Birthdates Which Occur on February 27:
289 Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (312-37), adopted Christianity
1539 Franciscus Raphelengius Dutch book publisher
1622 Rembrandt Carel Fabritius Dutch painter
1649 Johann Philipp Krieger composer
1702 Johann Valentin Gorner composer
1745 Silverius Muller composer
1746 Gian Francesco Fortunati composer
1759 Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab composer
1784 Elias Annes Borger Dutch theologist/poet (To the Rhine)
and Job Plimpton composer
1792 Don Joaquin BF Espartero Spanish adventurer/fieldmarshal
1807 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Portland Maine, poet (Hiawatha)
1822 Eugene Gautier composer
1823 Ferdinand Van Derveer Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
and William Buel Franklin Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1903
1827 Richard W Johnson Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897
1832 Alfred Pollard Edward Civil War journalist, died in 1872
1846 Joaquin Valverde composer
1847 Dame Ellen Alice Terry England, actress/director (Imperial Theatre)
1848 Charles Hubert H Parry English musicologist/composer (Jerusalem)
1850 Henry Edwards Huntington US, railroad exec
1861 Rudolf Steiner Austria, philosopher/founder (anthroposophy movement)
1867 Irving Fisher US economist (compensating dollar)
and Wilhelm Peterson-Berger composer
1870 Louis Coerne composer
1874 Max Ettinger composer
1879 Jose Sancho Marraco composer
1881 Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers Dutch mathematician
and Sveinn Bj”rnsson 1st president of Iceland (1944-52)/poet (Figur ild)
1886 Hugo L Black Ala, (Sen-D-Ala)/78th Supreme Court justice (1937-71)
1887 James D Innes English painter
1888 Lotte Lehmann Perleberg Germany, soprano (Fidello)
1891 David Sarnoff US, radio/TV pioneer/CEO (RCA)
and Georges E Migot French composer
1892 William Demarest St Paul Minn, actor (Uncle Charlie-My 3 Sons)
1893 Joseph Messner composer
1894 Robert-Lucien Siohan composer
1895 Edward Brophy actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy, Cameraman, Doughboys)
1897 Bernard F Lyot French astronomer (Lyot filter)
and G Paul H Schuitema graphic designer/photographer (System-O-Color)
1898 Allison Danzig sports writer (Tennis Pictorial History)
and Rutkowski Bronislaw composer
1899 Charles H Best Maine, physiologist/co-discoverer (Insulin)
and Ian Keith Boston MA, actor (Rochefort-3 Musketeers)
and Sulo Nikolai Salonen composer
19-- Danny Rivera spanish entertainer^
and Deidre Holland Neth, XXX actress (Frankie & Joanie, Busted)
and Lieux Dressler actress (Alice Grant-General Hospital)
and Michael Fox actor (Saul-Bold & Beautiful, Young Frankenstein)
and Stephen Yates actor (Another World)
and Tim Topper Balt Md, actor (Evan-7 Brides for 7 Brothers)
1901 Marino Marini Italian sculptor/painter
1902 Gene Sarazen Harrison NY, PGA golfer (Masters 1935, US Open 1922, 32)
and John Steinbeck Salinas Calif, author (Grapes of Wrath-Nobel 1962)
1903 Reginald Gardiner Wimbledon England, actor (Great Dictator)
1904 James Thomas Farrell US, author (Studs Lonigan trilogy)
and Renaat Verhe˜en Flemish actor/director (Innocent Heart)
1905 Charles de Keukeleire Belgian director (Evil Eye)
and Franchot Tone Niagara Falls NY, actor (Dr Freeland-Ben Casey)
1906 H Algernon F "Algy" Rumbold English diplomat (S Africa/Tibet)
1907 Gerhard Alexander [Veldheer], Dutch actor (Prince Willem of Orange)
1909 Elisabeth Welsh singer
1910 Joan Bennett Palasades NJ, actress (Little Women, Disraeli)
and Peter De Vries Chicago, author (Reuben Reuben, Prick of Noon)
1912 Hugues Panassi‚ French jazz saxophonist/author (Hot Club of France)
and Lawrence Durrell Darjeeling India, writer (Alexandria Quartet)
1913 Frank Allaun British MP (L)
and Irwin Shaw US, novelist (Rich Man Poor Man)
1915 Arthur Gilson Belgian attorney/minister of Defense (1958-..)
1919 Roman Haubenstock-Ramati composer
1920 Jose Melis Havana Cuba, orch leader (Jack Paar Program)
1921 Andras Szollosy composer
and Michael Fox US, actor (Quincy, Dallas, Bold & the Beautiful)
1922 Mervyn Jones author (Nobody's Fault, 5 Hungarian Writers)
1923 Dexter Gordon US, tenor saxophonist/actor (Connection)
and Viktor Kalabis composer
1925 Richard AFM Auwerda Dutch journalist/writer
1926 Peter Emery British MP
1927 Guy Mitchell [Al Cernick], Detroit Mich, rocker
1930 Joanne Woodward Thomasville Ga, actress (3 Faces of Eve, Rachel)
1932 Dolf Zwerver Dutch painter
and Elizabeth Taylor London, actress (Cleopatra) violet eyes
and Lord Young of Graffham CEO (Cables & Wireless)
1933 Edward Lucie-Smith poetry critic
and Malcolm Wallop (Sen-R-WY, 1977- )
and Raymond Berry Texas, NFL hall of famer (Baltimore Colts)
1934 Ralph Nader ex-Corvair fan/consumer advocate (Unsafe at Any Speed)
and Van Williams Fort Worth Tx, actor (Green Hornet, Tycoon)
1935 Alberto Remedious opera singer
and Mirella Freni Modena Italy, lyric soprano (Madame Butterfly)
1936 Chuck Glaser Spalding Neb, singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again)
and Roger M Mahoney Hollywood Ca, archbishop of Los Angeles (1985- )
and Virginia Maskell actress (Suspect, Doctor in Love, Man Upstairs)
1937 Barbara Babcock actress (Liz-Dallas, Grace-Hill St Blues)
and L Jay Silvester US, discus thrower (Olympic-silver-1972)
1938 Pascale Petit PAris, actor (Code Name: Jaguar, End of Desire)
1939 Antoinette Sibley ballerina
and Kenzo Takada fashion designer
and Peter Revson auto racer (1971 Indianapolis pole winner)
1940 Howard Hesseman Salem Or, actor (Dr Johnny Fever-WKRP, Head of Class)
1941 Paddy Ashton New Delhi India, British MP leader (Soc/Lib Democrat)
1942 Charlayne Hunter-Gault Due West SC, news reporter (McNeil-Lehrer)
1943 Mary Frann St Louis Mo, actress (Joanna-Newhart, Days of Our Live)
1944 Alan Fudge Wichita Ks, actor (Man From Atlantis, Paper Dolls)
1945 Daniel Olbrychski Poland, actor (La Truite)
1947 Gidon Kremer Riga Latvia, violinist (Tchaikovsky Prize 1970)
and Marian G Klaren Dutch mime/actress (Red Cabbage)
1948 Eddie Gray rock guitarist (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue)
1951 Lee Atwater Republican National Committee Chairman (1989-91)
and Steve Harley rocker
1952 Dwight Elmo Jones Houston Tx, basketball player (Olymp-silver-1972)
and Henk Westbroek Dutch singer (Good Cause)
and Kevin Raleigh rock vocalist/keyboardist (Michael Stanley Band)
1954 Neal Schon rock guitarist (Journey-Open Arms, Bad English)
1955 Garry Christian rocker
1957 Adrian Smith heavy metal guitarist (Iron Maiden-Aces High)
1960 Andres Gomez tennis pro (Madrid Grand Prix-1990)
and Bolik Dahan Suriname singer/radio host (Radio KBC)
and John van Grinsven soccer player (MVV)
and Paul Humphreys rock synthesizer (OMD-Crush, Pacific Age)
and Stoney Jackson Richmond Va, actor (White Shadow, Insiders)
1961 Grant Shaud actor (Miles Silverburg-Murphy Brown)
and James Worthy NBA forward (LA Lakers, 1988 Playoff MVP)
1962 Adam Baldwin actor (Full Metal Jacket, My Bodyguard)
and Grant Show Detroit Mich, actor (Jack Hanson-Melrose Place)
1964 Ewen Vernal British pop bassist (Deacon Blue-Your Town)
1965 Barbara Dare XXX actress (Angel Takes a Dare, Funhouse, Harem Girl)
and Sandra Cecchini Bologna Italy, tennis star
1966 Gregg Rainwater actor (Buck Cross-Young Riders)
1969 Robert Molenaar soccer player (FC Volendam)
and Victoria Fair Jackson Michigan, Miss Michigan-America (1991)
1971 Ivan Robinson Phila Pa, US boxer (Olympic-92)
1973 "Pooh" Clark rocker (High-5)
1975 Christina Nigra actress (Out of This World)
1980 Chelsea Clinton daughter of President Clinton
Deaths Which Occured February 27:
1167 Robert van Melun English philosopher/bishop of Hereford, dies
1656 Johan van Heemskerk lawyer/writer/interpreter, dies
1731 Angelo Predieri composer, dies at 76
1733 Johann Adam Birkenstock composer, dies at 46
1779 John Nepveu gov-gen of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59
1797 Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele composer, dies at 62
1805 Stefan Paluselli composer, dies at 57
1844 Nicholas Biddle US lawyer, diplomat, statesman, & financier, dies
1852 Joseph Drechsler composer, dies at 69
1862 Gabriele dell' Addolorata patron of Ital Catholic youth, dies at 23
1881 George Colley British governor of Natal/general, dies in battle at 46
1887 Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin composer, dies at 53
1920 Alexandru D Xenopol Romanian historian, dies at 72
1923 Charles Francis Abdy Williams composer, dies at 67
1929 Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry composer, dies at 65
1936 Ivan P Pavlov Russian physiologist (reflexes, Nobel 1904), dies
1939 Nadezjda K Krupskaja Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies
1942 Karel WFM Doorman spy (Java sea), dies
1943 Kost¡s Palam s Greek poet/scholar (Flogera tou Bas¡lia), dies at 84
1945 HJ Lochtman Dutch chaplin/resistance fighter (Belsen)
1952 Theodorus Pangalos Greek general/dictator 1926, dies at 74
1955 Tom Howard comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 66
1956 Frank Dailey orch leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54
Gunther Ramin composer, dies at 57
1958 Harry Cohn CEO (Columbia Pictures), dies of a heart attack
1960 Adriano Olivetti Italian engineer/manufacturer, dies at 58
1961 Platt Adams high jumper (Olympic-gold-1912), dies
1962 Willie Best actor (Charlie-My Little Margie), dies at 45
1966 Minerva Urecal actress (Apache Rose, Ghost Crazy), dies at 81
1968 Ludvik Podest composer, dies at 46
1969 John Boles actor (Stella Dallas, Curly Top), dies at 73
1973 Lucijan Marija Skerjanc composer, dies at 72
1974 Pat Brady Toledo Ohio, actor (Roy Rodgers Show), dies at 59
1977 Allison Hayes actress (Attack of 50 Foot Woman), dies at 47
1978 Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov composer, dies at 65
1980 George Tobias actor (Abner Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 78
1982 Malika A Sabirova Russian dancer, dies at 39
1985 David Huffman actor (FIST, Jane Doe, Firefox, Onion Field), dies
Henry Cabot Lodge (Sen-R)/diplomat, dies at 82
Pat J O'Malley actor (My Favorite Martian, Maude), dies at 83
1987 Joan Greenwood actress (Gentle Sex, Bad Sister), dies at 65
1989 Conrad Lorenz Austria zoologist (Nobel 1973), dies
Joe Silver actor (Rage, Rapid, Deathtrap, Shivers), dies at 66
1991 Artie Mitchell XXX producer (Behind the Green Door), shot at 45
H J of Royen director Concert worker, dies
Robert-John Akkerman diplomat to Tunis, murdered
1992 Marinus Ruppert Dutch political president (CNV), dies
1993 Lillian Gish US actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 99
Ruby Keeler actress (42nd Street), dies of cancer at 83
1994 Harold Acton English/Italian historian/art collector, dies at 84
Karl I Pelgrom sculptor, dies at 66
Leopold "Hans" Kohr Austria social philosopher/economist, dies at 89
Holidays Which Occur February 27:
Dominican Republic Independence Day (1844)
St Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla Statehood Day (1967)
St Kitts & Antigua Independence Day (1967)
West Sahara Proclamation of Republic (1976)
Zambia Nelson Mandela Day (1990)
Religious Observances on February 27:
RC Feast of St Leander, archbishop of Seville
RC Honorina, martyr
1633 Ang Commemoration of George Herbert, priest
1862 RC Commemoration of St Gabriel Possenti [Non leap years]
Things to Remember for February 27:
Biorhythm Health Month-National Meat Month
Flowers-violet & primrose Gem-amethyst
National Cherry-American Heart-TV Sweeps & Black History Month
[Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Februarius; Kalend Feb
[Plains Indians] Hunger Moon month
19 Days Delta Leonid meteor shower, radiant between ç & ë Leonis
21 Days Astrological sign: Pisces
[Ancient Rome] Equirria (common years)
[Ancient Rome] a d iij Kal Mar (common years)
Highlights in History Which Occur February 27:
837 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1526 Saxony & Hesse form League of Gotha (league of Protestant princes)
1563 William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral
1667 Abraham Crijnssen conquerors Fort Willoughby (Zeelandia), Suriname
1670 Jews are expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I
1700 Pacific island of New Britain discovered
1713 French troops bomb Willemstadt Cura‡ao
1801 Washington DC placed under Congressional jurisdiction
1803 Great fire in Bombay, India
1813 1st federal vaccination legislation enacted
and Congress authorizes use of steamboats to transport mail
1816 Dutch regain Suriname
1827 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans
1844 Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day)
1854 Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine
1861 US Congress authorizes 1st stamped newspaper wrappers for mailing
1864 6th & last day of battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties)
and Near Andersonville GA, rebels open a new POW camp "Camp Sumpter"
1865 Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri
1869 John Menard is 1st black to make a speech in Congress
1871 Meeting of Alabama claims commission
1872 Charlotte Ray, 1st Black woman lawyer, graduated Harvard U
1873 Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor
1874 Baseball 1st played in England, at Lord's Cricket Grounds
1877 US Electoral College declares R Hayes winner presidential election
1881 Battle at Amajuba, S Afr: Boers vs Brit army under Gen Colley
and Battle at Majuba Hill: Boers beat British, 94 killed
1883 Oscar Hammerstein patents 1st cigar-rolling machine
1890 D Needham & P Kerrigan box 100 rounds (6 h 39 m), SF; match is draw
1900 Boer General Cronj‚ surrenders to English in Pardenberg, South-Africa
and Conference in London calls for creation of a British labor party
1906 France & Britain agree to joint control of New Hebrides
1912 Lord Kitchener opens Khartoum-El Obeid (Nyala) railway
1919 1st public performance of Holst's "Planets"
and American Association for Hard of Hearing forms in NYC
1922 Supreme Court unanimously upheld 19th amend woman's right to vote
1924 Belgium's Theunis govt falls
1925 Hitler's forms NSDAP political party in Munich
1927 For 2nd Sunday in a row golfers in SC arrested for violating Sabbath
1929 Turkey signs Litvinov-pact
1930 Bouvet Island declared a Norwegian dependency
and K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1665 Gaby
1932 Explosion in coal mine Boissevain, Virginia, USA (38 dead)
1933 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2248 Kanda
and Nazis set fire to German parliament, blame it on communists
1936 Willy de Supervise swims world record 100 m free style (1:04.6)
1938 Britain & France recognize Franco govt in Spain
1939 Belgian govt of Pierlot falls
and France recognizes Franco's regime in Spain
and Supreme Court outlaws sit-down strikes
1942 Battle of Java Sea began 13 US warships sunk-2 Japanese
and J S Hey discovers radio emissions from Sun
1947 Paul-Emile Victor French polar expeditions organized
1949 Chaim Weizmann becomes 1st Israeli president
1950 General Chiang Kai-shek elected president of Nationalist China
1951 22nd amendment ratified, limiting president to 2 terms
and L Boyer discovers asteroid #1649 Fabre
1956 Female suffrage in Egypt
1957 Mao's speech "On Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People"
and Premier of only prime-time network TV show beginning with an "X":
"Xavier Cugat Show" on NBC
1959 Chicago Cards trade running back Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players
Boston Celtic Bob Cousy sets NBA record with 28 assists
and Boston Celtics score 173 points against Minneapolis Lakers
1962 South-Vietnam pres Ngo Dinh Diems palace bombed, 1st US killed
1965 Dutch Marijnen govt resigns
1967 Antigua & St Christopher-Nevis become associated states of UK
and Dominica gains independence from England
and Pink Floyd release their 1st single "Arnold Layne"
and Rio de la Plata Treaty
1969 Gen Hafez al-Assad becomes head of Syria via milt coup
and President Nixon visits West-Berlin
1970 NY Times (falsely) reports US army has ended domestic surveillance
1972 Pres Nixon & Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued Shanghai Communique
1973 American Indian Movement occupy Wounded Knee in South Dakota
and Dick Allen signs a record $675,000 3-yr contract with White Sox
and Indians occupy Wounded Knee in South Dakota
and L Kohoutek discovers asteroids 1999 Hirayama, 2407, 2472, 2541 & 2901
1975 CDU-politician Peter Lorentz kidnapped in West Berlin
and House of Reps pass $21.3 billion anti-recession tax-cut bill
1976 Final meeting between Mao tse Tung & Richard Nixon
and P Wild discovers asteroids #2080 Jihlava, #2081 Sazava & #2088 Sahlia
and R M West discovers asteroid #3004
1977 Keith Richards gets suspended sentence for heroin possession, Canada
1980 Grammy Awards feature a Barbra Streisand-Neil Diamond duet
and Israel & Egypt exchange ambassadors
and Robert Mugabes ZANU-PF wins elections in Zimbabwe
and Terrorists occupies Dominican embassy in Bogota
1981 Greatest passenger load on a commercial airliner-610 on Boeing 747
and Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder record "Ebony & Ivory"
1982 Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw
and Earl Anthony becomes 1st pro bowler to win more than $1 million
and Wayne Williams found guilty of murdering 2 of 28 blacks in Atlanta
1983 Eamonn Coghlan set indoor mile record of 3:49.78
1984 Carl Lewis jumps world record indoor (8,675 m)
and WRC-AM in Washington DC changes call letters to WWRC
and Worker's union leader Billy Nair freed in South Africa
1985 Farmers converge in Washington to demand economic relief
and Mauritania's new constitutional charter published
and US dollar is worth Ÿ3.9355 (Netherlands)
1987 Donald Regan resigned as White House chief of staff
and Mike Conley jumps world record (17.76m)
NCAA cancels SMU's entire 1987 football schedule for gross
and violations of NCAA rules regarding athletic corruption
1988 Bonnie Blair (US) wins Olympic 500m speedskating in record 39.1
and Gulfstream G-IV goes around the world 36:08:34
and Katarina Witt (GDR) wins 2nd consecutive Olympic figure skating
1989 German war criminals Aus Van de Fnten/Fischer, freed
1991 Noureddine Morcelli set 1500m mark at 3:34:16
and Singer James Brown is released from prison
and US led allied 6 week war with Iraq ends
1994 17th Winter Olympic games closes in Lillehammer, Norway
and Church in Beirut bombed, 10 killed
Your Special Reminders for February 27:
1880 68øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1990 5øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 58th day of the year with 307 days left (Numerology = 2)
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