February 27

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY ~ FEBRUARY 27

 

 

1902 - John Steinbeck born, Salinas California, author (Grapes of Wrath-Nobel 1962)
1930 - Joanne Woodward, Actress ("The Three Faces of Eve") born
1932 - Elizabeth Taylor, Actress ("Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?") born
1932 - Explosion in coal mine Boissevain, Virginia, USA (38 dead)
 1933 - Jean Genet's "Intermezzo," premieres in Paris
 1933 - Nazis set fire to German parliament, blame it on Communists

 1934 - Van Williams, American actor, born
 1939 - English Spook house Borley Rectory destroyed in a fire
 1939 - Supreme Court outlaws sit-down strikes

 1940 - Howard Hesseman, Actor ("WKRP in Cincinnati") born

 1940 - Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14

 1942 - 1st transport of French Jews to nazi-Germany
 1942 - Battle of Java Sea began 13 US warships sunk-2 Japanese
 1942 - J S Hey discovers radio emissions from Sun
 1943 - The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
 1943 - The Rosenstrasse protest starts in Berlin
 1945 - Battle of US 94 Infantry
 1947 - Paul-Emile Victor French polar expeditions organized
 1949 - Debra Monk, Actress born
 1951 - 22nd amendment ratified, limiting president to 2 terms
 1955 - Betty Jameson wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
 1956 - Elvis Presley's releases "Heartbreak Hotel"

 1956 - Specialty Records releases Little Richard's "Slippin' and Slidin'."

 1958 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
 1959 - Chicago Cards trade running back Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players

 1960 - The Miracles make their first TV appearance on "American Bandstand."
 1960 - US Olympic Ice Hockey Team beats USSR 3-2 en route to gold medal
 1962 - Adam Baldwin, actor (Full Metal Jacket, My Bodyguard)
 1963 - Mickey Mantle of NY Yankees sign a baseball contract worth $100,000

 1964 - "What Makes Sammy Run?" opens at 84th St Theater NYC for 540 perfs

 1964 - The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
 1965 - "High Spirits" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 375 performances
 1965 - France performs Underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
 1966 - Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Peggy Fleming of US

 1966 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Emmerich Danzer AUT

 1967 - Pink Floyd records their first single, "Arnold Layne."
 1970 - NY Times (falsely) reports US army has ended domestic surveillance

 1970 - Jefferson Airplane fined $1,000 for using profanity during a concert in Oklahoma City

 1973 - American Indian Movement occupy Wounded Knee in South Dakota

 1973 - Dick Allen signs a record $675,000 3-yr contract with White Sox
 1974 - "People" magazine begins sales
 1974 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
 1975 - House of Reps pass $21.3 billion anti-recession tax-cut bill

 1975 - Dana Marie Lane born, Cheyenne Wyoming, Miss America-Wyoming (1996)

 1977 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
 1977 - Keith Richards gets suspended sentence for heroin possession, Canada
 1978 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
 1980 - 22nd Grammy Awards: What a Fool Believe, Streisand-Diamond duet
 1981 - Josh Groban, American singer, born
 1981 - Greatest passenger load on a commercial airliner-610 on Boeing 747
 1981 - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder record "Ebony & Ivory"

 1982 - Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw

 1982 - Earl Anthony becomes 1st pro bowler to win more than $1 million
 1982 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
 1984 - Carl Lewis jumps world record indoor (8,675 m)
 1986 - The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.
 1987 - Mike Conley triple jumps world indoor record (17.76m)
 1987 - NCAA cancels SMU's entire 1987 football schedule for gross violations of NCAA rules regarding athletic corruption
 1988 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Orient Leasing Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
 1988 - Bonnie Blair (US) wins Olympic 500m speed skating in record 39.1
 1988 - Gulfstream G-IV goes around the world 36:08:34
 1988 - Katarina Witt (GDR) wins 2nd consecutive Olympic figure skating
 1989 - German war criminals Aus der Funten/Fischer, freed in Holland
 1990 - Exxon Corp & Exxon Shipping are indicted on 5 criminal counts (Valdez)

 1990 - Milli Vanilli's Rob Pilatus shares his perspective on life with Time magazine. In the interview he says, "Musically, we're more talented than any Bob Dylan or Paul McCartney. Mick Jagger can't produce a sound. I'm the new Elvis." The rest is history....

 1991 - Ben Elton's "Silly Cow," premieres in London

 1991 - James Brown paroled from prison after serving two years. He had been sentenced to six years in prison after leading police on an interstate car chase
 1991 - Gulf War ends after Iraqi troops retreated & Kuwait is re-taken by the US
 1991 - US led allied 6 week war with Iraq ends