What happend on 27th February

26.02
28.02
1942

World War II: the USS Langley, the first United States aircraft carrier, is sunk by Japanese warplanes.

1939

American Civil Rights Movement: Sit-down strikes are outlawed by the Supreme Court of the United States.

1933

Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire.

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.

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 Cronje.

1864

American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.

1861

A crowd in Warsaw protesting Russian rule over Poland is fired upon by Russian troops, killing five protesters.

1860

Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that was largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.

1844

The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.