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right after solar eclipse we can celebrate the new Seattle art commune as a club in this crazy joint of a website
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Today In History: Events in February 27
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2015
Russian politician Boris Nemtsov is assassinated. -
2013
A shooting takes place at a factory in Menznau, Switzerland, in which five people (including the perpetrator) are killed and five others injured. -
2010
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. -
2007
The Chinese Correction: The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest drop in ten years. -
2004
Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, is sentenced to death for masterminding the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack. -
2004
A bombing of a Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack kills 116. -
2002
Godhra train burning: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from Ayodhya, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims. -
2002
Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair's handling of the evacuation. -
1991
Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated". -
1988
Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom. -
1976
The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. -
1973
The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee in protest of the federal government. -
1971
Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start performing artificially-induced abortions. -
1964
The Government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over. -
1963
The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo. -
1962
Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm. -
1961
The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated. -
1951
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified. -
1943
In Berlin, the Gestapo arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the Rosenstrasse protest. -
1943
The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men. -
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. -
1940
Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14. -
1939
United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. that the National Labor Relations Board has no authority to force an employer to rehire workers who engage in sit-down strikes. -
1933
Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire; Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility. -
1922
A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett. -
1921
The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna. -
1916
Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives. -
1902
Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes. -
1900
Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded. -
1900
The British Labour Party is founded. -
1900
Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg. -
1898
King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt. -
1881
First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place. -
1870
The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships. -
1864
American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia. -
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. -
1844
The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti. -
1812
Argentine War of Independence: Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time. -
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. -
1809
Action of 27 February 1809: Captain Bernard Dubourdieu captures HMS Proserpine. -
1801
Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress. -
1782
American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America. -
1776
American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia. -
1700
The island of New Britain is discovered by Europeans. -
1626
Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after leading the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci. -
1617
Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea. -
1594
Henry IV is crowned King of France. -
1560
The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Lords of the Congregation of Scotland. -
0907
907 – Abaoji, a Khitan chieftain, is enthroned as Emperor Taizu, establishing the Liao dynasty in northern China. -
0425
425 – The University of Constantinople is founded by Emperor Theodosius II at the urging of his wife Aelia Eudocia. -
0380
380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity.
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2015