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
1930: Bouvet Island
2010: Yirdquauk damage in Chile
- 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
Elizabeth Taylor
- 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 Björnsson, 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
.jpg)
