A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on February 27 throughout history.
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The Ladies' Mercury (27 February 1693 — 17 March 1693) was a periodical published in London by the Athenian Society notable for being the first periodical in English published and specifically…
The Trades Union Congress and the Independent Labour Party (formed in 1893) meet in London, resulting in a Labour Representative Committee and eventually the modern UK Labour Party in 1906
Nazi Germany's parliament building, the Reichstag, is destroyed by fire, possibly set by the Nazis, who blame and execute Dutch communist Marinus van der Lubbe
Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14 (radiocarbon dating) at the University of California Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California
Mao Zedong's famous speech to the Supreme State Conference "On Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People" expounding Maoist ideals
CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite delivers a scathing editorial on America's chances of winning the Vietnam War
Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version are 1996 role-playing video games (RPGs) developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy.
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist.
Australian cricketer Don Bradman scores 169 in the 5th Test match against England in 223 minutes, ensuring Australia wins the Ashes 3-2
Mickey Mantle of the NY Yankees signs a baseball contract worth $100,000
American civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois (83) weds award-winning author Shirley Graham (54) in Queens, New York
American singer-songwriter Solange Knowles (17) weds Texas Southern University football player Daniel Smith (19) at Old Bahama Bay Resort in Grand Bahama Island; divorce in 2007
American "Supernatural" actress Genevieve Cortese (29) weds co-star American actor Jared Padalecki (27) in Sun Valley, Idaho
15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
Siege of Malbork, including its castle, seat of the Teutonic Order begun by Polish and Prussian forces - captured September 1454
Saxony and Hesse form League of Gotha (league of Protestant princes)
Evangelical German towns form Schmalkaldische Union
Osep Gregoriwich Napea, the 1st Russian ambassador to England, arrives in London
British composer William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, England
Amboyna Massacre: ten Englishmen and ten Japanese and a Portuguese are beheaded by the Dutch for supposedly planning to seize their fort on Ambon Island (modern Indonesia)
Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci
Battle at Elmina, Gold Coast: Dutch Vice-admiral De Ruyter captures Fort Cormantin from the English
Abraham Crijnssen conquers Fort Willoughby (Zeelandia), Suriname
Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I orders all Jews expelled from Austria, given until August to comply
Earl of Shaftesbury freed from the Tower of London
English/Welsh nobles lay down Oath of Association
French troops bomb Willemstad, Curacao
Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia and commonly known as simply Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.
Great fire in Bombay, India
First federal vaccination legislation enacted
New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana.
The recorded history of the Dominican Republic began in 1492 when Christopher Columbus, working for the Crown of Castile, arrived at a large island in the western Atlantic Ocean, later known as the...
Russians shoot at Poles protesting Russian rule of Poland in Castle Square, Warsaw
The Battle of Jonesborough (August 31–September 1, 1864) was fought between Union Army forces led by William Tecumseh Sherman and Confederate forces under William J.
Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri
John Menard is 1st African American to make a speech in the US Congress
Birmingham is a city in the north central region of Alabama, United States. It is the third-most populous city in the state, with an estimated population of 196,357 as of 2024.
Charlotte Ray, the first African American woman lawyer in the USA, graduates from Howard University
Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor
Lord's Cricket Ground, better known as Lord's, is a cricket venue at St John's Wood, historically in Middlesex and now in the City of Westminster, London NW8.
Russian-American chemist Constantin Fahlberg discovers an artificial sweetener (later named 'saccharin'), while working on coal tar analysis at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland [1]
Battle at Amajuba: South African Boers vs British army under General Colley
Oscar Hammerstein patents the first cigar-rolling machine
D Needham and P Kerrigan box 100 rounds (6 h 39 m) in San Francisco; match is a draw
The Battle of Paardeberg or Perdeberg ("Horse Mountain", 18–27 February 1900) was a major battle during the Second Anglo-Boer War.
A General Committee of National Liberal Federation meets and adopts a resolution deploring the continuation of the war in South Africa and condemning the British Government's insistence on unconditional surrender by the Boers
France and Britain agree to joint control of New Hebrides
Sacrifice fly adopted (repealed in 1931, reinstated 1954)
1st public performance of Holst's "Planets"
The Fascists incite a riot in Florence, Italy
G B Shaw's "Back to Methusaleh I/II" premieres in NYC
Belgium's Theunis government falls
Turkey signs Litvinov-pact
Bouvet Island is an uninhabited subantarctic volcanic island and dependency of Norway.
Explosion in coal mine Boissevain, Virginia, USA leaves 38 dead
Dutch swimmer Willy den Ouden sets new women's world 100m freestyle record (1:04.6) in Amsterdam; lasts 22 years until broken in 1956 by Dawn Fraser of Australia
Belgian government of Pierlot falls
1st transport of French Jews to nazi-Germany
The Rosenstrasse Protest, a rare mass public demonstration in Germany against the Third Reich's deportation of Jews in Berlin; the protest by non-Jewish wives and relatives of detained Jewish men lasts a week and results in the release of approximately 1,800 captives
The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by the United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the...
4th "Road" film "Road to Utopia" premieres (NYC)
French explorer Paul-Emile Victor founds French Polar Expeditions to oversee French scientific missions
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution limits the number of times a person can be elected to the office of President of the United States to two, and sets additional...
The role of women in Egypt has changed significantly from ancient times to the modern era.
Novaya Zemlya, also spelled Novaja Zemlja, is an archipelago in northern Russia. It is situated in the Arctic Ocean, in the extreme northeast of Europe, with Cape Flissingsky, on the northern island,...
Oil pipe line from Rotterdam to Ruhrgebied opens
The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated
The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over
Dutch Marijnen government resigns
West Indies Associated States was the collective name for a number of islands in the Eastern Caribbean whose status changed from being British colonies to states in free association with the United...
NY Times (falsely) reports US army has ended domestic surveillance
Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform aborti provocati
The Wounded Knee Occupation, also known as Second Wounded Knee, began on February 27, 1973, when approximately 200 Oglala Lakota (sometimes referred to as Oglala Sioux) and followers of the American...
"People" magazine begins sales
CDU-politician Peter Lorentz kidnapped in West Berlin
France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
Greatest passenger load on a commercial airliner: 610 on a Boeing 747
Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw
Eamonn Christopher Coghlan is an Irish former track and field athlete who specialised in middle distance track events and the 5,000 metres.
14,000 American farmers converge in Ames, Iowa to demand economic relief
The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis
"Washington Week In Review" 20th anniversary on PBS
Ferdinand Hugo aus der Fünten (17 December 1909 – 19 April 1989), widely known as Fünten, was an SS-Hauptsturmführer and head of the Central Office for Jewish Emigration in Amsterdam during the...
Wilson Phillips is an American pop vocal group formed in Los Angeles in 1989. The group consists of sisters Carnie and Wendy Wilson, the daughters of Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, and Chynna...
Ben Elton's "Silly Cow" premieres in London
Larry Smith named 9th Commissioner of the CFL
PBA National Championship Won by Ron Palombi Jr
Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. As of 2025 Greater Beirut has a population of 2.4 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the twelfth-largest city in the...
Car bomb explodes in Zakho, North-Iraq (54-80 killed)
The Hayes Theater (formerly the Little Theatre, New York Times Hall, Winthrop Ames Theatre, and Helen Hayes Theatre) is a Broadway theater at 240 West 44th Street in the Theater District of Midtown...
The Newton is a specified standard and series of personal digital assistants (PDAs) developed and marketed by Apple Computer, Inc. from 1993 to 1998.
The Aston Villa Under-21s, formerly known as Aston Villa Reserves and Aston Villa Under-23s, are the most senior youth development team of Aston Villa and compete in Premier League 2, the EFL Trophy...
Former Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavsic is sentenced by the U.N. tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, to 11 years in prison
Abu Sayyaf (ASG), officially known by the Islamic State as the Islamic State – East Asia Province, also known by its full name, Al Hamas Harakat Al Muqawamah Al Islamiyyah or simply Al Harakat Al...
Statistics Finland informs that Finland's gross domestic product diminished by 1.3% in the last quarter of 2008 from the previous quarter
The 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami (Spanish: Terremoto del 27F) occurred off the coast of central Chile on 27 February 2010, at 03:34:12 local time (06:34:12 UTC).
17 Afghan militia are killed by Taliban insurgents in an attack in the Andar District
The prime minister of Ukraine is the head of government of Ukraine. The prime minister presides over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which is the highest body of the executive branch of the...
Biggest cosmic explosion ever detected from a supermassive black hole in Ophiuchus galaxy 390 million lights years away, (size of 15 Miky Ways), published in "Astrophysical Journal"
The Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, sold under the brand name Comirnaty, is an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine developed by the German biotechnology company BioNTech.
Countries sanction Russia for its invasion of Ukraine; EU closes its airspace to Russian planes, Russian banks excluded from worldwide Swift payment system, Sweden sends arms to Ukraine
First confirming sighting of a sexual encounter between humpback whales, and the first homosexual coupling, published in "Marine Mammal Science" [1]
Frederick Catherwood, English artist, architect and explorer, known for english artist, architect and explorer, was born on 1799-02-27.
Charles Strite, American inventor, known for american inventor, was born on 1878-02-27.
Charles Best is born
John Steinbeck, American writer, known for american writer, was born on 1902-02-27. John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer.
Ralph Nader, American lawyer and activist, known for american lawyer and activist, was born on 1935-02-27.
Elizabeth Taylor, American american actress, known for british and american actress, was born on 1932-02-27.
Joanne Woodward, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1931-02-27. Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward is an American retired actress.
Peter Andre, Australian british-australian singer, songwriter and television personality, known for british-australian singer, songwriter and television personality, was born on 1974-02-27.
Kate Mara, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1984-02-27. Kate Rooney Mara ( MAIR-ə; born February 27, 1983) is an American actress.
Marian Anderson, American musician, known for african-american contralto, was born on 1897-02-27. Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) was an American contralto.
Mildred Bailey musician, known for native american jazz singer, was born on 1907-02-27.
Josh Groban, American musician, known for american singer and actor, was born on 1982-02-27. Joshua Winslow Groban is an American singer, songwriter, and actor.
Ethelda Bleibtrey, American athlete, known for american swimmer, was born on 1902-02-27.
Gene Sarazen, American athlete, known for american professional golfer, was born on 1902-02-27.
James Worthy, American athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1962-02-27. James Ager Worthy is an American former professional basketball player.
Kent Desormeaux, American athlete, known for american jockey, was born on 1971-02-27. Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S.
Louis Vuitton dies
George H. Hitchings, American nobel prize-winning american doctor, known for nobel prize-winning american doctor, died on 1998-02-27.
Spike Milligan, Irish comedian and writer, known for irish comedian and writer, died on 2002-02-27.
Fred Rogers, American television host and author, known for american television host and author, died on 2003-02-27.
Leonard Nimoy, American actor, known for american actor, died on 2015-02-27. Leonard Simon Nimoy (March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American actor and director, famous for playing Spock in…
Richard Lewis, American stand-up comedian, known for american stand-up comedian, died on 2024-02-27.
15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
Siege of Malbork, including its castle, seat of the Teutonic Order begun by Polish and Prussian forces - captured September 1454
Saxony and Hesse form League of Gotha (league of Protestant princes)
Evangelical German towns form Schmalkaldische Union
Osep Gregoriwich Napea, the 1st Russian ambassador to England, arrives in London
British composer William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, England
Amboyna Massacre: ten Englishmen and ten Japanese and a Portuguese are beheaded by the Dutch for supposedly planning to seize their fort on Ambon Island (modern Indonesia)
Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci
Battle at Elmina, Gold Coast: Dutch Vice-admiral De Ruyter captures Fort Cormantin from the English
Abraham Crijnssen conquers Fort Willoughby (Zeelandia), Suriname
Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I orders all Jews expelled from Austria, given until August to comply
Earl of Shaftesbury freed from the Tower of London
The Ladies' Mercury (27 February 1693 — 17 March 1693) was a periodical published in London by the Athenian Society notable for being the first periodical in English published and specifically…
English/Welsh nobles lay down Oath of Association
French troops bomb Willemstad, Curacao
Frederick Catherwood, English artist, architect and explorer, known for english artist, architect and explorer, was born on 1799-02-27.
Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia and commonly known as simply Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.
Great fire in Bombay, India
First federal vaccination legislation enacted
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist.
New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana.
The recorded history of the Dominican Republic began in 1492 when Christopher Columbus, working for the Crown of Castile, arrived at a large island in the western Atlantic Ocean, later known as the...
Russians shoot at Poles protesting Russian rule of Poland in Castle Square, Warsaw
The Battle of Jonesborough (August 31–September 1, 1864) was fought between Union Army forces led by William Tecumseh Sherman and Confederate forces under William J.
Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri
John Menard is 1st African American to make a speech in the US Congress
Birmingham is a city in the north central region of Alabama, United States. It is the third-most populous city in the state, with an estimated population of 196,357 as of 2024.
Charlotte Ray, the first African American woman lawyer in the USA, graduates from Howard University
Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor
Lord's Cricket Ground, better known as Lord's, is a cricket venue at St John's Wood, historically in Middlesex and now in the City of Westminster, London NW8.
Charles Strite, American inventor, known for american inventor, was born on 1878-02-27.
Russian-American chemist Constantin Fahlberg discovers an artificial sweetener (later named 'saccharin'), while working on coal tar analysis at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland [1]
Battle at Amajuba: South African Boers vs British army under General Colley
Oscar Hammerstein patents the first cigar-rolling machine
D Needham and P Kerrigan box 100 rounds (6 h 39 m) in San Francisco; match is a draw
Louis Vuitton dies
Marian Anderson, American musician, known for african-american contralto, was born on 1897-02-27. Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) was an American contralto.
Charles Best is born
The Trades Union Congress and the Independent Labour Party (formed in 1893) meet in London, resulting in a Labour Representative Committee and eventually the modern UK Labour Party in 1906
The Battle of Paardeberg or Perdeberg ("Horse Mountain", 18–27 February 1900) was a major battle during the Second Anglo-Boer War.
A General Committee of National Liberal Federation meets and adopts a resolution deploring the continuation of the war in South Africa and condemning the British Government's insistence on unconditional surrender by the Boers
John Steinbeck, American writer, known for american writer, was born on 1902-02-27. John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer.
Ethelda Bleibtrey, American athlete, known for american swimmer, was born on 1902-02-27.
Gene Sarazen, American athlete, known for american professional golfer, was born on 1902-02-27.
France and Britain agree to joint control of New Hebrides
Mildred Bailey musician, known for native american jazz singer, was born on 1907-02-27.
Sacrifice fly adopted (repealed in 1931, reinstated 1954)
1st public performance of Holst's "Planets"
The Fascists incite a riot in Florence, Italy
G B Shaw's "Back to Methusaleh I/II" premieres in NYC
Belgium's Theunis government falls
Turkey signs Litvinov-pact
Bouvet Island is an uninhabited subantarctic volcanic island and dependency of Norway.
Joanne Woodward, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1931-02-27. Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward is an American retired actress.
Explosion in coal mine Boissevain, Virginia, USA leaves 38 dead
Elizabeth Taylor, American american actress, known for british and american actress, was born on 1932-02-27.
Nazi Germany's parliament building, the Reichstag, is destroyed by fire, possibly set by the Nazis, who blame and execute Dutch communist Marinus van der Lubbe
Ralph Nader, American lawyer and activist, known for american lawyer and activist, was born on 1935-02-27.
Dutch swimmer Willy den Ouden sets new women's world 100m freestyle record (1:04.6) in Amsterdam; lasts 22 years until broken in 1956 by Dawn Fraser of Australia
Australian cricketer Don Bradman scores 169 in the 5th Test match against England in 223 minutes, ensuring Australia wins the Ashes 3-2
Belgian government of Pierlot falls
Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14 (radiocarbon dating) at the University of California Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California
1st transport of French Jews to nazi-Germany
The Rosenstrasse Protest, a rare mass public demonstration in Germany against the Third Reich's deportation of Jews in Berlin; the protest by non-Jewish wives and relatives of detained Jewish men lasts a week and results in the release of approximately 1,800 captives
The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by the United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the...
4th "Road" film "Road to Utopia" premieres (NYC)
French explorer Paul-Emile Victor founds French Polar Expeditions to oversee French scientific missions
American civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois (83) weds award-winning author Shirley Graham (54) in Queens, New York
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution limits the number of times a person can be elected to the office of President of the United States to two, and sets additional...
The role of women in Egypt has changed significantly from ancient times to the modern era.
Mao Zedong's famous speech to the Supreme State Conference "On Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People" expounding Maoist ideals
Novaya Zemlya, also spelled Novaja Zemlja, is an archipelago in northern Russia. It is situated in the Arctic Ocean, in the extreme northeast of Europe, with Cape Flissingsky, on the northern island,...
Oil pipe line from Rotterdam to Ruhrgebied opens
The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated
James Worthy, American athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1962-02-27. James Ager Worthy is an American former professional basketball player.
Mickey Mantle of the NY Yankees signs a baseball contract worth $100,000
The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over
Dutch Marijnen government resigns
West Indies Associated States was the collective name for a number of islands in the Eastern Caribbean whose status changed from being British colonies to states in free association with the United...
CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite delivers a scathing editorial on America's chances of winning the Vietnam War
NY Times (falsely) reports US army has ended domestic surveillance
Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform aborti provocati
Kent Desormeaux, American athlete, known for american jockey, was born on 1971-02-27. Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S.
The Wounded Knee Occupation, also known as Second Wounded Knee, began on February 27, 1973, when approximately 200 Oglala Lakota (sometimes referred to as Oglala Sioux) and followers of the American...
"People" magazine begins sales
Peter Andre, Australian british-australian singer, songwriter and television personality, known for british-australian singer, songwriter and television personality, was born on 1974-02-27.
CDU-politician Peter Lorentz kidnapped in West Berlin
France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
Greatest passenger load on a commercial airliner: 610 on a Boeing 747
Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw
Josh Groban, American musician, known for american singer and actor, was born on 1982-02-27. Joshua Winslow Groban is an American singer, songwriter, and actor.
Eamonn Christopher Coghlan is an Irish former track and field athlete who specialised in middle distance track events and the 5,000 metres.
Kate Mara, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1984-02-27. Kate Rooney Mara ( MAIR-ə; born February 27, 1983) is an American actress.
14,000 American farmers converge in Ames, Iowa to demand economic relief
The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis
"Washington Week In Review" 20th anniversary on PBS
Ferdinand Hugo aus der Fünten (17 December 1909 – 19 April 1989), widely known as Fünten, was an SS-Hauptsturmführer and head of the Central Office for Jewish Emigration in Amsterdam during the...
Wilson Phillips is an American pop vocal group formed in Los Angeles in 1989. The group consists of sisters Carnie and Wendy Wilson, the daughters of Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, and Chynna...
Ben Elton's "Silly Cow" premieres in London
Larry Smith named 9th Commissioner of the CFL
PBA National Championship Won by Ron Palombi Jr
Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. As of 2025 Greater Beirut has a population of 2.4 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the twelfth-largest city in the...
Car bomb explodes in Zakho, North-Iraq (54-80 killed)
Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version are 1996 role-playing video games (RPGs) developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy.
The Hayes Theater (formerly the Little Theatre, New York Times Hall, Winthrop Ames Theatre, and Helen Hayes Theatre) is a Broadway theater at 240 West 44th Street in the Theater District of Midtown...
The Newton is a specified standard and series of personal digital assistants (PDAs) developed and marketed by Apple Computer, Inc. from 1993 to 1998.
George H. Hitchings, American nobel prize-winning american doctor, known for nobel prize-winning american doctor, died on 1998-02-27.
The Aston Villa Under-21s, formerly known as Aston Villa Reserves and Aston Villa Under-23s, are the most senior youth development team of Aston Villa and compete in Premier League 2, the EFL Trophy...
Spike Milligan, Irish comedian and writer, known for irish comedian and writer, died on 2002-02-27.
Former Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavsic is sentenced by the U.N. tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, to 11 years in prison
Fred Rogers, American television host and author, known for american television host and author, died on 2003-02-27.
American singer-songwriter Solange Knowles (17) weds Texas Southern University football player Daniel Smith (19) at Old Bahama Bay Resort in Grand Bahama Island; divorce in 2007
Abu Sayyaf (ASG), officially known by the Islamic State as the Islamic State – East Asia Province, also known by its full name, Al Hamas Harakat Al Muqawamah Al Islamiyyah or simply Al Harakat Al...
Statistics Finland informs that Finland's gross domestic product diminished by 1.3% in the last quarter of 2008 from the previous quarter
American "Supernatural" actress Genevieve Cortese (29) weds co-star American actor Jared Padalecki (27) in Sun Valley, Idaho
The 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami (Spanish: Terremoto del 27F) occurred off the coast of central Chile on 27 February 2010, at 03:34:12 local time (06:34:12 UTC).
17 Afghan militia are killed by Taliban insurgents in an attack in the Andar District
The prime minister of Ukraine is the head of government of Ukraine. The prime minister presides over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which is the highest body of the executive branch of the...
Leonard Nimoy, American actor, known for american actor, died on 2015-02-27. Leonard Simon Nimoy (March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American actor and director, famous for playing Spock in…
Biggest cosmic explosion ever detected from a supermassive black hole in Ophiuchus galaxy 390 million lights years away, (size of 15 Miky Ways), published in "Astrophysical Journal"
The Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, sold under the brand name Comirnaty, is an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine developed by the German biotechnology company BioNTech.
Countries sanction Russia for its invasion of Ukraine; EU closes its airspace to Russian planes, Russian banks excluded from worldwide Swift payment system, Sweden sends arms to Ukraine
First confirming sighting of a sexual encounter between humpback whales, and the first homosexual coupling, published in "Marine Mammal Science" [1]
Richard Lewis, American stand-up comedian, known for american stand-up comedian, died on 2024-02-27.