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27 February, 2007
The general strike against Lansana Conté in Guinea ends.
27 February, 2007
The Chinese Correction, the Shanghai Stock Exchange tumbled 9% the largest drop in 10 years.
27 February, 2005
Pre-pay price capping on the Transport for London oyster card is introduced.
27 February, 2004
A bombing of a Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines worst terrorist attack kills 116.
27 February, 2004
Former BPMC general secretary Ordrick Samuel launches a new party in Barbuda, Barbudans for a Better Barbuda.
27 February, 2003
Rowan Williams is enthroned as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury in the Anglican church.
27 February, 2002
Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire in London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanairs handling of the evacuation.
27 February, 2002
Godhra train burning, a Muslim mob kills 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya;
27 February, 1999
While trying to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon, Colin Prescot and Andy Elson set a new endurance record after being in a hot air balloon for 233 hours and 55 minutes.
27 February, 1999
Olusegun Obasanjo becomes Nigerias first elected president since mid-1983.
27 February, 1999
Korea International School is founded by Soon-Il Chung. It is currently directed by Ann Clapper.
27 February, 1996
Satoshi Tajiri creates the hit media franchise Pokémon.
27 February, 1991
Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated."
27 February, 1989
Venezuela is rocked by the Caracazo.
27 February, 1986
The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.
27 February, 1976
The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
27 February, 1974
People magazine is published for the first time.
27 February, 1973
The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
27 February, 1971
Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform aborti provocati.
27 February, 1967
Dominica gains independence from the United Kingdom.
27 February, 1964
The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
27 February, 1963
The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.
27 February, 1961
The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
27 February, 1951
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
27 February, 1943
The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
27 February, 1943
The Rosenstrasse protest starts in Berlin
27 February, 1942
World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an allied (ABDA) strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies
27 February, 1940
Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discovered carbon-14
27 February, 1939
American Civil Rights Movement: Sit-down strikes are outlawed by the Supreme Court of the United States.
27 February, 1933
Reichstag fire: Germanys parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire.
27 February, 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 in Leser v. Garnett.
27 February, 1921
The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
27 February, 1900
Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronje at the Battle of Paardeberg.
27 February, 1900
The British Labour Party is founded.
27 February, 1900
The FC Bayern München (Munich) is founded.
27 February, 1879
Announcement of the discovery of artificial sweetener saccharin.
27 February, 1864
American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
27 February, 1861
A crowd in Warsaw protesting Russian rule over Poland is fired upon by Russian troops, killing five protesters.
27 February, 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.
27 February, 1844
The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
27 February, 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.
27 February, 1801
Washington, DC is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.
27 February, 1700
The island of New Britain is discovered.
27 February, 1626
Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci.
27 February, 1617
Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea.
27 February, 1594
Henry IV is crowned King of France.
27 February, 1560
The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland.

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