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Events

=Pre-1600=

  • 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity.{{cite book|title=The London Quarterly and Holborn Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WQcaAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA359|year=1873|pages=359|access-date=2021-02-27|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191837/https://books.google.com/books?id=WQcaAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA359|url-status=live}}
  • 425 – The University of Constantinople is founded by Emperor Theodosius II at the urging of his wife Aelia Eudocia.{{cite book|author=Charles William Previté-Orton|title=The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History: The later Roman empire to the twelfth century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UsvRAAAAMAAJ|year=1953|publisher=University Press|page=106|access-date=2021-02-27|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191838/https://books.google.com/books?id=UsvRAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 907 – Abaoji, chieftain of the Yila tribe, is named khagan of the Khitans.{{cite book|last1=Wittfogel|first1=Karl August|last2=Fêng|first2=Chia-shêng|title=History of Chinese Society: Liao, 907–1125|location=Philadelphia|publisher=American Philosophical Society|year=1949|oclc=412297|pages=600–601}}
  • 1560 – The Treaty of Berwick is signed by England and the Lords of the Congregation of Scotland, establishing the terms under which English armed forces were to be permitted in Scotland in order to expel occupying French troops.{{cite book|last=Stedall|first=Robert|title=Mary Queen of Scots' Secretary: William Maitland: Politician, Reformer and Conspirator|location=Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK|publisher=Pen et Sword History|date=2021|isbn=9781526787798|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VKMeEAAAQBAJ|pages=22–23}}
  • 1594 – Henry IV is crowned King of France.{{cite book|last=Holt|first=Mack P.|title=The French Wars of Religion, 1562-1629|location=New York|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=1995|isbn=9780521353595|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dUBQKCEhylIC|page=159}}

=1601–1900=

=1901–present=

  • 1902 – Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
  • 1916 – Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/3851.html |title=Maloja |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=20 November 2012 |archive-date=15 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615223614/http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/3851.html |url-status=live }}
  • 1921 – The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
  • 1922 – A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
  • 1932 – The Mäntsälä rebellion begins when members of the far-right Lapua Movement start shooting at the social democrats' event in Mäntsälä, Finland.Iltalehti Teema Historia: Lapuan liike, Alma Media, 2015, pp. 4–7. (in Finnish)
  • 1933 – Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire; Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility.
  • 1939 – United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. that the National Labor Relations Board has no authority to force an employer to rehire workers who engage in sit-down strikes.{{cite book|last=Gross|first=James A.|title=The Reshaping of the National Labor Relations Board: National Labor Policy in Transition, 1937-1947|location=Albany, N.Y.|publisher=State University of New York Press|date=1981|isbn=9780873955164|pages=83–84|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LCTOvFU2n7sC|access-date=2020-02-27|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191839/https://books.google.com/books?id=LCTOvFU2n7sC|url-status=live}}
  • 1940 – Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.
  • 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.
  • 1943 – The Holocaust: In Berlin, the Gestapo arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the Rosenstrasse protest.
  • 1951 – The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
  • 1961 – The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
  • 1962 – Vietnam War: Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm.
  • 1963 – The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.
  • 1964 – The Government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
  • 1971 – Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start performing artificially-induced abortions.
  • 1973 – The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee in protest of the federal government.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oPlNcHQUvSAC&pg=PA105|title=It Seemed Like Nothing Happened: America in the 1970s|last=Carroll|first=Peter N.|date=1990|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=978-0-8135-1538-0|page=105|access-date=2018-12-18|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191840/https://books.google.com/books?id=oPlNcHQUvSAC&pg=PA105|url-status=live}}
  • 1976 – The former Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
  • 1988 – Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom.
  • 1991 – Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".{{Cite news |last=Rosenthal |first=Andrew |date=1991-02-28 |title=War in the Gulf: Bush Halts Offensive Combat; Kuwait Freed, Iraqis Crushed |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/28/world/war-in-the-gulf-bush-halts-offensive-combat-kuwait-freed-iraqis.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0362-4331}}
  • 2001 – Loganair Flight 670A crashes while attempting to make a water landing in the Firth of Forth in Scotland.{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Shorts 360-100 G-BNMT Granton Harbour|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010227-0|access-date=2021-02-26|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|archive-date=2021-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519061221/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010227-0|url-status=live}}
  • 2002 – Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport causing minor injuries.{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Frank |date=28 February 2002 |title=Engine fire on Ryanair jet forces passengers to evacuate |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/engine-fire-on-ryanair-jet-forces-passengers-to-evacuate-26060161.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=independent |language=en}}
  • 2002 – Godhra train burning: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from Ayodhya, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims.{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Death-for-11-life-sentence-for-20-in-Godhra-train-burning-case/articleshow/7600059.cms |title=Death for 11, life sentence for 20 in Godhra train burning case |date=1 March 2011 |access-date=12 February 2021 |archive-date=8 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708181940/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-01/india/28643060_1_haji-billa-godhra-train-rajjak-kurkur |work=The Times of India |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Godhra verdict: 31 convicted, 63 acquitted |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/godhra-verdict-31-convicted-63-acquitted-448265 |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=NDTV.com}}
  • 2004 – A bombing of a SuperFerry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack kills more than 100 passengers.{{Cite news |date=2008-11-25 |title=Surge in piracy raises concerns over maritime terrorism |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/world/asia/25iht-pirates.1.18133159.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0362-4331}}
  • 2004 – Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, is sentenced to death for masterminding the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack.{{Cite news |date=2004-02-27 |title=Death sentence for Tokyo gas attack leader |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/feb/27/japan |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0261-3077}}
  • 2007 – Chinese stock bubble of 2007: The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest daily fall in ten years, following speculation about a crackdown on illegal share offerings and trading, and fears about accelerating inflation.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6399941.stm |title=Business | Share sale knocks Chinese market |work=BBC News |date=2007-02-27 |access-date=2012-06-06 |archive-date=2007-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310032537/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6399941.stm |url-status=live }}
  • 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.{{cite news |date=27 February 2008 |title=JI detainee Mas Selamat Kastari escapes from Singapore detention centre |publisher=Channel NewsAsia |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/331477/1/.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080307191435/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/331477/1/.html |archive-date=7 March 2008}}{{cite news |title=Breaking News |newspaper=The Straits Times |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_373899.html |url-status=live |access-date=30 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515152703/http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_373899.html |archive-date=15 May 2009}}
  • 2010 – An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggers a tsunami which strikes Hawaii shortly after.
  • 2013 – A shooting takes place at a factory in Menznau, Switzerland, in which five people (including the perpetrator) are killed and five others injured.{{Cite web |date=2013-04-05 |title=Death toll from Swiss Menznau shooting rises to five |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/death-toll-from-swiss-menznau-shooting-rises-to-five-8561521.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=The Independent |language=en}}
  • 2015 – Russian politician Boris Nemtsov is assassinated in Moscow while out walking with his girlfriend.{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/03/europe/russia-nemtsov-girlfriend-duritskaya/|title=Anna Duritskaya: Model girlfriend who witnessed Boris Nemtsov's slaying|work=CNN|date=3 March 2015|access-date=14 March 2016|archive-date=14 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314170852/http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/03/europe/russia-nemtsov-girlfriend-duritskaya/|url-status=live}}
  • 2019 – Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder downs Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman's Mig-21 in an aerial dogfight and captures him after conducting airstrikes in Jammu and Kashmir.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/pakistan-marks-anniversary-of-day-it-downed-indian-jet/2159313|title=Pakistan marks anniversary of day it downed Indian jet|access-date=2021-03-22|archive-date=2021-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227171947/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/pakistan-marks-anniversary-of-day-it-downed-indian-jet/2159313|url-status=live}}

Births

=Pre-1600=

=1601–1900=

=1901–present=

  • 1901 – Marino Marini, Italian sculptor and academic (died 1980)
  • 1901 – Kotama Okada, Japanese religious leader (died 1974)
  • 1902 – Lúcio Costa, French-Brazilian architect and engineer, designed Gustavo Capanema Palace (died 1998)
  • 1902 – Gene Sarazen, American golfer and sportscaster (died 1999)
  • 1902 – John Steinbeck, American journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968){{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Feb. 27: Kate Mara, Timothy Spall |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/02/27/Famous-birthdays-for-Feb-27-Kate-Mara-Timothy-Spall/6451677344480/ |publisher=UPI |access-date=26 February 2024 |date=27 February 2023}}
  • 1903 – Reginald Gardiner, English-American actor and singer (died 1980)
  • 1903 – Hans Rohrbach, German mathematician (died 1993)
  • 1903 – Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Belarusian-American rabbi and philosopher (died 1993)
  • 1904 – James T. Farrell, American author and poet (died 1979)
  • 1904 – Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist and academic (died 1996)
  • 1904 – André Leducq, French cyclist (died 1980)
  • 1905 – Franchot Tone, American actor, singer, and producer (died 1968)
  • 1907 – Mildred Bailey, American singer (died 1951)
  • 1907 – Momčilo Đujić, Serbian-American priest and commander (died 1999)
  • 1910 – Joan Bennett, American actress (died 1990)
  • 1910 – Peter De Vries, American journalist and author (died 1993)
  • 1910 – Kelly Johnson, American engineer, co-founded Skunk Works (died 1990)
  • 1910 – Genrikh Kasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer (died 1995)
  • 1911 – Oscar Heidenstam, English bodybuilder (died 1991)
  • 1912 – Lawrence Durrell, British author, poet, and playwright (died 1990)
  • 1912 – Kusumagraj, Indian author, poet, and playwright (died 1999)
  • 1913 – Paul Ricœur, French philosopher and academic (died 2005){{cite book|author=F. D. Vansina|title=Paul Ricœur, Primary and Secondary Bibliography 1935-2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9xtYiCvkDHcC&pg=PR23|year=2000|publisher=Peeters Publishers|isbn=978-90-429-0873-4|pages=23|access-date=2019-10-08|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191909/https://books.google.com/books?id=9xtYiCvkDHcC&pg=PR23|url-status=live}}
  • 1913 – Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish soldier and politician, President of Poland (died 1989)
  • 1913 – Irwin Shaw, American author and screenwriter (died 1984)
  • 1915 – Denis Whitaker, Canadian general, football player, and businessman (died 2001)
  • 1917 – John Connally, American lieutenant and politician, 39th Governor of Texas and 61st United States Secretary of Treasury (died 1993)
  • 1919 – Chick Halbert, American basketball player (died 2013){{cite web |title=Chuck Halbert |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76918/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=26 February 2024}}
  • 1919 – Johnny Pesky, American baseball player and manager (died 2012){{cite web |title=Johnny Pesky |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/johnny-pesky-120450 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=26 February 2024}}
  • 1920 – Reg Simpson, English cricketer (died 2013)
  • 1921 – Theodore Van Kirk, American soldier, pilot, and navigator (died 2014)
  • 1922 – Hans Rookmaaker, Dutch historian, author, and scholar (died 1977)
  • 1923 – Dexter Gordon, American saxophonist, composer, and actor (died 1990)
  • 1925 – Kenneth Koch, American poet, playwright and professor (died 2002)
  • 1925 – Pia Sebastiani, Argentine pianist and composer (died 2015)
  • 1926 – David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
  • 1927 – Aira Samulin, Finnish dancer and entrepreneur (died 2023){{Cite web |url=https://airasamulin.fi/ |title=Aira Samulin official site |access-date=2021-09-05 |archive-date=2021-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905175450/https://airasamulin.fi/ |url-status=live }}
  • 1927 – Peter Whittle, English-New Zealand mathematician and theorist (died 2021){{cite web |last1=Kelly |first1=Frank |title=Draft Memorial Tribute for the National Academy of Engineering PETER WHITTLE, 1927-2021 |url=http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~frank/whittle_nae.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814061010/http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~frank/whittle_nae.pdf |archive-date=2021-08-14 |url-status=live |website=Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge |publisher=University of Cambridge |access-date=27 February 2022}}
  • 1928 – René Clemencic, Austrian composer, recorder player, harpsichordist, conductor and clavichord player (died 2022)
  • 1929 – Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2008)
  • 1929 – Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer (died 2013)
  • 1929 – Patricia Ward Hales, British tennis player (died 1985)
  • 1930 – Jovan Krkobabić, Serbian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia (died 2014)
  • 1930 – Peter Stone, American screenwriter and producer (died 2003)
  • 1930 – Paul von Ragué Schleyer, American chemist and academic (died 2014)
  • 1930 – Joanne Woodward, American actress
  • 1932 – Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress and humanitarian (died 2011)
  • 1932 – David Young, Baron Young of Graffham, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (died 2022)
  • 1933 – Raymond Berry, American football player and coach
  • 1933 – Malcolm Wallop, American politician (died 2011){{cite book|author1=Loren Jost|author2=James A. Donahue|title=Wyoming Blue Book: without special title|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9lgkAQAAIAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Wyoming State Archives, Department of Commerce|page=240|access-date=2019-10-08|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191841/https://books.google.com/books?id=9lgkAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1934 – Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer (died 1992)
  • 1934 – N. Scott Momaday, American poet and writer (died 2024){{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/N-Scott-Momaday|title= N. Scott Momaday|website=Britannica |language=en|access-date=2023-12-15}}
  • 1934 – Ralph Nader, American lawyer, politician, and activist
  • 1935 – Mirella Freni, Italian soprano and actress (died 2020)
  • 1935 – Uri Shulevitz, American author and illustrator
  • 1936 – Ron Barassi, Australian footballer and coach (died 2023)
  • 1936 – Sonia Johnson, American feminist activist and author{{Cite web|url=http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv47851|title= Sonia Johnson papers, 1958-1983|website=Archives West |language=en|access-date=2018-06-19|archive-date=2020-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814144727/http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv47851|url-status=live}}
  • 1936 – Roger Mahony, American cardinal
  • 1937 – Barbara Babcock, American actress
  • 1938 – Jake Thackray, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist (died 2002)
  • 1939 – Don McKinnon, English-New Zealand farmer and politician, 12th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
  • 1939 – Peter Revson, American race car driver (died 1974){{cite book|author=Doug Nye|title=International Motor Racing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=omaUDO399ycC|year=1973|publisher=Crowell|isbn=978-0-690-00428-1|page=81|access-date=2021-02-27|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191841/https://books.google.com/books?id=omaUDO399ycC|url-status=live}}
  • 1940 – Pierre Duchesne, Canadian lawyer and politician, 28th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec{{cite book|author=Society of Clerks-at-the-Table in Empire Parliaments|title=Table|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BZhWAAAAYAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Butterworth|page=204|access-date=2019-10-08|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191914/https://books.google.com/books?id=BZhWAAAAYAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1940 – Howard Hesseman, American actor (died 2022){{Cite news|date=January 30, 2022|title=Howard Hesseman, Dr. Johnny Fever on 'WKRP in Cincinnati,' Dies at 81|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/howard-hesseman-dead-wkrp-cincinnati-1235084085/|access-date=January 30, 2022|work=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-date=January 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130174117/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/howard-hesseman-dead-wkrp-cincinnati-1235084085/|url-status=live}}
  • 1940 – Bill Hunter, Australian actor (died 2011){{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/movies/bill-hunter-actor-who-typified-australia-dies-at-71.html?ref=obituaries|title=Bill Hunter, Actor Who Typified Australia, Dies at 71|agency=Associated Press|work=The New York Times|date=22 May 2011|access-date=27 February 2021|archive-date=29 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029112246/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/movies/bill-hunter-actor-who-typified-australia-dies-at-71.html?ref=obituaries|url-status=live}}
  • 1941 – Paddy Ashdown, British soldier and politician (died 2018){{cite book|title=Dod's Parliamentary Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ja2IAAAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited|isbn=978-0-905702-43-8|page=477|access-date=2021-02-27|archive-date=2020-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803133528/https://books.google.com/books?id=ja2IAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1942 – Jimmy Burns, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1942 – Robert H. Grubbs, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
  • 1942 – Charlayne Hunter-Gault, American journalist
  • 1942 – Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, German footballer (died 2011)
  • 1943 – Mary Frann, American actress (died 1998)
  • 1943 – Morten Lauridsen, American composer and conductor
  • 1943 – Carlos Alberto Parreira, Brazilian footballer and manager
  • 1944 – Ken Grimwood, American author (died 2003)
  • 1944 – Graeme Pollock, South African cricketer and coach
  • 1944 – Roger Scruton, English philosopher and writer (died 2020){{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/01/12/sir-roger-scruton-conservative-philosopher-wide-interests-lightning/ |title=Sir Roger Scruton, conservative philosopher of wide accomplishments – obituary |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=12 January 2020 |access-date=2020-03-04 |archive-date=2020-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302163611/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/01/12/sir-roger-scruton-conservative-philosopher-wide-interests-lightning/ |url-status=live }}
  • 1947 – Alan Guth, American physicist and cosmologist
  • 1947 – Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist and conductor
  • 1947 – Sonia Manzano Vela, Ecuadorian writer
  • 1949 – Mary Gibby, British botanist and professor (died 2024){{cite journal |author1=Stephen Blackmore |author2=Johannes Vogel |author1-link=Stephen Blackmore |author2-link=Johannes Vogel (botanist) |title=Professor Mary Gibby Ph.D., OBE, FLS, FRSE, PPBPS (1949–2024) |journal=Edinburgh Journal of Botany |date=December 2024 |volume=81 |pages=1–6 |doi=10.24823/EJB.2024.2084|doi-broken-date=26 February 2025 |doi-access=free }}
  • 1949 – Debra Monk, American actress, singer, and writer
  • 1950 – Annabel Goldie, Scottish lawyer and politician
  • 1950 – Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger, English rabbi and politician
  • 1951 – Carl A. Anderson, 13th Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus
  • 1951 – Lee Atwater, American journalist, activist and political strategist (died 1991)
  • 1951 – Walter de Silva, Italian car designer
  • 1951 – Steve Harley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)
  • 1952 – Dwight Jones, American basketball player (died 2016){{cite web |title=Dwight Jones |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77182/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=26 February 2024}}
  • 1953 – Gavin Esler, Scottish journalist and author
  • 1953 – Ian Khama, English-Botswanan lieutenant and politician, 4th President of Botswana
  • 1953 – Stelios Kouloglou, Greek journalist, author, director and politician
  • 1954 – Neal Schon, American rock guitarist and singer-songwriter
  • 1956 – Meena Keshwar Kamal, Afghan activist, founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (died 1987){{cite book|first=Ida |last=Lichter |title=Muslim Women Reformers: Inspiring Voices Against Oppression|location=Amherst NY|publisher=Prometheus Books|year=2009|page=45|isbn=978-1-59102-716-4}}
  • 1956 – Belus Prajoux, Chilean tennis player
  • 1957 – Danny Antonucci, Canadian animator, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1957 – Kevin Curran, American screenwriter and television producer (died 2016)
  • 1957 – Robert de Castella, Australian runner
  • 1957 – Adrian Smith, English guitarist and songwriter
  • 1957 – Timothy Spall, English actor
  • 1958 – Naas Botha, South African rugby player and sportscaster
  • 1958 – Maggie Hassan, American politician, 81st Governor of New Hampshire
  • 1960 – Andrés Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player
  • 1960 – Johnny Van Zant, American singer-songwriter
  • 1961 – James Worthy, American basketball player and sportscaster
  • 1962 – Adam Baldwin, American actor
  • 1962 – Grant Show, American actor
  • 1963 – Nasty Suicide, Finnish musician and pharmacist
  • 1964 – Jeffrey Pasley, American educator and academic
  • 1965 – Pedro Chaves, Portuguese racing driver
  • 1965 – Noah Emmerich, American actor{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 27, 2023 includes celebrities Josh Groban, Kate Mara |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-27-2023-includes-celebrities-josh-groban-kate-mara.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=26 February 2024 |date=27 February 2023}}
  • 1966 – Baltasar Kormákur, Icelandic actor, director, and producer
  • 1966 – Donal Logue, Canadian actor and director
  • 1966 – Oliver Reck, German footballer and manager
  • 1967 – Jony Ive, English-American industrial designer, former chief design officer of Apple{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/947e557a-98a8-11e9-8cfb-30c211dcd229|title=Jony Ive, iPhone designer, announces Apple departure|first=Tim|last=Bradshaw|date=27 June 2019|website=Financial Times|access-date=24 February 2020|archive-date=20 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720172338/https://www.ft.com/content/947e557a-98a8-11e9-8cfb-30c211dcd229|url-status=live}}
  • 1967 – Dănuț Lupu, Romanian footballer
  • 1968 – Matt Stairs, Canadian baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1969 – Juan E. Gilbert, American computer scientist, inventor, and academic
  • 1970 – Kent Desormeaux, American jockey
  • 1970 – Patricia Petibon, French soprano and actress
  • 1971 – Sara Blakely, American businesswoman, founded Spanx
  • 1971 – Derren Brown, English magician and painter
  • 1971 – Roman Giertych, Polish lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
  • 1971 – David Rikl, Czech-English tennis player
  • 1971 – Rozonda Thomas, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
  • 1972 – Richard Coyle, English actor
  • 1973 – Peter Andre, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor
  • 1974 – Carte Goodwin, former United States senator from West Virginia{{Cite web |title=e-WV {{!}} Carte Goodwin |url=https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2310 |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=www.wvencyclopedia.org}}
  • 1975 – Aitor González, Spanish racing driver
  • 1975 – Prodromos Korkizoglou, Greek decathlete
  • 1976 – Ludovic Capelle, Belgian cyclist
  • 1976 – Cornelia Ecker, Austrian politician{{cite web |title=Recherchieren: Personen - Cornelia Ecker |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/83109 |publisher=Austrian Parliament |access-date=17 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929170211/https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/83109 |archive-date=29 September 2024 |location=Vienna, Austria |language=de}}
  • 1976 – Tony Gonzalez, American football player{{cite web |title=Tony Gonzalez |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/tony-gonzalez/ |publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame |access-date=11 November 2022}}
  • 1976 – Sergei Semak, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager
  • 1978 – James Beattie, English footballer and manager
  • 1978 – Kakha Kaladze, Georgian footballer and politician
  • 1978 – Emelie Öhrstig, Swedish skier and cyclist
  • 1978 – Simone Di Pasquale, Italian ballet dancer
  • 1980 – Brandon Beemer, American actor
  • 1980 – Chelsea Clinton, American journalist and academic{{cite book |author=Clinton, Hillary Rodham|year=2003|title=Living History|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-7432-4582-1|pages=84–85, 91, 93|title-link=Living History (book)}}
  • 1980 – Bobby V, American singer-songwriter
  • 1981 – Natalie Grandin, English-South African tennis player
  • 1981 – Josh Groban, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor{{cite news|title=Monitor|newspaper=Entertainment Weekly|date=February 22, 2013|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2013/02/22/monitor|access-date=February 27, 2021|archive-date=November 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122092048/http://www.ew.com/article/2013/02/22/monitor|url-status=live}}
  • 1981 – Élodie Ouédraogo, Belgian sprinter
  • 1982 – Ali Bastian, English actress
  • 1982 – Pat Richards, Australian rugby league player
  • 1982 – Bruno Soares, Brazilian tennis player
  • 1983 – Devin Harris, American basketball player
  • 1983 – Kate Mara, American actress
  • 1984 – James Augustine, American basketball player{{cite web |title=James Augustine |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/200788/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=26 February 2024}}
  • 1984 – Jumbo Díaz, Dominican baseball player{{cite web |title=Jumbo Diaz |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jumbo-diaz-471822 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=26 February 2024}}
  • 1984 – Akseli Kokkonen, Norwegian ski jumper
  • 1984 – Aníbal Sánchez, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 1984 – Lotta Schelin, Swedish footballer
  • 1984 – Denard Span, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Denard Span |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/denard-span-452655 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=26 February 2024}}
  • 1985 – Asami Abe, Japanese singer and actress
  • 1985 – Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Russian footballer
  • 1985 – Vladislav Kulik, Ukrainian-Russian footballer
  • 1985 – Thiago Neves, Brazilian footballer
  • 1986 – Yovani Gallardo, Mexican baseball player
  • 1986 – Daniel Gibson, American basketball player and coach{{cite web |title=Daniel Gibson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/200789/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=26 February 2024}}
  • 1986 – Jonathan Moreira, Brazilian footballer
  • 1986 – Sandeep Singh, Indian field hockey player
  • 1987 – Valeriy Andriytsev, Ukrainian wrestler
  • 1987 – Florence Kiplagat, Kenyan runner
  • 1988 – Dustin Jeffrey, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1988 – Iain Ramsay, Australian footballer
  • 1989 – David Button, English footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=48440|title=David Button|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=22 February 2020|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308125200/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=48440|url-status=live}}
  • 1989 – Lloyd Rigby, English footballer
  • 1990 – Chandler Jones, American football player{{cite web |title=Chandler Jones |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14927/chandler-jones |publisher=ESPN |access-date=16 February 2023}}
  • 1990 – Adam Morgan, American baseball player{{Cite web |title=Adam Morgan Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/morgaad01.shtml |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}
  • 1990 – Lindsey Morgan, American actress
  • 1991 – Azeem Rafiq, Pakistani cricketer
  • 1992 – Meyers Leonard, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Meyers Leonard |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203086/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=26 February 2024}}
  • 1992 – Ioannis Potouridis, Greek footballer
  • 1992 – Jonjo Shelvey, English footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/4135/Jonjo-Shelvey/overview|title=Jonjo Shelvey Profile, News and Statistics|website=Premier League|access-date=8 October 2019|archive-date=17 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517085304/https://www.premierleague.com/players/4135/Jonjo-Shelvey/overview|url-status=live}}
  • 1992 – Callum Wilson, English footballer{{cite web|title=Callum Wilson|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/8454/Callum-Wilson/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=27 February 2024}}
  • 1993 – Alphonse Areola, French footballer{{cite web|title=Alphonse Areola|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/5748/Alphonse-Areola/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=27 February 2024}}
  • 1994 – Mike Matheson, Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Mike Matheson |url=https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/player/mike-matheson-8476875 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=26 February 2024}}
  • 1995 – Laura Gulbe, Latvian tennis player
  • 1995 – Sergej Milinković-Savić, Serbian footballer{{cite web|title=Sergej Milinković-Savić|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/sergej-milinkovi-savi/299106/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 February 2024}}
  • 1995 – Tomáš Souček, Czech footballer{{cite web|title=Tomás Šoucek|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/25183/Tom%C3%A1s-Soucek/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=27 February 2024}}
  • 1996 – Chris Godwin, American football player{{cite web |title=Chris Godwin |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3116165/chris-godwin |publisher=ESPN |access-date=16 February 2023}}
  • 1996 – Ten, Thai singer and dancer{{cite web|url=https://search.naver.com/search.naver?query=NCT%20텐&noq=NCT|title=NCT 텐|website=Naver|access-date=February 14, 2022|language=ko|archive-date=February 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191847/https://search.naver.com/search.naver?query=NCT+%ED%85%90&noq=NCT|url-status=live}}
  • 1998 – Todd Cantwell, English footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.11v11.com/players/todd-cantwell-254028/|title=Todd Cantwell|website=11v11.com|publisher=AFS Enterprises|access-date=6 September 2019|archive-date=13 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613155502/https://www.11v11.com/players/todd-cantwell-254028/|url-status=live}}
  • 2002 – Johnny Davis, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Johnny Davis |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1631098/johnny-davis |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=26 February 2024}}

Deaths

=Pre-1600=

=1601–1900=

=1901–present=

  • 1902 – Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (born 1864)
  • 1921 – Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (born 1871)
  • 1931 – Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (born 1906)
  • 1936 – Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (born 1852)
  • 1936 – Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1849)
  • 1937 – Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (born 1867){{Cite web|url=http://www.heardguild.org/hosteen-klah/|title=Hosteen Klah|website=www.heardguild.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-12|archive-date=2018-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307023129/http://www.heardguild.org/hosteen-klah/|url-status=live}}
  • 1937 – Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (born 1862){{cite book|first1=David|last1=Hein|first2=Gardiner H.|last2=Shattuck|title=The Episcopalians|location=Westport|publisher=Praeger Publishers|year=2004|page=253|isbn=978-0-31322-958-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iZ4mwq4JqIgC&pg=PA253|access-date=2020-10-31|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191912/https://books.google.com/books?id=iZ4mwq4JqIgC&pg=PA253|url-status=live}}
  • 1943 – Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (born 1859)
  • 1956 – Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (born 1888)
  • 1964 – Orry-Kelly, Australian-American costume designer (born 1897)
  • 1968 – Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)
  • 1969 – Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and academic (born 1883)
  • 1973 – Bill Everett, American author and illustrator (born 1917)
  • 1977 – John Dickson Carr, American author and playwright (born 1905)
  • 1980 – George Tobias, American actor (born 1901)
  • 1985 – Ray Ellington, English singer and drummer (born 1916)
  • 1985 – Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., American politician and diplomat, 3rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (born 1902)
  • 1985 – J. Pat O'Malley, English-American actor and singer (born 1904)
  • 1986 – Jacques Plante, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1929)
  • 1987 – Bill Holman, American cartoonist (born 1903)
  • 1987 – Franciszek Blachnicki, Polish priest (born 1921){{cite web |title="Układy lokalne, SB, obecne służby". Wciąż nie wyjaśniono śmierci ks. Blachnickiego |url=https://www.tvp.info/51804001/niewyjasniona-smierc-ks-blachnickiego-tvp-info |website=tvp.info |access-date=22 June 2021 |language=pl |date=14 January 2021 |quote=... w najbliższym otoczeniu ks. Blachnickiego w Carlsbergu. Byli oni obecni w czasie jego śmierci 27 lutego 1987 roku. |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204841/https://www.tvp.info/51804001/niewyjasniona-smierc-ks-blachnickiego-tvp-info |url-status=live }}
  • 1989 – Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)
  • 1992 – S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-American linguist and politician (born 1906)
  • 1993 – Lillian Gish, American actress (born 1893)
  • 1998 – George H. Hitchings, American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)
  • 1998 – J. T. Walsh, American actor (born 1943)
  • 1999 – Horace Tapscott, American pianist and composer (born 1934)
  • 2002 – Spike Milligan, Irish soldier, actor, comedian, and author (born 1918)
  • 2003 – John Lanchbery, English-Australian composer and conductor (born 1923)
  • 2003 – Fred Rogers, American minister and television host (born 1928)
  • 2004 – Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian and academic (born 1928)
  • 2004 – Paul Sweezy, American economist and journalist (born 1910)
  • 2006 – Otis Chandler, American publisher (born 1927)
  • 2006 – Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American general and author (born 1908)
  • 2006 – Linda Smith, English comedian and author (born 1958)
  • 2007 – Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, German general (born 1914)
  • 2008 – William F. Buckley, Jr., American author and journalist, founded the National Review (born 1925)
  • 2008 – Myron Cope, American journalist and sportscaster (born 1929)
  • 2008 – Ivan Rebroff, German vocalist of Russian descent with four and a half octave range (born 1931)
  • 2010 – Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist (born 1916)
  • 2011 – Frank Buckles, American soldier (born 1901)
  • 2011 – Necmettin Erbakan, Turkish engineer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1926)
  • 2011 – Duke Snider, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (born 1926)
  • 2011 – Gary Winick, American director and producer (born 1961)
  • 2012 – Ma Jiyuan, Chinese general (born 1921)
  • 2012 – Tina Strobos, Dutch physician and psychiatrist (born 1920)
  • 2012 – Helga Vlahović, Croatian journalist and producer (born 1945)
  • 2013 – Van Cliburn, American pianist (born 1934)
  • 2013 – Ramon Dekkers, Dutch mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (born 1969)
  • 2013 – Dale Robertson, American actor (born 1923)
  • 2013 – Adolfo Zaldívar, Chilean lawyer and politician (born 1943)
  • 2014 – Aaron Allston, American game designer and author (born 1960)
  • 2014 – Terry Rand, American basketball player (born 1934)
  • 2015 – Boris Nemtsov, Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (born 1959)
  • 2015 – Leonard Nimoy, American actor (born 1931)
  • 2015 – Julio César Strassera, Argentinian lawyer and jurist (born 1933)
  • 2016 – Yi Cheol-seung, South Korean lawyer and politician (born 1922)
  • 2016 – James Z. Davis, American lawyer and judge (born 1943)
  • 2018 – Steve Folkes, Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1959)
  • 2019 – France-Albert René, Seychellois politician, 2nd President of Seychelles (born 1935){{Cite web|url=http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/10572/France+Albert+Rene%2C+former+President+of+Seychelles%2C+dies+at+age+|title=France Albert Rene, former President of Seychelles, dies at age 83|website=www.seychellesnewsagency.com|access-date=2019-08-18|archive-date=2019-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227230904/http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/10572/France+Albert+Rene%2C+former+President+of+Seychelles%2C+dies+at+age+|url-status=live}}
  • 2021 – Ng Man-tat, Hong Kong actor (born 1952){{Cite web|url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/166386/Veteran-actor-Ng-Man-tat-dies-at-age-70|title=Veteran actor Ng Man-tat dies at age 70|website=www.thestandard.com.hk|access-date=2022-02-27}}
  • 2025 – Boris Spassky, Russian chess grandmaster (born 1937){{Cite news |last=McClain |first=Dylan Loeb |date=February 27, 2025 |title=Boris Spassky, Chess Champion Who Lost 'Match of the Century,' Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/world/europe/boris-spassky-dead.html |access-date=March 1, 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

Holidays and observances

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  • [https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/27 Historical Events on February 27]

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