February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 307 days remaining until the end of the year (308 in leap years). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).
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.
+ 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.
+ 1951 – The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
+ 1964 – The Government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
+ 1991 – Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".
(Births )
+ 1917 – John Connally, American lieutenant and politician, 61st United States Secretary of Treasury (d. 1993)
+ 1932 – Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress and humanitarian (d. 2011)
+ 1933 – Raymond Berry, American football player and coach
+ 1934 – Ralph Nader, American lawyer, politician, and activist
+ 1959 – Johnny Van Zant, American singer-songwriter
+ 1961 – James Worthy, American basketball player and sportscaster
+ 1980 – Chelsea Clinton, American journalist and academic