This Day in History
27 Feb 1526
Saxony and Hesse form League of Gotha (league of Protestant princes)
27 Feb 1531
Evangelical German towns form Schmalkaldische Union
27 Feb 1563
William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral
27 Feb 1626
Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci
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Supreme Court defends women’s voting rights
In Washington D.C. the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution providing for female suffrage is unanimously declared constitutional by the eight members of ...
I Will Survive wins the first—and last—Grammy ever awarded for Best Disco Recording
After watching it utterly dominate the musical landscape of the late 1970s the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences gave disco their stamp of approv...
Leaning Tower needs help
On February 27 1964 the Italian government announces that it is accepting suggestions on how to save the renowned Leaning Tower of Pisa from collapse. The top...
Britain recognizes U.S. authority over Western Hemisphere
Great Britain agrees to U.S. arbitration in a border dispute between Venezuela and British Guiana defusing a dangerous U.S.-British diplomatic crisis.In 1841 ...
AIM occupation of Wounded Knee begins
On the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota some 200 Sioux Native Americans led by members of the American Indian Movement (AIM) occupy Wounded Knee the s...
New Orleanians take to the streets for Mardi Gras
On this day in 1827 a group of masked and costumed students dance through the streets of New Orleans Louisiana marking the beginning of the citys fam...
U.S. aircraft carrier Langley is sunk
On this day the U.S. Navys first aircraft carrier the Langley is sunk by Japanese warplanes (with a little help from U.S. destroyers) and all of its...
United States assails North Vietnamese aggression
The U.S. State Department releases a 14000-word report entitled Aggression from the NorthThe Record of North Vietnams Campaign to Conque...
Diem survives coup attempt
South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem survives another coup attempt when Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots Lieutenants Pham Phu Quoc and Nguyen Van Cu try...
Communist offensive continues
Communist forces shell 30 military installations and nine towns in South Vietnam in what becomes known as the Post-Tet Offensive. U.S. sources in...
U.S. Olympic hockey team beats Soviet Union
On this day in 1960 the underdog U.S. Olympic hockey team defeats the Soviet Union in the semifinals at the Winter Games in Squaw Valley California. The next ...
Mathew Brady photographs presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln
On this day in 1860 President Abraham Lincoln poses for the first of several portraits by noted Civil War-era photographer Mathew Brady. Days later the photog...
AIM takes Wounded Knee
Angered over a long history of violated treaties mistreatment and discrimination 200 members of the American Indian Movement (AIM) occupy the tiny hamlet of ...
The Valley of Fear is published
On this day in 1915 The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle is published in novel form.Sherlock Holmes had been a popular character since he first appeared in...
Mine explosion kills 74 in Montana
On this day in 1943 an explosion at the Montana Coal and Iron Company mine kills 74 workers. It was the worst mining disaster in Montanas history.The s...
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