February 27
\n1844
\nDominican Republic gained independence from Haiti.<\/p>\n
1933
\nGerman Reichstag building in Berlin was destroyed by fire.<\/p>\n
1951
\nThe 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, limiting the President to two terms.<\/p>\n
1973
\nMembers of the American Indian Movement occupied the village of Wounded Knee, S.D.<\/p>\n
1991
\nKuwait was liberated in the Gulf War.<\/p>\n
2003
\nFred Rogers, of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, died.<\/p>\n
2012
\nAli Abdullah Saleh stepped down as president of Yemen after months of protests.<\/p>\n
Birthdays<\/p>\n
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
\npoet (1807)<\/p>\n
Alice Hamilton
\nphysician, reformer (1869)<\/p>\n
Hugo Black
\nSupreme Court Justice (1886)<\/p>\n
Marian Anderson
\ncontralto (1897)<\/p>\n
John Steinbeck
\nAmerican Writer (1902)<\/p>\n
Ariel Sharon
\ngeneral and politician (1928)<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Taylor
\nactress (1932)<\/p>\n
Ralph Nader
\nconsumer advocate (1934)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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