The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated. Date: February 27, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 27 ๐ Events on this day in 1961 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Vietnam War: Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngรด ฤรฌnh Diแปm. Date: February 27, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 27 ๐ Events on this day in 1962 ๐ On This Day (Today)
The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo. Date: February 27, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 27 ๐ Events on this day in 1963 ๐ On This Day (Today)
The Government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over. Date: February 27, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 27 ๐ Events on this day in 1964 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start performing artificially-induced abortions. Date: February 27, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 27 ๐ Events on this day in 1971 ๐ On This Day (Today)
The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee in protest of the federal government. Date: February 27, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 27 ๐ Events on this day in 1973 ๐ On This Day (Today)
The former Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Date: February 27, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 27 ๐ Events on this day in 1976 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom. Date: February 27, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 27 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated". Date: February 27, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 27 ๐ Events on this day in 1991 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Loganair Flight 670A crashes while attempting to make a water landing in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. Date: February 27, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 27 ๐ Events on this day in 2001 ๐ On This Day (Today)