February 27
1801 - The District of Columbia was placed under the jurisdiction of Congress.
1844 - The Dominican Republic gained independence from Haiti.
1922 - The Supreme Court, in Leser vs. Garnett, unanimously upheld the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which guaranteed women the right to vote.
1933 - Germany's parliament building, the Reichstag, was gutted by fire; Chancellor Adolf Hitler, blaming the Communists, used the fire to justify suspending civil liberties.
1939 - The Supreme Court, in National Labor Relations Board v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp., effectively outlawed sit-down strikes.
1951 - The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, limiting the president to two terms in office.
1968 - At the conclusion of a CBS News special report on the Vietnam War, Walter Cronkite delivered a commentary in which he said the conflict appeared “mired in stalemate.”
1973 - Members of the American Indian Movement occupied Wounded Knee, South Dakota, the site of the 1890 massacre of Sioux men, women and children. The occupation lasted until May.
1982 - Wayne 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. (Williams, who was also blamed for 22 other deaths, has maintained his innocence.)
1991 - President George H.W. Bush declared that "Kuwait is liberated, Iraq's army is defeated," and announced that the allies would suspend combat operations at midnight.
1997 - Divorce became legal in Ireland.
1997 - Legislation banning most handguns in Britain went into effect.
1998 - With the approval of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's House of Lords agreed to end 1,000 years of male preference by giving a monarch's first-born daughter the same claim to the throne as any first-born son.
2002 - A mob of Muslims set fire to a train carrying hundreds of Hindu nationalists in Godhra, India; some 60 people died.
2003 - Fred Rogers, star of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, died.
2008 - Author and conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr. died at age 82.
2010 - An 8.8 magnitude earthquake and tsunami killed 524 people in Chile caused $30 billion in damage and left over 200,000 homeless.
2011 - Frank Buckles, the last surviving American veteran of World War I who’d also survived being a civilian prisoner of war in the Philippines in World War II, died in Charles Town, West Virginia, at age 110.
2012 - Ali Abdullah Saleh stepped down as president of Yemen after months of protests.
2020 - U.S. stocks posted their worst one-day drop since 2011, as worldwide markets plummeted amid growing anxiety about the coronavirus; the Dow tumbled nearly 1,200 points. President Donald Trump declared that a widespread U.S. outbreak of the virus was not inevitable, even as top health authorities at his side warned that more infections were coming. Vice President Mike Pence convened his first meeting of the president’s coronavirus task force, a day after he was designated as the government’s point person for the epidemic.
Birthdays
30 - Jenny Boyd (actress)
31 - Lindsey Morgan (actress)
35 - JWoww (reality star)
38 - Kate Mara (actress)
40 - Josh Groban (singer)
41 - Brandon Beemer (actor)
41 - Chelsea Clinton (daughter of President Bill Clinton)
43 - Shonna Tucker (country musician)
45 - Tony Gonzalez (football player)
50 - Chilli (singer)
56 - Noah Emmerich (actor)
59 - Grant Show (actor)
59 - Adam Baldwin (actor)
60 - James Worthy (basketball player)
64 - Timothy Spall (actor)
72 - Debra Monk (actress)
81 - Howard Hesseman (actor)
84 - Barbara Babcock (actress)
91 - Joanne Woodward (actress)
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Today in Sports History - February 27
1908 - Major league baseball adopted a sacrifice fly rule for the first time. It was repealed, reinstated and then changed several times before being permanently accepted in 1954.
1912 - The New York Yankees announced that they would be wearing pinstripes on their uniforms.
1959 - Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics sets an NBA record with 28 assists against the Minneapolis Lakers.
1963 - Mickey Mantle signs a contract with the New York Yankees worth $100,000 a year.
1977 - Stan Mikita (Chicago Blackhawks) scored his 500th goal.
1987 - The NCAA imposed the "death penalty" in canceling Southern Methodist University's entire 1987 football season for gross violations of NCAA rules.
1996 - The Chicago Bulls set an NBA record by winning 50 games in 56 attempts.
2003 - Emmitt Smith became a free agent for the first time when the Dallas Cowboys released him.
2007 - The Edmonton Oilers retire Mark Messier's #11.
1801 - The District of Columbia was placed under the jurisdiction of Congress.
1844 - The Dominican Republic gained independence from Haiti.
1922 - The Supreme Court, in Leser vs. Garnett, unanimously upheld the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which guaranteed women the right to vote.
1933 - Germany's parliament building, the Reichstag, was gutted by fire; Chancellor Adolf Hitler, blaming the Communists, used the fire to justify suspending civil liberties.
1939 - The Supreme Court, in National Labor Relations Board v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp., effectively outlawed sit-down strikes.
1951 - The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, limiting the president to two terms in office.
1968 - At the conclusion of a CBS News special report on the Vietnam War, Walter Cronkite delivered a commentary in which he said the conflict appeared “mired in stalemate.”
1973 - Members of the American Indian Movement occupied Wounded Knee, South Dakota, the site of the 1890 massacre of Sioux men, women and children. The occupation lasted until May.
1982 - Wayne 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. (Williams, who was also blamed for 22 other deaths, has maintained his innocence.)
1991 - President George H.W. Bush declared that "Kuwait is liberated, Iraq's army is defeated," and announced that the allies would suspend combat operations at midnight.
1997 - Divorce became legal in Ireland.
1997 - Legislation banning most handguns in Britain went into effect.
1998 - With the approval of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's House of Lords agreed to end 1,000 years of male preference by giving a monarch's first-born daughter the same claim to the throne as any first-born son.
2002 - A mob of Muslims set fire to a train carrying hundreds of Hindu nationalists in Godhra, India; some 60 people died.
2003 - Fred Rogers, star of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, died.
2008 - Author and conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr. died at age 82.
2010 - An 8.8 magnitude earthquake and tsunami killed 524 people in Chile caused $30 billion in damage and left over 200,000 homeless.
2011 - Frank Buckles, the last surviving American veteran of World War I who’d also survived being a civilian prisoner of war in the Philippines in World War II, died in Charles Town, West Virginia, at age 110.
2012 - Ali Abdullah Saleh stepped down as president of Yemen after months of protests.
2020 - U.S. stocks posted their worst one-day drop since 2011, as worldwide markets plummeted amid growing anxiety about the coronavirus; the Dow tumbled nearly 1,200 points. President Donald Trump declared that a widespread U.S. outbreak of the virus was not inevitable, even as top health authorities at his side warned that more infections were coming. Vice President Mike Pence convened his first meeting of the president’s coronavirus task force, a day after he was designated as the government’s point person for the epidemic.
Birthdays
30 - Jenny Boyd (actress)
31 - Lindsey Morgan (actress)
35 - JWoww (reality star)
38 - Kate Mara (actress)
40 - Josh Groban (singer)
41 - Brandon Beemer (actor)
41 - Chelsea Clinton (daughter of President Bill Clinton)
43 - Shonna Tucker (country musician)
45 - Tony Gonzalez (football player)
50 - Chilli (singer)
56 - Noah Emmerich (actor)
59 - Grant Show (actor)
59 - Adam Baldwin (actor)
60 - James Worthy (basketball player)
64 - Timothy Spall (actor)
72 - Debra Monk (actress)
81 - Howard Hesseman (actor)
84 - Barbara Babcock (actress)
91 - Joanne Woodward (actress)
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Today in Sports History - February 27
1908 - Major league baseball adopted a sacrifice fly rule for the first time. It was repealed, reinstated and then changed several times before being permanently accepted in 1954.
1912 - The New York Yankees announced that they would be wearing pinstripes on their uniforms.
1959 - Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics sets an NBA record with 28 assists against the Minneapolis Lakers.
1963 - Mickey Mantle signs a contract with the New York Yankees worth $100,000 a year.
1977 - Stan Mikita (Chicago Blackhawks) scored his 500th goal.
1987 - The NCAA imposed the "death penalty" in canceling Southern Methodist University's entire 1987 football season for gross violations of NCAA rules.
1996 - The Chicago Bulls set an NBA record by winning 50 games in 56 attempts.
2003 - Emmitt Smith became a free agent for the first time when the Dallas Cowboys released him.
2007 - The Edmonton Oilers retire Mark Messier's #11.