To remind people of the approach of Lent and Easter, the three Sundays immediately preceding Shrove Tuesday were observed as Septuagesima, Sexagesima, and Quinquagesima — Latin for 70th, 60th, and 50th, respectively, indicating roughly the number of days left from each of those Sundays to Easter.
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Sunday, February 27, 2028
Born
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (poet) –
- Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer; was born in Boston) –
- John Steinbeck (novelist) –
- Elizabeth Taylor (actress) –
- Howard Hesseman (actor) –
- Donal Logue (actor) –
- Chelsea Clinton (daughter of U.S. President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Clinton) –
- Josh Groban (singer) –
Died
- Lillian Gish (actress) –
- Spike Milligan (comedian) –
- Fred Rogers (host of the PBS children’s show, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood) –
- William F. Buckley Jr. (writer & founder of National Review) –
- Frank W. Buckles (last surviving U.S. WW I veteran; he was 110 years old) –
- Leonard Nimoy (actor) –
- Richard Lewis (comedian) –
Events
- During the American Revolutionary War, Loyalists were defeated in the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, North Carolina –
- First Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans –
- Saccharin was discovered –
- 22nd Constitutional Amendment, enforcing term limits, ratified. (Limits U.S. presidents to two terms.) –
- The 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, stipulating a maximum of two consecutive presidential terms –
- Edwin Land granted patent for self-developing film –
- Mickey Mantle signed a $100,000 contract with the NY Yankees. His new salary tied him with Joe DiMaggio as the most highly paid Yankee players of their time. –
- Italian government asked public for ideas on how to save the leaning Tower of Pisa –
- 16-year-old Tiger Woods, youngest PGA golfer in 35 years, teed off in L.A. Open –
- A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck about 125 miles north of London, England –
- An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile –
- Nine-foot tall bronze sculpture of civil rights activist Rosa Parks unveiled in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. –
- A Pacific bonefish weighing 5-lb., 11-oz. was caught in Honolulu, Hawaii. –
Weather
- Amenia, North Dakota, had its first above-zero reading in 47 days. –
- 61-mph winds, Nantucket, Mass. –
- Nine and a half inches of snow fell at Indianapolis, Indiana –
- 103 degrees Fahrenheit, Laredo, Texas –