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.

February 27 - Wikipedia