February 27
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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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[change] Events
- 425 – The University of Constantinople is founded.
- 1560 – The Treaty of Berwick, expelling the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland.
- 1594 – Henry IV of France is crowned king.
- 1700 – The island of New Britain is first reached by a European, on an expedition led by William Dampier.
- 1812 – Near the city of Rosario, Manuel Belgrano raises what later develops into the Flag of Argentina.
- 1844 – The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
- 1860 – Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in New York City that contributes to him being elected US President.
- 1861 – Russian troops kill 5 protesters in Warsaw.
- 1864 – American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
- 1870 – The Flag of Japan is adopted as the national flag on merchant ships.
- 1900 – The UK Labour Party is founded.
- 1921 – The International Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
- 1930 – Bouvet Island becomes a dependent territory of Norway.
- 1933 – The Reichstag building is set on fire.
- 1940 – Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover Carbon-14.
- 1942 – World War II: The Battle of the Java Sea begins.
- 1943 – The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
- 1948 – President of Finland Juho Kusti Paasikivi signs a Defence Treaty with Joseph Stalin.
- 1951 – The 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, limiting the US President to two terms in office.
- 1961 – The first Congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
- 1963 – Juan Bosch is elected President of the Dominican Republic.
- 1973 – Wounded Knee Incident standoff at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota begins.
- 1976 – The former Spanish territory of Western Sahara declares its independence.
- 1991 – US President George H. W. Bush declares that "Kuwait is liberated".
- 2002 – Godhra train bombing: A Muslim mob kills 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya.
- 2002 – Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at Stansted Airport. The evacuation procedures later come in for criticism.
- 2004 – The bombing of Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines kills 116 people.
- 2007 – The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls by 9%, its largest drop in 10 years.
- 2010 – A major magnitude 8.8 earthquake hits Chile, killing around 500 people.
[change] Births
- 272 – Constantine, Roman Emperor (d. 337)
- 1689 – Pietro Gnocchi, Italian composer, choir director, historian and geographer (d. 1775)
- 1711 – Constantine Mavrocordates, Prince of Wallachia and Moldavia (d. 1769)
- 1789 – Manuel Rodriguez, Chilean lawyer and guerrilla (d. 1818)
- 1807 – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet (d. 1882)
- 1859 – Bertha Pappenheim, German activist and writer (d. 1936)
- 1861 – Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher (d. 1925)
- 1862 – Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and shooter (d. 1937)
- 1877 – Adela Verne, English pianist (d. 1952)
- 1878 – Alvan T. Fuller, 50th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)
- 1879 – Rene Lefebvre, martyr of the French Resistance (d. 1944)
- 1881 – Sveinn Bjornsson, 1st President of Iceland (d. 1952)
- 1886 – Hugo Black, United States Supreme Court Justice (d. 1971)
- 1888 – Lotte Lehmann, German singer (d. 1976)
- 1891 – Anne Samson, Canadian nun and supercentenarian (d. 2004)
- 1891 – David Sarnoff, Russian-born broadcast pioneer (d. 1971)
- 1892 – William Demarest, American actor (d. 1983)
- 1897 – Marian Anderson, American contralto (d. 1993)
- 1901 – Marino Marini, Italian artist and sculptor (d. 1980)
- 1902 – John Steinbeck, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
- 1910 – Joan Bennett, American actress (d. 1990)
- 1912 – Lawrence Durrell, English writer (d. 1990)
- 1913 – Paul Ricoeur, French philosopher (d. 2005)
- 1913 – Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish politician (d. 1989)
- 1917 – John Connally, Governor of Texas (d. 1993)
- 1926 – David H. Hubel, Canadian neuroscientist
- 1928 – Alfred Hrdlicka, Austrian artist, sculptor and writer (d. 2009)
- 1928 – Ariel Sharon, former Prime Minister of Israel
- 1929 – Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer
- 1930 – Joanne Woodward, American actress
- 1932 – Elizabeth Taylor, British-American actress (d. 2011)
- 1934 – Ralph Nader, American consumer activist
- 1940 – Bill Hunter, Australian actor (d. 2011)
- 1941 – Paddy Ashdown, British politician
- 1942 – Robert H. Grubbs, American chemist
- 1942 – Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, German footballer (d. 2011)
- 1943 – Carlos Alberto Parreira, Brazilian football manager
- 1957 – Adrian Smith, English musician (Iron Maiden)
- 1957 – Timothy Spall, English actor
- 1959 – Johnny Van Zant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- 1960 – Carson Yeung, Hong Kong businessman
- 1966 – Baltasar Kormakur, Icelandic actor, director and producer
- 1971 – Roman Giertych, Polish Minister of Education
- 1971 – Derren Brown, British illusionist
- 1973 – Peter Andre, Australian singer and television personality
- 1974 – Colin Edwards, American motorcycle racer
- 1978 – James Beattie, English footballer
- 1980 – Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton
- 1980 – Bobby Valentino, American singer
- 1981 – Josh Groban, American singer
- 1983 – Kate Mara, American actress
- 1984 – Lotta Schelin, Swedish footballer
- 1985 – Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Russian footballer
[change] Deaths
- 1706 – John Evelyn, English diarist (b. 1620)
- 1735 – John Arbuthnot, English physician and writer (b. 1667)
- 1887 – Alexander Borodin, Russian composer (b. 1833)
- 1892 – Louis Vuitton, French designer (b. 1821)
- 1931 – Chandrasekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
- 1936 – Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist (b. 1849)
- 1939 – Nadezhda Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary (b. 1869)
- 1943 – Kostis Palmas, Greek poet (b. 1859)
- 1970 – Marie Dionne, one of the Dionne quintuplets (b. 1934)
- 1985 – Henry Cabot Lodge, American politician (b. 1902)
- 1986 – Jacques Plante, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
- 1989 – Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist (b. 1903)
- 1993 – Lillian Gish, American actress (b. 1893)
- 1998 – George H. Hitchings, American scientist (b. 1905)
- 2002 – Spike Milligan, Irish-born comedian (b. 1918)
- 2003 – Fred Rogers, American children's television actor (b. 1928)
- 2008 – Ivan Rebroff, German singer (b. 1931)
- 2008 – William F. Buckley, Jr., American author and commentator (b. 1925)
- 2009 – Manea Manescu, Romanian Prime Minister (b. 1916)
- 2010 – Wendy Toye, British actress (b. 1917)
- 2011 – Necmettin Erbakan, Turkish Prime Minister (b. 1926)
- 2011 – Frank Buckles, American World War I veteran and supercentenarian (b. 1901)
[change] Observances
- National Day of the Dominican Republic
