Who was born on February 27 and what day is it?
👉 HOLIDAYS:
🌏 International Day of Non-Governmental Organizations.
🌏 International Polar Bear Day.
🌏 Anosmia Awareness Day.
🔹NATIONAL HOLIDAYS:
🇺🇸 USA – Strawberry Day.
🇬🇪 Georgia – National Khachapuri Day.
🇮🇷 Iran – Islamic Education Day.
🇮🇳 India – Marathi Language Day.
🇻🇳 Vietnam – Doctors Day.
🇩🇴 Dominican – Independence Day.
🇷🇺 Russia – Day of Special Operations Forces.
👉 EVENTS:
– 380 – According to the decree of Emperor Theodosius I, Christianity was declared the state religion.
– 425 – Constantinople University was founded.
– 1472 – The bank “Minte dei Paschi di Siena”, which is still operating, was founded.
-1598 – Zemstvo Cathedral elected Boris Godunov as Tsar.
– 1617 – Agreement of Stolbov.
– 1712 – Bahadur Shah died.
– 1813 – Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of Kalish Union against Napoleon.
– 1844 – Dominican Republic gained independence.
– 1897 – saccharin, an artificial sweetener, was obtained.
– 1900 – The Bavarian football club was founded.
– 1919 – the first radio broadcasting was established in Russia.
– 1932 – James Chadwick discovers the neutron.
– 1933 – Reichstag burned down in Berlin.
– 1964 – The world’s first underwater tourist vehicle was launched.
– 1965 – the first flight of the An-22 (“Antey”) transport aircraft.
– 1978 – Rhodesians invaded the territory of Botswana.
– 1996 – Nintendo begins production of Pokemon games.
– 1997 – “World Literature” magazine was established.
– 1997 – The successful cloning of Dolly the sheep is reported.
– 2004 – The Tokyo District Court sentenced Sokyo Asahara, the leader of the Aum Shinrikyo sect, to death.
– 2010 – Strong earthquake in Chile, more than 800 victims.
– 2011 – The Libyan National Transitional Council was formed.
– 2015 – Assassination of Boris Nemsov in Moscow.
– 2022 – referendum on the adoption of amendments to the Belarusian constitution.
– 2022 – Putin orders the transfer of Russia’s strategic nuclear forces to a “special combat system”.
👉 BIRTHDAYS:
– 285 – Constantine I (337) – Roman Emperor (306-337).
– 1875 – Vladimir Filatov (1956) – ophthalmologist, surgeon, Hero of Labor (1950).
– 1902 – John Ernst Steinbeck (1968) – American writer, winner of the Nobel Prize (1962).
– 1910 – Vakhtang Chabukiani (1992) – ballet artist, ballet master, People’s Artist (1950).
– 1925 – Azim Rahimov (1997) – Second World War participant, guards sergeant, Hero of the Soviet Union.
– 1926 – David Hünter Huebel (2013) – American doctor, neurophysiologist, winner of the Nobel Prize (1981).
– 1930 – Joanne Gignillat Trimmire Woodward – American film actress.
– 1932 – Elizabeth Taylor (2011) – American actress, three-time Oscar winner.
– 1937 – Dias Rahmatov (2013) – Uzbek artist, theater and film actor.
– 1939 – Kenzo Takada – Japanese fashion designer and designer, founder of the Kenzo brand.
– 1957 – Tatyana Dogileva – Russian film and theater actress, People’s Artist of Russia.
– 1957 – Timothy Leonard Spall – British actor and TV presenter.
– 1985 – Thiago Neves – Brazilian football player.
– 1994 – Hou Yifan is a Chinese female chess player, four-time world champion among women.
– 1995 – Kosuke Nakamura – Japanese football player.