February 27 in History

Historical Events on February 27

1776 American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.

1844 The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.

1860 Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.

1864 American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.

1900 Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.

1939 United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that sit-down strikes violate property owners' rights and are therefore illegal.

1942 World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies.

1963 The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.

1991 Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".

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Famous Birthdays on February 27

272 Constantine the Great

1886 Hugo Black

1932 Elizabeth Taylor

1992 Ty Dillon

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Famous Deaths on February 27

1902 Breaker Morant

2003 Fred Rogers

2008 William F. Buckley, Jr.

2015 Boris Nemtsov

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