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The
27t o Februar
is the 58t day o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 307 days ti come (308 in lowp years).
Events
- 1700
- The island o
New Britain
, nou pairt o
Papua New Guinea
, is discovered.
- 1844
- The
Dominican Republic
gains unthirldom frae
Haiti
.
- 1900
- The Breetish
Labour Pairty
is foondit.
- 1900
- German fitbaa club
Bayern Munich
is foondit.
- 1916
- Breetish passenger
ship
"SS Maloja" is sunk bi a German U-boat aff
Dover
, killin 155 fowk.
- 1930
-
Bouvet Island
becomes a dependent territory o
Norawa
.
- 1933
-
Reichstag fire
:
Berlin
's
Reichstag biggin
is set on
fire
.
- 1939
-
Fraunce
an the
Unitit Kinrick
recognise the Naitionalist Govrenment o
Francisco Franco
in
Spain
, despite
Madrid
still bein unner Republican control.
- 1976
- The
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
declares unthirldom frae
Spain
.
- 1991
-
George H. W. Bush
declares a ceasefire in the
Gulf War
.
- 1994
- End o the
1994
Winter Olympic Gemmes
in
Lillehammer
,
Norawa
.
- 1995
- A terrorist splosion in a mercat in Zakho,
Iraqi Kurdistan
, kills aroond 100 fowk.
- 2002
- Godhra
train
bombing: A
Muslim
mob attacks a train frae
Ayodhya
,
Indie
, killin 59
Hindu
pilgrims.
- 2004
- The bombin a Superferry 14 in the
Philippines
kills 116 fowk.
- 2010
-
Chile
is struck bi a magnitude 8.8
yirdquauk
, killin ower 500 fowk.
- 2015
- Roushie opposeetion politeecian
Boris Nemtsov
is assassinatit in
Moscow
.
Births
- 272
-
Constantine the Great
, Roman Emperor (d.
337
)
- 1807
-
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
, American poet (d.
1882
)
- 1861
-
Rudolf Steiner
, Austrick philosopher, social reformer, airchitect an esotericist (d.
1925
)
- 1881
-
Sveinn Bjornsson
, 1st
Preses
o
Iceland
(d.
1952
)
- 1888
-
Lotte Lehmann
, German soprano (d.
1976
)
- 1902
-
John Steinbeck
, American writer (d.
1968
)
- 1930
-
Joanne Woodward
, American actress
- 1932
-
Elizabeth Taylor
, Inglis-American actress (d.
2011
)
- 1941
-
Paddy Ashdown
, Breetish politeecian
- 1943
-
Carlos Alberto Parreira
, Brazilian fitbaa manager
- 1950
-
Annabel Goldie
, Scots politeecian
- 1971
-
Derren Brown
, Inglis illusionist
- 1980
-
Chelsea Clinton
, dochter o
Bill
an
Hillary Clinton
- 1981
-
Josh Groban
, American sangster
- 1986
-
Michel Mulder
, Dutch speed skater
- 1992
-
Ryan Jack
, Scots fitbawer
- 1994
-
Hou Yifan
, Cheenese chess player
Daiths
Halidays