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On Feb. 27, 1991, President George H.W. Bush declared that "Kuwait is liberated, Iraq's army is defeated," and announced that the allies would suspend combat operations at midnight.
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On Feb. 27, 1886, Hugo Black, who served 34 years as a U.S. Supreme Court judge and was known as a champion of civil liberties, was born. Following his death on Sept. 25, 1971, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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The District of Columbia was placed under the jurisdiction of Congress.
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| 1807
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Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine.
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| 1902
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Author John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, Calif.
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| 1951
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The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, limiting a president to two terms of office, was ratified.
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| 1973
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Members of the American Indian Movement occupied Wounded Knee, S.D., the site of the 1890 massacre of Sioux men, women and children. The occupation lasted until May.
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| 1991
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President George H.W. Bush announced the end of the Persian Gulf War, saying the allies would suspend combat operations at midnight.
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| 1997
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Divorce became legal in Ireland.
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| 1997
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Legislation banning most handguns in Britain went into effect.
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| 2002
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Alicia Keys won five Grammy Awards for her debut album, "Songs in A Minor."
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| 2002
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A mob of Muslims set fire to a train carrying hundreds of Hindu nationalists in Godhra, India; some 60 people died.
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| 2008
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Author and conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr. died at age 82.
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| 2010
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An 8.8 magnitude earthquake and tsunami killed 524 people in Chile caused $30 billion in damage and left over 200,000 homeless.
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Historic Birthdays
Hugo Black
2/27/1886 - 9/25/1971
American politician and Supreme Court associate justice.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 2/27/1807 - 3/24/1882
American poet
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| 81
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Ellen Terry 2/27/1847 - 7/21/1928
English actress
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| 101
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Alice Hamilton 2/27/1869 - 9/22/1970
American pathologist who worked on industrial diseases
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| 88
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Lotte Lehmann 2/27/1888 - 8/26/1976
German lyric-dramatic soprano
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| 80
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David Sarnoff 2/27/1891 - 12/12/1971
Russian-bn. American C.E.O. of R.C.A. and N.B.C.
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| 79
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Marino Marini 2/27/1901 - 8/6/1980
Italian artist
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| 66
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John Steinbeck 2/27/1902 - 12/20/1968
American Nobel Prize-winning novelist
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| 83
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Peter De Vries 2/27/1910 - 9/28/1993
American editor and novelist
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| 78
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Lawrence Durrell 2/27/1912 - 11/7/1990
English novelist and poet
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Irwin Shaw 2/27/1913 - 5/16/1984
American playwright, novelist and screenwriter
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