Daily Calendar for Friday, February 27, 2026

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (poet) – 1807
Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer; was born in Boston) – 1850
John Steinbeck (novelist) – 1902
Elizabeth Taylor (actress) – 1932
Howard Hesseman (actor) – 1940
Donal Logue (actor) – 1966
Chelsea Clinton (daughter of U.S. President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Clinton) – 1980
Josh Groban (singer) – 1981

Lillian Gish (actress) – 1993
Spike Milligan (comedian) – 2002
Fred Rogers (host of the PBS children’s show, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood) – 2003
William F. Buckley Jr. (writer & founder of National Review) – 2008
Frank W. Buckles (last surviving U.S. WW I veteran; he was 110 years old) – 2011
Leonard Nimoy (actor) – 2015
Richard Lewis (comedian) – 2024

During the American Revolutionary War, Loyalists were defeated in the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, North Carolina – 1776
First Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans – 1827
Saccharin was discovered – 1879
22nd Constitutional Amendment, enforcing term limits, ratified. (Limits U.S. presidents to two terms.) – 1951
The 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, stipulating a maximum of two consecutive presidential terms – 1951
Edwin Land granted patent for self-developing film – 1951
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. – 1963
Italian government asked public for ideas on how to save the leaning Tower of Pisa – 1964
16-year-old Tiger Woods, youngest PGA golfer in 35 years, teed off in L.A. Open – 1992
A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck about 125 miles north of London, England – 2008
An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile – 2010
Nine-foot tall bronze sculpture of civil rights activist Rosa Parks unveiled in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. – 2013
A Pacific bonefish weighing 5-lb., 11-oz. was caught in Honolulu, Hawaii. – 2022