February 27

Today in History
• 1594 - Henry IV crowned King of France
• 1670 - Jews expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I
• 1693 - 1st women's magazine "Ladies' Mercury" published in London, England
• 1801 - Washington, D.C. placed under Congressional jurisdiction
• 1812 - The flag of Argentina, created by Manuel Belgrano, is first raised at Rosario
• 1813 - 1st federal vaccination legislation enacted
• 1827 - 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans
• 1861 - US Congress authorizes 1st stamped newspaper wrappers for mailing


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Anosmia Awareness Day
• Clean Monday
• Dominican Republic Independence Day
• International Polar Bear Day
• No Brainer Day
• Orthodox Lent
• World NGO Day
• Museum Advocacy Days

Birthdays
• 274 - Constantine I, Great Roman emperor, 306-337, adopted Christianity
• 1711 - Constantine Mavrocordatos, Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia
• 1807 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet
• 1861 - Rudolph Steiner, born in Kraljevic, Austria, founder, doctrine of anthroposophy
• 1869 - Alice Hamilton, physician/writer (workmen's compensation laws)
• 1878 - Charles Strite, American inventor who invented the automatic pop-up toaster
• 1881 - Sveinn Bjornsson, 1st president of Iceland (1944-52)
• 1891 - Anne Samson, oldest-ever nun documented