CoM Moderators Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Historical Events 1667 - Abraham Crijnssen conquers Fort Willoughby (Zeelandia), Suriname 1901 - National League Rules Committee for baseball decrees that all fouls are to count as strikes except after two strikes 1965 - France performs Underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1984 - Carl Lewis jumps world record indoor (8.675 m) 2015 - 70's glam rocker Gary Glitter (real name Paul Gadd) sentenced to 16 years in prison for various child sex convictions 2018 - Barbra Streisand reveals she has cloned her dog twice More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1858 - Adelaide Hoodless, Canadian educational reformer (founder of the Women's Institute), born in St George, Canada West (d. 1910) 1904 - André Leducq, French cyclist (Tour de France 1930, 32; Olympic gold road race 1924), born in Saint-Ouen, France (d. 1980) 1910 - Peter De Vries, American author (Reuben, Reuben; The Prick of Noon) and editor (New Yorker), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1993) 1920 - Bob Talley, American jazz and blues pianist and composer (Blues Alley All-Star Band), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1995) 1947 - Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist (Tchaikovsky Prize, 1970), born in Riga, Latvia 1963 - Pär Nuder, Swedish politician, born in Täby, Sweden More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1699 - Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. c. 1625) 1977 - Allison Hayes, American model and actress (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman), dies of leukemia or lead poisoning at 47 1996 - Sylvia Williams, American museum director and curator (National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution), dies from the effects of a brain aneurysm at 60 1998 - George H. Hitchings, American medical doctor (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1988), dies at 92 2008 - William F. Buckley Jr, American conservative author and commentator (National Review, Firing Line), dies of a heart attack at 82 2019 - Nathaniel Taylor, American actor (Rollo-Sanford and Sons), dies at 80 More Famous Deaths »
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