Today in History

Today in History

By James Hughes

YEARDAYEVENT
425Feb 27Theodosius effectively founded a university in Constantinople.
1167Feb 27Robert of Melun, English philosopher, bishop of Hereford, died.
1526Feb 27Saxony and Hesse formed the League of Gotha, a league of Protestant princes.
1670Feb 27Jews were expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I.
1706Feb 27John Evelyn, diarist, died.
1801Feb 27The District of Columbia was placed under the jurisdiction of Congress.
1813Feb 27The 1st federal vaccination legislation was enacted.
1836Feb 27Mexican forces under General Jose de Urrea defeated Texan forces at the Battle of San Patricio.
1887Feb 27Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (53), Russian physician, composer (Prince Igor), died.
1905Feb 27Japanese pushed Russians back in Manchuria, and cross the Sha River.
1908Feb 27The forty-sixth star was added to the U.S. flag, signifying Oklahoma’s admission to statehood.
1919Feb 271st public performance of Gustav Holst’s “Planets.”
1920Feb 27The US rejected a Soviet peace offer as propaganda.
1922Feb 27G.B. Shaw’s “Back to Methuselah I/II” premiered in NYC.
1925Feb 27Glacier Bay National Monument was dedicated in Alaska.
1927Feb 27For the 2nd Sunday in a row golfers in SC were arrested for violating Sabbath.
1932Feb 27Explosion in coal mine in Boissevain, Virginia, left 38 dead.
1933Feb 27Jean Genet’s “Intermezzo,” premiered in Paris.
1938Feb 27Britain and France recognized the Franco government in Spain.
1942Feb 27Battle of Java Sea began. 13 US warships sank-2 Japanese.
1949Feb 27Chaim Weizmann became the 1st Israeli president.
1956Feb 27Female suffrage was granted in Egypt.
1957Feb 27Mao made his speech “On Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People.”
1958Feb 27Harry Cohn, CEO of Columbia Pictures, died of a heart attack.
1960Feb 27Adriano Olivetti (58), Italian engineer, manufacturer, died.
1976Feb 27The final meeting between Mao tse Tung and Richard Nixon took place.
1982Feb 27Wayne B. Williams was found guilty of murdering two of the 28 young blacks whose bodies were found in the Atlanta area over a 22-month period.
1985Feb 27In San Francisco the Irwin Memorial Blood Bank said that 80 Bay Area residents have received blood since 1979 from donors who are know to have contracted AIDS.
1987Feb 27“Washington Week In Review” celebrated its 20th anniversary on PBS.
1990Feb 27The US Supreme Court ruled that prison officials could force inmates to take powerful anti-psychotic drugs without a judge’s consent.
1991Feb 27In San Francisco wrecking balls began demolishing the Embarcadero Freeway.
1992Feb 27Tiger Woods (16) became the youngest PGA golfer in 35 years.
1993Feb 27President Clinton, in his weekly radio address, promised to find out who was behind the huge explosion at New York City’s World Trade Center, a bombing later blamed on Islamic militants.
1994Feb 27The Winter Olympic Games ended in Lillehammer, Norway.
1995Feb 27Court-appointed salvagers swarmed into Britain’s oldest investment bank to evaluate the remaining assets of Barings PLC after Nick Leeson, a 28-year-old trader, ruined the firm by gambling on Tokyo stock prices.
1996Feb 27Bob Dole won the North Dakota and South Dakota primaries, while Steve Forbes captured Arizona’s winner-take-all primary.
1997Feb 27A jury in Fayetteville, N.C., convicted former Army paratrooper James N. Burmeister of murdering a black couple so he could get a skinhead tattoo. He was later sentenced to life in prison.
1998Feb 26A jury in Amarillo, Texas, rejected an $11 million lawsuit brought by Texas cattlemen who blamed Oprah Winfrey’s talk show for a price fall after a segment on food safety that included a discussion about mad-cow disease.
1999Feb 27Western planes bombed targets in southern Iraq and Baghdad claimed that 23 people were wounded.
2000Feb 27Texas Governor George W. Bush’s campaign released a letter to New York Cardinal John O’Connor in which the Republican presidential candidate said he “deeply” regretted “causing needless offense” by making a campaign appearance at Bob Jones University, a South Carolina school whose leaders had espoused anti-Catholic views.
2001Feb 27President Bush went before Congress with a $1.9 trillion spending plan that would sharply reduce growth in many government programs while leaving room to give Americans the biggest tax cut in two decades.
2002Feb 27Alicia Keys won in 5 categories at the 44th annual Grammy Awards. Train won for best rock song: “Drops of Jupiter,” U2 won for best record of the year: “Walk On,” and Various Artists won the album of the year: “O Brother, Where Art Thou.”
2003Feb 27The Bush administration lowered the terror alert threat to code yellow.
2004Feb 27A federal judge in NY threw out 1 of 5 counts against Martha Stewart (62). She said prosecutors failed to prove that Stewart intended to commit securities fraud in her Dec 21, 2001, sale of ImClone Systems shares. 4 lesser charges remained.
2005Feb 27Iran and Russia signed a deal that would deliver nuclear fuel to the Middle East country for the startup of its first reactor.
2006Feb 27The US and Colombia reached a free trade agreement after nearly 2 years of negotiations. The pact needed approval by the legislatures of both countries.
2007Feb 27The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 416.02 points, the worst drop since the 2001 terrorist attacks.
2008Feb 27US National Intelligence Director Michael McConnell said told a Senate committee in Washington that Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s government controls just 30% of the country. The resurgent Taliban controls 10-11% of the country, while local tribes control the rest. The Afghan Defense Ministry soon replied saying: “All Afghan people know that in the 34 provinces of Afghanistan and in more than 360 districts … the government has control.” A remote-controlled bomb hit a civilian vehicle in eastern Khost province, killing the driver and wounding six people. A militant ambush of an opium poppy eradication force in Helmand province sparked clashes that left 25 Taliban fighters and a policeman dead.
2009Feb 27President Barack Obama outlined his plan for withdrawing combat troops from Iraq by Aug. 31, 2010.
2010Feb 27President Barack Obama signed a one-year extension of several provisions in the nation’s main counterterrorism law, the Patriot Act.
2011Feb 27In the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles “The King’s Speech,” a historical film, won best picture and three other prizes over more daring, contemporary contenders like “The Social Network” and “Black Swan.” The Oscar for best-actor went to Colin Firth for “The King’s Speech,” Natalie Portman won best-actress for “Black Swan,” and Christian Bale and Melissa Leo won as best supporting actors, both for “The Fighter.”
2012Feb 27Colorado’s sec. of state said enough signatures have bee collected to allow a measure for the legalization of marijuana for recreational use to go before voters in November.
2013Feb 27The US Senate confirmed Jacob J. Lew (57) as treasury secretary.
2014Feb 27In Hawaii a small plane crashed after takeoff from Lanai Island killing 3 people and leaving three others injured.
Source: Timelines of History    

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