February 27

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on February 27. From 1900 until now. February 27 is under the sign of Pisces. Famous birthdays on this day include Elizabeth Taylor (1932), Chelsea Clinton (1980) and Josh Groban (1981). Several movies were released around February 27 over the years, such as Gentleman's Fate in 1931 directed by Mervyn LeRoy and The Aviator's Wife in 1981 directed by Éric Rohmer.
But much more happened on February 27 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

International Polar Bear Day.
Saint Antigone
Saint Leander
First day of Maslenitsa in Russia (2006)
Saint Honorine
Dominican Republic - National Day.
Roman Empire - Equirria, horse races in honour of the pagan war god Mars were held.
Saint Gabriel of the Mother of Sorrows
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Events

2019 Israeli involvement in the Syrian Civil War, Israel–Russia relations: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells Russian President Vladimir Putin that Israel will "continue to take action against Iran in Syria". (The Times of Israel)
2018 Foreign relations of North Korea: Five unnamed Western European security sources say that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his father Kim Jong-il used fraudulently obtained Brazilian passports in order to apply for visas to visit Western countries in the 1990s. (Reuters)
2017 Moro conflict: The Abu Sayyaf militant group beheads their German hostage Jurgen Kantner in Indanan, Philippines. (The Straits Times)
2016 Syrian Civil War: A truce is in effect, as of midnight. Russian Air Force attacks on opposition positions were reported to have been intensified before the truce took effect. (BBC)
2015 Somali pirates release four Thai hostages after nearly five years of captivity. (Reuters)
2014 The Parliament of Ukraine’s Autonomous Republic of Crimea announces a referendum to determine the region’s future and ousts the regional government. (Kyiv Post)
2013 War in Afghanistan:: Taliban insurgents kill 17 Afghan government-affiliated militia personnel in an overnight attack in Andar District of eastern Ghazni Province. (AP via ABC News)
2012 Arab Spring: As a result of ongoing protests, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is succeeded by Vice President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi.
2011 Six people are killed in a failed coup attempt on the presidential palace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
2010 An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured.
2009 China's Navy and Denmark's Navy thwart Somali pirate attacks on Italian and Chinese merchant vessels in the Gulf of Aden. (China Daily) (Canadian Press)
2008 In the USA, the Fannie Mae government-backed mortgage company reports a loss of US$3.55 billion for the fourth quarter of 2007, due to increased foreclosures.
2007 At the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, a Taliban suicide attack kills 23. Visiting US Vice President Dick Cheney is not injured.
2006 President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Chen Shui-bian announces the cease of the function of the National Unification Council and the application of the Guidelines for National Unification. The move is condemned by the pan-Blue Coalition and People's Republic of China. Chen says that the reversal is a response to aggression by the PRC. (Washington Post) (China Daily) (Taipei Times) (BBC)
2005 Syria is reported to have handed over Saddam Husseins' half-brother, Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hasan al-Tikriti, to the interim Iraqi government. (BBC)
2004 2004 SuperFerry 14 bombing: The Abu Sayyaf guerrilla group is blamed for the deadliest terrorist attack at sea in world history, which kills 116 in the Philippines.
2003 Former Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavšić is sentenced by the U.N. tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, to 11 years in prison.
2002 Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair's handling of the evacuation.
1999 One of 4 bombs detonated in Lusaka, Zambia, destroys the Angolan Embassy.
1998 14th Soap Opera Digest Awards
1997 Last Night of Ballyhoo opens at Helen Hayes Theater, New York City
1996 Mark Waugh scores 126 in World Cup against India.
1995 In Denver, Colorado, the old Stapleton Airport closes; it is replaced by a new Denver International Airport, the largest airport in the United States.
1994 17th Winter Olympic games closes in Lillehammer, Norway
1993 PBA National Championship Won by Ron Palombi Jr
1992 S I Hayakawa, American politician (Senator-Republican-California, 1977-83), dies from a stroke at age 85.
1991 Gulf War ends after Iraqi troops retreated and Kuwait is liberated
1990 Exxon Corp and Exxon Shipping are indicted on five criminal counts for the grounding and oil spill of the Exxon Valdez.
1989 Venezuela is rocked by the Caracazo riots.
1988 Gulfstream G-IV jet goes around the world 36:08:34.
1987 Washington Week In Review, 20th anniversary on PBS
1986 The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.
1985 Farmers converge in Washington to demand economic relief.
1984 WRC-AM in Washington DC changes call letters to WWRC
1983 Eamonn Coghlan sets indoor mile record of 3:49.78.
1982 Wayne Williams found guilty of murdering 2 of 28 blacks in Atlanta
1981 Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder record Ebony and Ivory
1980 Israel and Egypt exchange ambassadors
1979 The annual Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans, Louisiana is canceled due to a strike called by the New Orleans Police Department.
1977 Keith Richards gets suspended sentence for heroin possession, Canada
1976 Final meeting between China's Mao tse Tung and US President Richard Nixon.
1975 CDU-politician Peter Lorentz kidnapped in West Berlin.
1974 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1973 Members of American Indian Movement begin occupation of Wounded Knee
1972 US President Richard Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issue Shanghai Communique.
1970 New York Times (falsely) reports US army has ended domestic surveillance.
1969 US President Richard Nixon visits West Berlin.
1968 Ex-Teenagers singer Frankie Lymon is found dead from a heroin overdose in Harlem.
1967 Pink Floyd release their 1st single Arnold Layne
1966 Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Diane Towler/Bernard Ford (Great Britain).
1965 High Spirits closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 375 performances
1964 What Makes Sammy Run? opens at 84th St. Theater NYC for 540 performances
1963 Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees sign a baseball contract worth US$100,000.
1962 South-Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem's palace bombed, first US killed of war.
1961 The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
1960 US Olympics Ice Hockey Team beats USSR 3-2 en route to gold medal.
1959 Chicago Cards trade running back Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players
1957 Premiere of only prime-time network TV show beginning with an X: Xavier Cugat Show on NBC (until X-Files)
1956 Female suffrage in Egypt.
1955 Betty Jameson wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open.
1951 22nd amendment ratified, limiting President to 2 terms
1950 General Chiang Kai-shek elected President of Nationalist China.
1949 Chaim Weizmann becomes 1st Israeli President
1947 Paul-Emile Victor French polar expeditions organized.
1946 4th Road film, Road to Utopia premieres (NYC)
1945 Battle of US 94 Infantry
1943 The Rosenstrasse protest starts in Berlin
1942 1st transport of French Jews to Nazi-Germany
1941 The New Zealand Division cruiser HMS ''Leander'' (1931) sinks Italian armed merchant raider ''Ramb I'' off the Maldives.
1939 US Supreme Court outlaws sit-down strikes.
1938 Britain and France recognize Franco government in Spain.
1936 Willy den Ouden swims world record 100 metre free style (1:04.6).
1933 Nazis set fire to German parliament, blame it on Communists
1932 Explosion in coal mine in Boissevain, Virginia, USA (38 dead).
1930 Bouvet Island declared a Norwegian dependency.
1929 Turkey signs Litvinov-pact.
1927 For second Sunday in a row golfers in South Carolina are arrested for violating Sabbath.
1922 Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover convenes first National Radio Conference.
1921 US female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard.
1919 American Association for the Hard of Hearing formed (New York City, New York).
1912 Lord Kitchener opens Khartoum-El Obeid (Nyala) railway.
1908 Sacrifice fly adopted (repealed in 1931, reinstated 1954).
1906 France and Britain agree to joint control of New Hebrides.
1902 Second Boer War: Harry 'Breaker' Harbord Morant is executed in Pretoria.
1900 British Labour Party forms
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