February 27

Sunday 27, 2005:

pay price capping on the Transport for London Oyster card was introduced.

Friday 27, 2004:

A bombing of a Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines kills 116, its worst terrorist attack.

Thursday 27, 2003:

Rowan Williams is enthroned as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury in the Anglican church.

Wednesday 27, 2002:

2002 Gujarat violence: a train catches fire a few minutes after it leaves the Godhra railway station, killing an estimated 58 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya and triggering riots that lead to the death of 1000 people, mostly Muslims.

Saturday 27, 1999:

Olusegun Obasanjo becomes Nigeria's first elected president since mid-1983.

Wednesday 27, 1991:

Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated."

Tuesday 27, 1990:

Exxon Valdez oil spill: Exxon and its shipping company are indicted on five criminal counts.

Monday 27, 1989:

Venezuela is rocked by the Caracazo.

Thursday 27, 1986:

The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.

Friday 27, 1976:

The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

Wednesday 27, 1974:

People magazine is published for the first time.

Tuesday 27, 1973:

The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota.

Saturday 27, 1971:

Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform abortus provocatus

Monday 27, 1967:

Dominica gains independence from the United Kingdom.

Thursday 27, 1964:

The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.

Tuesday 27, 1951:

The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.

Saturday 27, 1943:

The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, United States explodes, killing 74 men.

Friday 27, 1942:

World War II: the USS Langley, the first United States aircraft carrier, is sunk by Japanese warplanes.

Monday 27, 1939:

American Civil Rights Movement: Sit-down strikes are outlawed by the Supreme Court of the United States.

Monday 27, 1933:

Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire.

Monday 27, 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.

Tuesday 27, 1900:

1900 The FC Bayern München (Munich) is founded

Saturday 27, 1864:

American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.

Wednesday 27, 1861:

A crowd in Warsaw protesting Russian rule over Poland is fired upon by Russian troops, killing five protesters.

Monday 27, 1860:

Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that was largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.

Tuesday 27, 1844:

The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.

Tuesday 27, 1827:

The first Mardi Gras is celebrated in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Thursday 27, 1812:

Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.

Friday 27, 1801:

Washington, DC is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.

Wednesday 27, 1793:

The Giles resolutions are introduced to the United States House of Representatives asking the House to condemn Alexander Hamilton's handling of loans.

Saturday 27, 1700:

The island of New Britain is discovered.

Monday 27, 1617:

Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea

Sunday 27, 1594:

Henry IV is crowned King of France.

Saturday 27, 1560:

The Treaty of Berhick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland

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