433 Historic Events for February 27
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| 1898 |
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Rutkowski Bronislaw, composer
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| 1899 |
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Charles H Best, Maine, physiologist/co-discoverer (Insulin)
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| 1899 |
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Ian Keith, Boston MA, actor (Rochefort-3 Musketeers)
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| 1899 |
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Sulo Nikolai Salonen, composer
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| 1900 |
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British Labour Party forms
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| 1900 |
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Battle at Pietershoogte
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| 1900 |
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Boer General Cronj‚ surrenders to English in Pardenberg, South-Africa
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| 1901 |
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NL Rules Committee decrees that all fouls are to count as strikes except after two strikes
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| 1901 |
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Marino Marini, Italian sculptor/painter
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| 1902 |
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John Steinbeck, Salinas Calif, author (Grapes of Wrath-Nobel 1962)
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| 1902 |
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Gene Sarazen, Harrison NY, PGA golfer (Masters 1935, US Open 1922, 32)
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| 1902 |
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Ethelda Bleibtrey, 100m/300m US swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1920)
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| 1903 |
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Reginald Gardiner, Wimbledon England, actor (Great Dictator)
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| 1904 |
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James Thomas Farrell, US, author (Studs Lonigan trilogy)
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| 1904 |
Birth |
Renaat Verheijen, Flemish actor/director (Innocent Heart)
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye)
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| 1905 |
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Franchot Tone, Niagara Falls NY, actor (Dr Freeland-Ben Casey)
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| 1906 |
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France and Britain agree to joint control of New Hebrides
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| 1906 |
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H Algernon F "Algy" Rumbold, English diplomat (S Africa/Tibet)
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Alexander Matheson, NZ cricket pace bowler (2 Tests 1930-31)
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Gerhard Alexander, [Veldheer], Dutch actor (Prince Willem of Orange)
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| 1908 |
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Sacrifice fly adopted (repealed in 1931, reinstated 1954)
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| 1908 |
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Star #46 was added to US flag for Oklahoma
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Elisabeth Welch, singer (Song of Freedom, Over the Moon)
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Joan Bennett, Palasades NJ, actress (Little Women, Disraeli)
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