What Day of the Week

February 27, 2019 was the 58^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 307 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.

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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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.

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• 1700

  The island of New Britain is discovered.
• 1801

  Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.
• 1812

  Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time.
• 1870

  The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
• 1921

  The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
• 1933

  Reichstag fire: Germany’s parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire.
• 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
• 1955

  Soviet Union regional elections, 1955.
• 2004

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

• 1875

  George Rodocanachi, Greek-British physician (d. 1944)
• 1904

  James T. Farrell, American writer (d. 1979)
• 1930

  Peter Stone, American writer (d. 2003)
• 1939

  Peter Revson, American racecar driver (d. 1974)
• 1942

  Robert H. Grubbs, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1953

  Gabriela Svobodová, Czech cross country skier
• 1962

  Grant Show, American actor
• 1975

  Shelby Walker, American mixed martial artist (d. 2006)
• 1983

  Duje Draganja, Croatian swimmer
• 1984

  David Noel, American basketball player

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