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Day in History: February 27  
IN THE PAST 

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February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 307 days remaining, 308 in leap years. Brrrrr! It's International Polar Bear Day.

	1700 - The island of New Britain is discovered.
	1801 - Washington, DC is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.
	1827 - The first Mardi Gras is celebrated in New Orleans, Louisiana.
	1844 - The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
	1879 - Announcement of the discovery of artificial sweetener saccharin.
	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.
	1940 - Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discovered carbon-14
	1951 - The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
	1974 - People magazine is published for the first time.
	1990 - Exxon Valdez oil spill: Exxon and its shipping company are indicted on five criminal counts.
	1991 - Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated."
	1996 - Satoshi Tajiri creates the hit media franchise Pokémon.
	2006 - The Harlem Globetrotters extended their overall record to 22,000 wins.

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