February 27 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for February 27
In the headlines today:

2003	Fred Rogers, best known as children's TV personality Mister Rogers, dies in Pittsburgh of stomach cancer at age 74.
1999	Democratic rule returns to Nigeria as its citizens elect Olusegun Obasanjo as president.
1997	Divorce become legal in Ireland.
1991	US president George Bush announces that allied efforts to defeat the Iraqi/a> army and liberate Kuwait were successful, so combat operations will cease at midnight.
1985	Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., American ambassador to the UN and US senator from Masachusetts, dies at age 82.
1982	Wayne B. Williams is convicted of murdering two of 28 Atlanta area youngsters whose bodies were found over a 22-month period.
1974	The first issue of People magazine makes its appearance on newsstands.
1973	Supporters of the American Indian Movement begin their occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, site of the 1890 Sioux massacre.
1939	The US Supreme Court outlaws sit-down strikes.
1922	The US Supreme Court unanimously upholds a woman's right to vote.
1905	Montana adopts its state flag.
1900	England's Labour Party is founded.
1801	The District of Columbia is placed under the jurisdiction of the US Congress.