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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 307 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 14, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,740,614,400 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.
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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 355 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 4,451 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.
- 1594 –Henry IV is crowned King of France.
- 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.
- 1900 –The British Labour Party is founded.
- 1933 –Reichstag fire: Germany’s parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire.
- 1963 –The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.
- 1964 –The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
- 1971 –Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform aborti provocati.
- 1973 –The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
Who were born on February 27?
- 1877 –Walter Briggs, Sr., American entrepreneur and sports team owner (d. 1952)
- 1891 –David Sarnoff, Russian-born broadcast pioneer (d. 1971)
- 1913 –Irwin Shaw, American writer (d. 1984)
- 1923 –Dexter Gordon, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1990)
- 1943 –Mary Frann, American actress (d. 1998)
- 1957 –Danny Antonucci, Canadian animator
- 1966 –Donal Logue, Canadian actor
- 1968 –Matt Stairs, Canadian baseball player
- 1980 –Scott Prince, Australian Rugby League Player
- 1983 –Devin Harris, American basketball player
Who died on February 27?
- 1921 –Schofield Haigh, English cricketer (b. 1871)
- 1932 –William Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (b. 1843)
- 1964 –Orry-Kelly, Australian costume designer (b. 1897)
- 1968 –Frankie Lymon, American singer (b. 1942)
- 1980 –George Tobias, American actor (b. 1901)
- 1993 –Lillian Gish, American actress (b. 1893)
- 2003 –John Lanchbery, English composer (b. 1923)
- 2006 –Otis Chandler, American newspaper publisher (b. 1927)
- 2008 –Boyd Coddington, American automobile designer (b. 1944)
- 2008 –William F. Buckley, Jr., American conservative author, commentator and entrepreneur(b. 1925)
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