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 French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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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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• 1776

  American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
• 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.
• 1870

  The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
• 1902

  Second Boer War: Harry ‘Breaker’Harbord Morant is executed in Pretoria.
• 1933

  Reichstag fire: Germany’s parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire.
• 1940

  Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14
• 1961

  The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
• 1964

  The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
• 1973

  The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
• 1976

  The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

• 1831

  Hiram Bond Everest, American co-founder of The Vacuum Oil Company (d. 1913)
• 1888

  Lotte Lehmann, German singer (d. 1976)
• 1904

  James T. Farrell, American writer (d. 1979)
• 1941

  Paddy Ashdown, British politician
• 1957

  Timothy Spall, English actor
• 1959

  Johnny Van Zant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• 1961

  James Worthy, American basketball player
• 1968

  Matt Stairs, Canadian baseball player
• 1973

  Ali Tabatabaee, American Iranian rapper (Zebrahead)
• 1973

  Peter André, Australian singer

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