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February 27: Day of the Week
February 27, 2024 was the 58th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 308 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.
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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
February 27 Historical Event(s)
425
The University of Constantinople is founded by Emperor Theodosius II at the urging of his wife Aelia Eudocia.
1560
The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland.
1700
The island of New Britain is discovered.
1776
American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
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.
1940
Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14
1943
The Rosenstrasse protest starts in Berlin
1943
The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
1955
Soviet Union regional elections, 1955.
2010
An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggered a tsunami which struck Hawaii shortly after.
Who were born on February 27?
1847
Ellen Terry, English actress (d.1928)
1902
John Steinbeck, American writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1968)
1903
Grethe Weiser, German actress (d. 1970)
1912
Lawrence Durrell, British writer (d. 1990)
1936
Roger Mahony, fourth Archbishop of Los Angeles
1947
Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist
1960
Andrés Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player
1962
Grant Show, American actor
1980
Scott Prince, Australian Rugby League Player
1983
Hayley Angel Wardle, English actress
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