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289 Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (312-37), adopted Christianity 1539 Franciscus Raphelengius, Dutch book publisher 1792 Don Joaquin BF Espartero, Spanish adventurer/field marshal 1807 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Portland Maine, poet (Hiawatha) 1823 Fredinand Van Derveer, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 1823 William Buel Franklin, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1903 1827 Richard W Johnson, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897 1832 Alfred Pollard Edward, Civil War journalist, died in 1872 1847 Dame Ellen Alice Terry, England, actress/director (Imperial Theatre) 1850 Henry Edwards Huntington, US, railroad exec 1861 Rudolf Steiner, Austria, philosopher (founded anthroposophy movement) 1881 Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, mathematician 1881 Sveinn Bjrnsson, 1st president of Republic of Iceland (1944-52) 1886 Hugo L Black, Ala, (Sen-D-Ala)/78th Supreme Court justice (1937-71) 1887 James D Innes, English painter 1888 Lotte Lehmann, Perleberg Germany, soprano (Fidello) 1891 David Sarnoff, US, radio/tv pioneer/CEO (RCA) 1891 Georges E Migot, French composer 1892 William Demarest, St Paul Minn, actor (Uncle Charlie-My 3 Sons) 1897 Bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (Lyot filter) 1897 G Paul H Schuitema, graphic designer/photographer (System-O-Color) 1898 Allison Danzig, sports writer (Tennis Pictorial History) 1899 Charles H Best, Maine, physiologist/co-discoverer (Insulin) 19-- Danny Rivera, spanish entertainer 19-- Michael Fox, actor (Saul-Bold & Beautiful, Young Frankenstein) 19-- Stephen Yates, actor (Another World) 19-- Tim Topper, Balt Md, actor (Evan-7 Brides for 7 Brothers) 1901 Marino Marini, Italian sculptor/painter 1902 Gene Sarazen, Harrison NY, PGA golfer (Masters 1935, US Open 1922, 32) 1902 John Steinbeck, Salinas Calif, author (Grapes of Wrath-Nobel 1962) 1903 Reginald Gardiner, Wimbeldon England, actor (Great Dictator) 1904 James Thomas Farrell, US, author (Studs Lonigan trilogy) 1904 Renaat Verheen, Flemish actor/director 1905 Franchot Tone, Niagara Falls NY, actor (Dr Freeland-Ben Casey) 1909 Elisabeth Welsh, singer 1910 Joan Bennett, Palasades NJ, actress (Little Women, Disraeli) 1910 Peter De Vries, Chicago, author (Reuben Reuben, Prick of Noon) 1912 Lawrence Durrell, Darjeeling India, writer (Alexandria Quartet) 1913 Frank Allaun, British MP (L) 1913 Irwin Shaw, US, novelist (Rich Man Poor Man) 1920 Jose Melis, Havana Cuba, orch leader (Jack Paar Program) 1922 Mervyn Jones, author (Nobody's Fault, 5 Hungarian Writers) 1923 Dexter Gordon, US tenor saxophonist 1925 Guy Mitchell, Detroit Mich, singer/actor (Guy Mitchell Show) 1926 Peter Emery, British MP 1930 Joanne Woodward, Thomasville Ga, actress (3 Faces of Eve, Rachel) 1932 Dolf Rover, painter 1932 Elizabeth Taylor, London, actress (Cleopatra) violet eyes 1932 Lord Young of Graffham, CEO (Cables & Wireless) 1933 Edward Lucie-Smith, poetry critic 1933 Malcolm Wallop, (Sen-R-WY, 1977- ) 1933 Raymond Berry, Texas, NFL hall of famer (Baltimore Colts) 1934 Ralph Nader, ex-Corvair fan/consumer advocate (Unsafe at Any Speed) 1934 Van Williams, Fort Worth Tx, actor (Green Hornet, Tycoon) 1935 Alberto Remedious, opera singer 1935 Mirella Freni, Modena Italy, lyric soprano (Madame Butterfly) 1936 Roger M Mahoney, Hollywood Ca, archbishop of Los Angeles (1985- ) 1937 Barbara Babcock, actress (Liz-Dallas, Grace-Hill St Blues) 1937 L Jay Silvester, US, discus thrower (Olympic-silver-1972) 1939 Antoinette Sibley, ballerina 1939 Kenzo Takada, fashion designer 1939 Peter Revson, auto racer (1971 Indianapolis pole winner) 1940 Howard Hesseman, Salem Or, actor (Dr Johnny Fever-WKRP, Head of Class) 1941 Paddy Ashton, New Delhi India, British MP leader (Soc/Lib Democrat) 1942 Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Due West SC, news reporter (McNeil-Lehrer) 1943 Mary Frann, St Louis Mo, actress (Joanna-Newhart, Days of Our Live) 1944 Alan Fudge, Wichita Ks, actor (Man From Atlantis, Paper Dolls) 1947 Gidon Kremer, Riga Latvia, violinist (Tchaikovsky Prize 1970) 1947 Marian G Fix, mime/actress (Dig up Cabbage) 1948 Eddie Gray, rock guitarist (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue) 1951 Lee Atwater, Republican National Committee Chairman (1989-91) 1952 Dwight Elmo Jones, Houston Tx, basketball player (Olymp-silver-1972) 1952 Henk Westbroek, singer (Good Goal) 1954 Neal Schon, rock guitarist (Journey-Open Arms, Bad English) 1955 Garry Christian, rocker 1957 Adrian Smith, heavy metal guitarist (Iron Maiden-Aces High) 1960 Andres Gomez, tennis pro (Madrid Grand Prix-1990) 1960 Bolik Dahan, Suriname singer/radio host (Radio KBC) 1960 Paul Humphreys, rock synthersizers (OMD-Crush, Pacific Age) 1960 Stoney Jackson, Richmond Va, actor (White Shadow, Insiders) 1961 Grant Shaud, actor (Miles Silverburg-Murphy Brown) 1961 James Worthy, NBA forward (LA Lakers, 1988 Playoff MVP) 1962 Adam Baldwin, actor (Full Metal Jacket, My Bodyguard) 1962 Grant Show, Detroit Mich, actor (Jack Hanson-Melrose Place) 1966 Gregg Rainwater, actor (Buck Cross-Young Riders) 1969 Victoria Fair, Jackson Michigan, Miss Michigan-America (1991) 1971 Ivan Robinson, Phila Pa, US boxer (Olympic-92) 1973 "Pooh" Clark, rocker (High-5) 1975 Christina Nigra, actress (Out of This World) 1980 Chelsea Clinton, daughter of President Clinton Back to GREGSITE Passings for February 271167 Robert van Melun, English philosopher/bishop of Hereford, dies 1844 Nicholas Biddle, US lawyer, diplomat, statesman, & financier, dies 1920 Alexandru D Xenopol, Romanian historian, dies at 72 1936 Ivan P Pavlov, Russian physiologist (reflexes, Nobel 1904), dies 1939 Nadezjda K Krupskaja, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies 1942 Karel WFM Doorman, spy (Java sea), dies 1955 Tom Howard, comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 66 1956 Frank Dailey, orch leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54 1958 Harry Cohn, CEO (Columbia Pictures), dies of a heart attack 1960 Adriano Olivetti, Italian engineer/manufacturer, dies at 58 1961 Platt Adams, 1912 Olympic high jump gold winner, dies 1962 Willie Best, actor (Charlie-My Little Margie), dies at 45 1974 Pat Brady, Toledo Ohio, actor (Roy Rodgers Show), dies at 59 1980 George Tobias, actor (Abner Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 78 1982 Malika A Sabirova, Russian dancer, dies at 39 1985 Henry Cabot Lodge, (Sen-R)/diplomat, dies at 82 1985 Pat J O'Malley, actor (My Favorite Martian, Maude), dies at 83 1989 Conrad Lorenz, Austria zoologist (Nobel 1973), dies 1991 Artie Mitchell, porn producer (Behind the Green Door), shot at 45 1991 H J of Royen, director Concert worker, dies 1991 Robert-John Akkerman, diplomat to Tunis, murdered 1992 Marinus Ruppert, Dutch political president (CNV), dies 1993 Lillian Gish, US actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 99 1993 Ruby Keeler, actress (42nd Street), dies of cancer at 83 Back to GREGSITE Holidays for February 27[Dominican Republic] Independence Day (1844) [St Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla] Statehood Day (1967) [St Kitts & Antigua] Independence Day (1967) [Zambia] Nelson Mandela Day (1990) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for February 27[Christian] Feast of St Leander 1633 [Ang] Commemoration of George Herbert, priest 1862 [RC] Commemoration of St Gabriel Possenti [Non leap years] 1995 [Christian] Shrove Monday 1995 [Moslem] Night of Power (Ramadn 27, 1415 AH) 1999 [Ang, RC] Ember Day Back to GREGSITE Special events for February 27 [Ancient Rome] Equirria (common years) [Ancient Rome] a d iij Kal Mar (common years) 837 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1526 Saxony & Hesse form League of Gotha (league of Protestant princes) 1563 William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral 1670 Jews are expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I 1700 Pacific island of New Britain discovered 1713 French troops bomb Willemstadt Curaao 1801 Washington DC placed under Congressional jurisdiction 1803 Great fire in Bombay, India 1813 1st federal vaccination legislation enacted 1813 Congress authorizes use of steamboats to transport mail 1814 Beethoven's 8th symphony premiers 1827 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans 1844 Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day) 1861 US Congress authorizes 1st stamped newspaper wrappers for mailing 1864 Near Andersonville GA, rebels open a new POW camp "Camp Sumpter" 1865 Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri 1869 John Menard is 1st black to make a speech in Congress 1871 Meeting of Alabama claims commission 1872 Charlotte Ray, 1st Black woman lawyer, graduated Harvard U 1874 Baseball 1st played in England, at Lord's Cricket Grounds 1877 US Electorial College declares R Hayes winner presidential election 1883 Oscar Hammerstein patents 1st cigar-rolling machine 1890 D Needham & P Kerrigan box 100 rounds (6 h 39 m), SF; match is draw 1900 Boer General Cronj surrenders to English in Pardenberg, South-Africa 1900 Conference in London calls for creation of a British labor party 1906 France & Britain agree to joint control of New Hebrides 1912 Lord Kitchener opens Khartoum-El Obeid (Nyala) railway 1919 1st public performance of Holst's "Planets" 1919 American Association for Hard of Hearing formed, NYC 1922 Supreme Court unanimously upheld 19th amend woman's right to vote 1924 Belgian's Theunis cabinet falls 1925 Hitler's forms NSDAP political party in Munich 1927 For 2nd Sunday in a row golfers in SC arrested for violating Sabbath 1929 Turkey signs Litvinov-pact 1930 Bouvet Island declared a Norwegian dependency 1930 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1665 Gaby 1932 Explosion in coal mine Boissevain, Virginia, USA (38 dead) 1933 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2248 Kanda 1933 Nazis set fire to German parliament, blame it on communists 1936 Willy de Supervise swims world record 100 m freestyle (1:04.6) 1938 Britain & France recognize Franco govt in Spain 1939 Belgian cabinet of Pierlot falls 1939 France recognizes Franco's regime in Spain 1939 Supreme Court outlaws sit-down strikes 1942 -Feb 28th; battle in Java Sea (Cruisers Java & De Ruyter sink) 1942 Battle of Java Sea began 13 US warships sunk-2 Japanese 1942 J S Hey discovers radio emissions from Sun 1947 Paul-Emile Victor French polar expeditions organized 1949 Chaim Weizmann becomes 1st Israeli president 1950 General Chang Kai-shek elected president of Nationalist China 1951 22nd amendment ratified, limiting president to 2 terms 1951 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1649 Fabre 1956 Female suffrage in Egypt 1960 oil pipe line from Rotterdam-Ruhrgebied in use 1962 South-Vietnam pres Ngo Dinh Diems palace bombed 1967 Antigua & St Christopher-Nevis become associated states of UK 1967 Dominica gains independence from England 1967 Pink Floyd release their 1st single "Arnold Layne" 1969 Gen Hafez al-Assad becomes head of Syria 1970 NY Times (falsely) reports US army has ended domestic surveillance 1972 Pres Nixon & Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued Shanghai Communique 1973 American Indian Movement occupy Wounded Knee in South Dakota 1973 Dick Allen signs a record $675,000 3-yr contract with White Sox 1973 Indians occupy Wounded Knee in South Dakota 1973 L Kohoutek discovers asteroids 1999 Hirayama, 2407, 2472, 2541 & 2901 1975 House of Reps pass $21.3 billion anti-recession tax-cut bill 1976 P Wild discovers asteroids #2080 Jihlava, #2081 Sazava & #2088 Sahlia 1976 R M West discovers asteroid #3004 1977 Keith Richards gets suspended sentence for heroin possession, Canada 1980 Grammy Awards feature a Barbra Striesand-Neil Diamond duet 1980 Israel & Egypt exchange ambassadors 1981 Greatest passenger load on a commercial airliner-610 on Boeing 747 1981 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder record "Ebony & Ivory" 1982 Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw 1982 Earl Anthony becomes 1st pro bowler to win more than $1 million 1982 Wayne Williams found guilty of murdering 2 of 28 blacks in Atlanta 1983 Eamonn Coghlan set mile record of 3:49.78 1984 Carl Lewis jumps world record indoor (8,675 m) 1984 WRC-AM in Washington DC changes call letters to WWRC 1985 Farmers converge in Washington to demand economic relief 1985 Mauritania's new constitutional charter published 1985 US dollar is worth 39355 (Netherland) 1987 Donald Regan resigned as White House chief of staff 1988 Bonnie Blair (US) wins Olympic 500m speedskating in record 39.1 1988 Gulfstream G-IV goes around the world 36:08:34 1988 Katarina Witt (GDR) wins 2nd consecutive Olympic figure skating 1989 German war criminals Aus Van de Fnten/Fischer, freed 1991 Noureddine Morcelli set 1500m mark at 3:34:16 1991 Singer James Brown is released from prison 1991 US led allied 6 week war with Iraq ends 1994 17th Olympic Winter games closes in Lillehammer, Norway Back to GREGSITE Facts for February 2758th day of the year with 307 days left (Numerology = 2) 1880 68øF highest temperature for this date in NYC 1990 5øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on February 2702/27/42 --- Deep In The Heart Of Texas --- Crosby, Bing 02/27/48 --- Beg Your Pardon --- Green, Larry 02/27/65 --- Goldfinger --- Bassey, Shirley 02/27/65 --- Eight Days A Week --- Beatles 02/27/71 --- Love Story, (Where Do I Begin) --- Williams, Andy 02/27/82 --- Make A Move On Me --- Newton-John, Olivia 02/27/88 --- Angel --- Aerosmith 02/27/88 --- Wishing Well --- D'Arby, Terence Trent 02/27/88 --- Devil Inside --- INXS 02/27/88 --- Girlfriend --- Pebbles 02/27/88 --- Some Kind Of Lover --- Watley, Jody 02/27/93 --- Freak Me --- Silk |
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