February 27
People born on this day are Pisces.
- 1964
The Government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
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The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee in protest of the federal government.
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The former Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
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Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom.
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Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".
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Loganair Flight 670A crashes while attempting to make a water landing in the Firth of Forth in Scotland.
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Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport causing minor injuries.
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A bombing of a SuperFerry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack kills more than 100 passengers.
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Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, is sentenced to death for masterminding the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack.
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An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggers a tsunami which strikes Hawaii shortly after.
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Russian politician Boris Nemtsov is assassinated in Moscow while out walking with his girlfriend.
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Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder downs Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman's Mig-21 in an aerial dogfight and captures him after conducting airstrikes in Jammu and Kashmir.
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2002Johnny Davis, American basketball player
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1998Todd Cantwell, English footballer
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1996Chris Godwin, American football player
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1996Ten, Thai singer and dancer
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1995Sergej Milinković-Savić, Serbian footballer
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1995Tomáš Souček, Czech footballer
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1994Mike Matheson, Canadian ice hockey player
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1993Alphonse Areola, French footballer
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1992Meyers Leonard, American basketball player
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1992Jonjo Shelvey, English footballer
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1992Callum Wilson, English footballer
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1991Azeem Rafiq, Pakistani cricketer
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