February 27
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February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 307 days remaining, 308 in leap years.
[change] Events
- 1844 - The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
- 1973 - Wounded Knee Incident standoff at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota begins.
[change] Births
- 1902 - John Steinbeck, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
- 1928 - Ariel Sharon, former Prime Minister of Israel
- 1932 - Elizabeth Taylor, British-American actress
- 1934 - Ralph Nader, American consumer activist
- 1971 - Roman Giertych, Polish Minister of Education
[change] Deaths
- 1887 - Alexander Borodin, Russian composer (b. 1833)
- 1970 - Marie Dionne, one of the Dionne quintuplets (b. 1934)
- 2003 - Fred Rogers, American children's television actor (b. 1928)
