Honey bee on hazel catkin - February 27, 2026

55F / 13C sunny and calm today.

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The hazels have pollen and the bees are collecting it and bringing it back to the hives today.

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Yeah, so, I hereby announce and decree that February 27 will hereby be knownst as ROAST PORKINS DAY, in honor of that one guy that saved all of us, on the day of the thang that happened

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February 27

This day in history:

• 2008 – Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari escapes from a detention center in Singapore, hiding in Johor, Malaysia until he was recaptured over a year later.
• 1594 – Henry IV is crowned King of France.
• 1963 – The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.
• 2015 – Russian politician Boris Nemtsov is assassinated in Moscow while out walking with his girlfriend.

Births:

• 1904 – André Leducq, French cyclist (d. 1980)
• 1847 – Ellen Terry, English actress (d. 1928)
• 1923 – Dexter Gordon, American saxophonist, composer, and actor (d. 1990)

Deaths:

• 1931 – Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1968 – Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
• 2007 – Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, German general (b. 1914)

Holidays:

• Doctors' Day (Vietnam)
• Majuba Day (some Afrikaners in South Africa)
• World NGO Day

Random Article of the day:

Christopher Arthur Smith

February 27

This day in history:

• 1812 – Argentine War of Independence: Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time.
• 1988 – Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom.
• 2013 – A shooting takes place at a factory in Menznau, Switzerland, in which five people (including the perpetrator) are killed and five others injured.
• 1943 – The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.

Births:

• 1869 – Alice Hamilton, American physician and academic (d. 1970)
• 1992 – Meyers Leonard, American basketball player
• 1941 – Paddy Ashdown, British soldier and politician (d. 2018)

Deaths:

• 1706 – John Evelyn, English gardener and author (b. 1620)
• 1985 – J. Pat O'Malley, English-American actor and singer (b. 1904)
• 2003 – John Lanchbery, English-Australian composer and conductor (b. 1923)

Holidays:

• Independence Day (Dominican Republic), celebrates the first independence of Dominican Republic from Haiti in 1844.
• Marathi Language Day (Maharashtra, India)
• International Polar Bear Day

Random Article of the day:

Charley and Mimmo

Charley and Mimmo (French: T'Choupi et Doudou) is a traditionally animated children's television series that aired on YTV between 1999 and 2002.

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Song of the Day February 27 2024

In honor of the birth of Corinne Jacqueline Bailey bka Corinne Bailey Rae

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinne_Bailey_Rae

Corinne Bailey Rae - “Green Aphrodisiac” KXT 91.7 FM Studios Dallas, TX

https://youtu.be/Z7tJ7SDfDUM?si=ARz70TTvBtVz4rsO

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Song of the Day February 27 2024

In honor of the birth of Corinne Jacqueline Bailey bka Corinne Bailey Rae

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinne_Bailey_Rae

Corinne Bailey Rae - “Green Aphrodisiac” KXT 91.7 FM Studios Dallas, TX

https://youtu.be/Z7tJ7SDfDUM?si=ARz70TTvBtVz4rsO

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #February27 #CorinneJacquelineBailey #CorinneBaileyRae #GreenAphrodisiac #Jazz #Pop #Music #MusicVideo #LivePerformance #KXT #Dallas #2010s