This Day In History

February 27

St. Gabriel - - Cleric

1908  Oklahoma, although entered the Union on November 16, 1907, was added as the 46th star to the US flag
1990  Exxon indicted for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in near Alaska
1991  US President Bush reports live on television that "Kuwait is liberated. Iraq's army is defeated.", exactly 100 hours after ground operations began and suspended combat.

1807  Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1886  US Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black
1902  Writer John Steinbeck
1913  Novelist Irwin Shaw
1917  Governor of Texas John Connally (also suffered gunshot wounds during John F. Kennedy assassination)
1927  Actor/Writer James Herlihy
1930  Actress Joanne Woodward
1932  Actress Elizabeth Taylor
1934  Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader
1936  Singer Chuck Glaser
1940  Actor Howard Hesseman

1962

• Duke of Earl - Gene Chandler

• The Wanderer - Dion

• Break It to Me Gently - Brenda Lee

• Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley

1971

• One Bad Apple - The Osmonds

• Knock Three Times - Dawn

• If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot

• Help Me Make It Through the Night - Sammi Smith

1980

• Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen

• Longer - Dan Fogelberg

• Rock with You - Michael Jackson

• Years - Barbara Mandrell

1989

• Straight Up - Paula Abdul

• Wild Thing - Tone Loc

• Born to be My Baby - Bon Jovi

• I Sang Dixie - Dwight Yoakam

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