 1910 - Peter De Vries, American writer (d. 1993)
• 1910 - Kelly Johnson, American aircraft engineer (d. 1990)
• 1912 - Lawrence Durrell, British writer (d. 1990)
• 1913 - Irwin Shaw, American writer (d. 1984)
• 1917 - John Connally, Governor of Texas (d. 1993)
• 1923 - Dexter Gordon, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1990)
• 1925 - Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (d. 2004)
• 1927 - Lynn Cartwright, American actress (d. 2004)
• 1927 - Guy Mitchell, American singer (d. 1999)
• 1928 - Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel
• 1930 - Joanne Woodward, American actress
• 1930 - Peter Stone, American writer (d. 2003)
• 1932 - Elizabeth Taylor, British-American actress
• 1933 - Raymond Berry, American football player
• 1934 - Ralph Nader, American consumer activist
• 1934 - Van Williams, American actor
• 1934 - N. Scott Momaday, Native American writer
• 1935 - Mirella Freni, Italian soprano
• 1937 - Barbara Babcock, American actress
• 1940 - Howard Hesseman, American actor
• 1941 - Paddy Ashdown, British politician
• 1942 - Charlayne Hunter-Gault, American journalist
• 1943 - Morten Lauridsen, American composer
• 1943 - Mary Frann, American actress (d. 1998)
• 1945 - Carl Anderson, American singer and actor (d. 2004)
• 1947 - Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist
• 1954 - Neal Schon, American musician (Journey)
• 1957 - Adrian Smith, English musician (Iron Maiden)
• 1957 - Viktor Markin, Russian athlete
• 1962 - Grant Show, American actor
• 1962 - Adam Baldwin, American actor
• 1966 - Donal Logue, Canadian actor
• 1970 - Michael A. Burstein, American writer
• 1971 - Derren Brown, British psychological illusionist
• 1971 - Rozonda Thomas, American singer (TLC)
• 1980 - Chelsea Clinton, daughter of US President Bill Clinton
• 1981 - Josh Groban, American singer
• 1985 - Fefe Dobson, Canadian singer

Deaths

• 1659 - Henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College (b. 1609)
• 1699 - Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician
• 1706 - John Evelyn, English diarist (b. 1620)
• 1720 - Samuel Parris, English-born Puritan minister (b. 1653)
• 1735 - John Arbuthnot, English physician and writer (b. 1667)
• 1844 - Nicholas Biddle, President of the Second Bank of the United States (b. 1786)
• 1887 - Alexander Borodin, Russian composer (b. 1833)
• 1921 - Schofield Haigh, English cricketer (b. 1871)
• 1936 - Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1849)
• 1964 - Orry-Kelly, Australian costume designer (b. 1897)
• 1968 - Frankie Lymon, American singer (b. 1942)
• 1972 - Pat Brady, American actor and singer
• 1977 - John Dickson Carr, American author (b. 1905)
• 1978 - Vadim Salmanov, Russian composer (b. 1912)
• 1980 - George Tobias, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1985 - Henry Cabot Lodge, American politician (b. 1902)
• 1986 - Jacques Plante, Canadian hockey player (b. 1929)
• 1989 - Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer (b. 1897)
• 1989 - Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1903)
• 1992 - S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-American linguist and politician (b. 1906)
• 1993 - Lillian Gish, American actress (b. 1893)
• 1998 - J. T. Walsh, American actor (b. 1943)
• 2002 - Spike Milligan, British comedian (b. 1918)
• 2002 - Mary Stuart, American actress (b. 1926)
• 2003 - John Lanchbery, English composer (b. 1923)
• 2003 - Fred Rogers, American children's television actor (b. 1928)
• 2004 - Paul Sweezy, American economist and editor (b. 1910)

Holidays and observances

• Roman Empire - Equirria, horse races in honor of Mars were held.
• Bahá'í Faith - Day 2 of Ayyám-i-Há (Intercalary Days) - days in the Bahá'í calendar devoted to service and gift giving.
• Dominican Republic - National Day

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• Today in History: February 27

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