Editing February 27 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Second Boer War]]: Australian soldiers [[Breaker Morant|Harry "Breaker" Morant]] and [[Peter Handcock]] are executed in [[Pretoria]] after being convicted of [[Court martial of Breaker Morant|war crimes]].
*[[1916]] &ndash; Ocean liner ''[[SS Maloja]]'' strikes a mine near [[Dover]] and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.<ref name=Maloja>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/3851.html |title=Maloja |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=20 November 2012 |archive-date=15 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615223614/http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/3851.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; The [[International Working Union of Socialist Parties]] is founded in [[Vienna]].
*[[1922]] &ndash; A challenge to the [[Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]], allowing women the [[right to vote]], is rebuffed by the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] in ''[[Leser v. Garnett]]''.
*[[1932]] &ndash; The [[Mäntsälä rebellion]] begins when members of the far-right [[Lapua Movement]] start shooting at the social democrats' event in [[Mäntsälä|Mäntsälä, Finland]].<ref>Iltalehti Teema Historia: ''Lapuan liike'', Alma Media, 2015, pp. 4–7. (in Finnish)</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Reichstag fire]]: [[Weimar Republic|Germany]]'s parliament building in Berlin, the [[Reichstag (building)|Reichstag]], is set on fire; [[Marinus van der Lubbe]], a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility.
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[United States labor law]]: The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] rules in ''[[NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp.]]'' that the [[National Labor Relations Board]] has no authority to force an employer to rehire workers who engage in [[Sitdown strike|sit-down strikes]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Gross|first=James A.|title=The Reshaping of the National Labor Relations Board: National Labor Policy in Transition, 1937-1947|location=Albany, N.Y.|publisher=State University of New York Press|date=1981|isbn=9780873955164|pages=83–84|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LCTOvFU2n7sC|access-date=2020-02-27|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191839/https://books.google.com/books?id=LCTOvFU2n7sC|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Martin Kamen]] and [[Sam Ruben]] discover [[carbon-14]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: During the [[Battle of the Java Sea]], an [[American-British-Dutch-Australian Command|Allied]] strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the [[Java Sea]] in the [[Dutch East Indies]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; The [[Smith Mine disaster|Smith Mine #3]] in [[Bearcreek, Montana]], explodes, killing 74 men.
*  1943   &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: In [[Berlin]], the [[Gestapo]] arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the [[Rosenstrasse protest]].
*[[1951]] &ndash; The [[Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution]], limiting [[President of the United States|Presidents]] to two terms, is ratified.
*[[1961]] &ndash; The first congress of the [[Spanish Trade Union Organisation]] is inaugurated.
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: Two dissident [[Republic of Vietnam Air Force]] pilots [[1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing|bomb the Independence Palace]] in [[Saigon]] in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President [[Ngô Đình Diệm]].
*[[1963]] &ndash; The [[Dominican Republic]] receives its first democratically elected president, [[Juan Bosch (politician)|Juan Bosch]], since the end of the dictatorship led by [[Rafael Trujillo]].
*[[1964]] &ndash; The [[Government of Italy]] asks for help to keep the [[Leaning Tower of Pisa]] from toppling over.
*[[1971]] &ndash; Doctors in the first Dutch [[abortion clinic]] (the Mildredhuis in [[Arnhem]]) start performing artificially-induced abortions.
*[[1973]] &ndash; The [[American Indian Movement]] occupies [[Wounded Knee, South Dakota|Wounded Knee]] in protest of the [[Wounded Knee incident|federal government]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oPlNcHQUvSAC&pg=PA105|title=It Seemed Like Nothing Happened: America in the 1970s|last=Carroll|first=Peter N.|date=1990|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=978-0-8135-1538-0|page=105|access-date=2018-12-18|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191840/https://books.google.com/books?id=oPlNcHQUvSAC&pg=PA105|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; The former Spanish territory of [[Western Sahara]], under the auspices of the [[Polisario Front]] declares independence as the [[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]].
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Sumgait pogrom]]: The [[Armenians|Armenian]] community in [[Sumgait|Sumgait, Azerbaijan]] is targeted in a violent pogrom.
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Gulf War]]: U.S. President [[George H. W. Bush]] announces that "[[Kuwait]] is liberated".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rosenthal |first=Andrew |date=1991-02-28 |title=War in the Gulf: Bush Halts Offensive Combat; Kuwait Freed, Iraqis Crushed |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/28/world/war-in-the-gulf-bush-halts-offensive-combat-kuwait-freed-iraqis.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Loganair Flight 670A]] crashes while attempting to make a [[water landing]] in the [[Firth of Forth]] in [[Scotland]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Shorts 360-100 G-BNMT Granton Harbour|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010227-0|access-date=2021-02-26|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-date=2021-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519061221/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010227-0|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Ryanair Flight 296]] catches fire at [[London Stansted Airport]] causing minor injuries.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Frank |date=28 February 2002 |title=Engine fire on Ryanair jet forces passengers to evacuate |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/engine-fire-on-ryanair-jet-forces-passengers-to-evacuate-26060161.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=independent |language=en}}</ref>
*  2002   &ndash; [[Godhra train burning]]: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from [[Ayodhya]], killing 59 Hindu pilgrims.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Death-for-11-life-sentence-for-20-in-Godhra-train-burning-case/articleshow/7600059.cms |title=Death for 11, life sentence for 20 in Godhra train burning case |date=1 March 2011 |access-date=12 February 2021 |archive-date=8 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708181940/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-01/india/28643060_1_haji-billa-godhra-train-rajjak-kurkur |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Godhra verdict: 31 convicted, 63 acquitted |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/godhra-verdict-31-convicted-63-acquitted-448265 |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; A bombing of a [[Superferry 14|SuperFerry]] by [[Abu Sayyaf]] in the [[Philippines]]' worst terrorist attack kills more than 100 passengers.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-11-25 |title=Surge in piracy raises concerns over maritime terrorism |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/world/asia/25iht-pirates.1.18133159.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*  2004   &ndash; [[Shoko Asahara]], the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult [[Aum Shinrikyo]], is sentenced to death for masterminding the 1995 [[Tokyo subway sarin attack]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-02-27 |title=Death sentence for Tokyo gas attack leader |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/feb/27/japan |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Chinese stock bubble of 2007]]: The [[Shanghai Stock Exchange]] falls 9%, the largest daily fall in ten years, following speculation about a crackdown on illegal share offerings and trading, and fears about accelerating inflation.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6399941.stm |title=Business &#124; Share sale knocks Chinese market |work=BBC News |date=2007-02-27 |access-date=2012-06-06 |archive-date=2007-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310032537/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6399941.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Jemaah Islamiyah]] terrorist [[Mas Selamat Kastari]] escapes from a detention center in Singapore, hiding in [[Johor]], Malaysia until he was recaptured over a year later.<ref name="CNA1">{{cite news |date=27 February 2008 |title=JI detainee Mas Selamat Kastari escapes from Singapore detention centre |publisher=Channel NewsAsia |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/331477/1/.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080307191435/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/331477/1/.html |archive-date=7 March 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Breaking News |newspaper=The Straits Times |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_373899.html |url-status=live |access-date=30 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515152703/http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_373899.html |archive-date=15 May 2009}}</ref> 
*[[2010]] &ndash; An [[2010 Chile earthquake|earthquake]] measuring 8.8 on the [[moment magnitude scale]] strikes central parts of [[Chile]] leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggers a tsunami which strikes Hawaii shortly after.
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[2013 Menznau shooting|A shooting]] takes place at a factory in [[Menznau]], Switzerland, in which five people (including the perpetrator) are killed and five others injured.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-04-05 |title=Death toll from Swiss Menznau shooting rises to five |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/death-toll-from-swiss-menznau-shooting-rises-to-five-8561521.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; Russian politician [[Boris Nemtsov]] is [[Assassination of Boris Nemtsov|assassinated]] in Moscow while out walking with his girlfriend.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/03/europe/russia-nemtsov-girlfriend-duritskaya/|title=Anna Duritskaya: Model girlfriend who witnessed Boris Nemtsov's slaying|work=[[CNN]]|date=3 March 2015|access-date=14 March 2016|archive-date=14 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314170852/http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/03/europe/russia-nemtsov-girlfriend-duritskaya/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Pakistan Air Force]] [[JF-17 Thunder]] downs Indian pilot [[Abhinandan Varthaman]]'s [[Mig-21]] in an aerial dogfight and captures him after conducting [[2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes|airstrikes in Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/pakistan-marks-anniversary-of-day-it-downed-indian-jet/2159313|title=Pakistan marks anniversary of day it downed Indian jet|access-date=2021-03-22|archive-date=2021-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227171947/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/pakistan-marks-anniversary-of-day-it-downed-indian-jet/2159313|url-status=live}}</ref>