What are the important events that happened on February 27? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 27: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 27 is the 58th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 308 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 14, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,708,992,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘pentacontaoctagon’ day.
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 337 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,085 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 27 Historical Events
425 –
The University of Constantinople is founded by Emperor Theodosius II at the urging of his wife Aelia Eudocia.
1700 –
The island of New Britain is discovered.
1776 –
American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
1860 –
Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
1900 –
The British Labour Party is founded.
1922 –
A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
1943 –
The Rosenstrasse protest starts in Berlin
1951 –
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
1989 –
Venezuela is rocked by the Caracazo riots.
2002 –
Godhra train burning: a Muslim mob kills 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya;
Who were born on February 27?
1892 –
William Demarest, American actor (d. 1983)
1910 –
Genrikh Gasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer (d. 1995)
1913 –
Irwin Shaw, American writer (d. 1984)
1921 –
Theodore Van Kirk, American navigator of the Enola Gay
1942 –
Robert H. Grubbs, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1943 –
Mary Frann, American actress (d. 1998)
1950 –
Julia Neuberger, British rabbi and politician
1954 –
Neal Schon, American musician (Journey)
1958 –
Naas Botha, South African rugby union footballer
1970 –
Michael A. Burstein, American writer
Who died on February 27?
1699 –
Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. c.1625)
1720 –
Samuel Parris, English-born Puritan minister (b. 1653)
1977 –
John Dickson Carr, American author (b. 1905)
1978 –
Vadim Salmanov, Russian composer (b. 1912)
1980 –
George Tobias, American actor (b. 1901)
1992 –
S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-American linguist and politician (b. 1906)
2004 –
Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historians (b. 1928)
2006 –
Robert Lee Scott, Jr., U.S. General, Flying Tiger, and author (b. 1908)
2008 –
William F. Buckley, Jr., American conservative author, commentator and entrepreneur(b. 1925)
2011 –
Duke Snider, American professional baseball player (b. 1926)
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