About February 27
February 27, 2021 is the 58th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 307 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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Pisces is the sun 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 339 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On February 27
- 1560 –The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland.
- 1617 –Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea.
- 1801 –Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.
- 1812 –Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time.
- 1844 –The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
- 1860 –Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
- 1864 –American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
- 1900 –Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronje at the Battle of Paardeberg.
- 1900 –The British Labour Party is founded.
- 1921 –The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
- 1933 –Reichstag fire: Germany’s parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire.
- 1942 –World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies
- 1943 –The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
- 1951 –The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
- 1964 –The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
- 2002 –Godhra train burning: a Muslim mob kills 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya;
- 2002 –Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair’s handling of the evacuation.
- 2004 –A bombing of a Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines’ worst terrorist attack kills 116.
- 2007 –The Chinese Correction: the Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest drop in 10 years.
- 2010 –An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggered a tsunami which struck Hawaii shortly after.
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