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History on the 27th of February

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27 Feb 0280 RELIGIOUS Birth of Constantine the Great, the first Roman emperor to be converted (ca. 312) to the Christian faith.
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27 Feb 1838 RELIGIOUS Birth of William J. Kirkpatrick, American Methodist sacred composer. He edited his first collection of hymns at age 21, and is still remembered today for composing the melodies to such hymns as: "He Hideth My Soul," "'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus," "Redeemed, How I Love to Proclaim It" and "Lord, I'm Coming Home."
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27 Feb 1839 RELIGIOUS Scottish clergyman Robert Murray McCheyne wrote in a letter: 'Most of God's people are content to be saved from the hell that is without. They are not so anxious to be saved from the hell that is within.'
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27 Feb 1849 RELIGIOUS William Jewell College was chartered in Liberty, Missouri, under Baptist sponsorship.
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27 Feb 1917 WW2 One day after the 4th Company of the Pavlovsky Regiment of the Russian Imperial Guard mutinied, other reserve guards units joined the revolution in Petrograd, Russia. Defying orders to surrender their arms the mutineers wrecked the police barracks and by noon several public buildings were in flames and there was outbreaks of sporadic shooting throughout the city. 
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27 Feb 1918 WW2 Settsu departed Mako, Hoko Prefecture, Taiwan to patrol the Chinese coast. 
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27 Feb 1919 WW2 Submarine S-35 was launched at the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation yard in San Francisco, California, United States, sponsored by Miss Louise C. Bailey. 
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27 Feb 1925 WW2 A rally in Munich, Germany proclaimed the relaunching of the Nazi Party. 
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27 Feb 1932 WW2 Chinese General Ding Chao surrendered to the Japanese in Heilongjiang Province, China. 
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27 Feb 1933 WW2 The German Reichstag building was destroyed by fire. 10,000 political opponents of the Nazi Party, mostly communists, were subsequently arrested. 
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27 Feb 1934 WW2 The "Law for the Organic Reconstruction of Germany's Economic System" established a national structure of chambers under Albert Pietzsch's Reich Economic Chamber (Reichswirtschaftskammer). All previous economic associations were abolished to be replaced by six national chambers representing industry, commerce, handicraft, banking, insurance and energy supply. 
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27 Feb 1938 WW2 The US 2nd Marine Brigade headquarters and the US 6th Marine Regiment departed Shanghai, China. The US 4th Marine Regiment remained in Shanghai as the only American military unit there. 
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27 Feb 1938 RELIGIOUS English Bible expositor Arthur W. Pink wrote in a letter: 'Slackness and carelessness are inexcusable in a child of God. He should ever present a model and example of conscientiousness, painstaking care, and exactness.'
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27 Feb 1939 WW2 The British Admiralty approved William Reed's sketch design for a coastal escort vessel requested during the previous month. 
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27 Feb 1939 WW2 The British and French governments recognised General Francisco Franco's regime in Spain. 
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27 Feb 1940 WW2 Soviet troops launched a pincer movement intended at surrounding Viipuri, Finland; at 1900 hours, Finnish Army Lieutenant General Erik Heinrichs ordered his troops to fall back from the defensive positions on the V-line and withdraw into Viipuri. Meanwhile, the government of Finland requested assistance from Norway and Sweden for the war against Russia, but Norway and Sweden continued to express that they were neutral in the conflict and could not assist Finland. On the same day, 300 Finnish children were evacuated to Stockholm, Sweden. 
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27 Feb 1940 WW2 USS Helena arrived at Norfolk, Virginia, United States. 
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27 Feb 1941 WW2 During the night, 30 British Wellington bombers from Wyton in Cambridgeshire, Marham in Norfolk, and Stradishall in Suffolk attacked battleship Tirpitz. The 26 aircraft that arrived attacked and reported success, though the actual results were questionable. 
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27 Feb 1941 WW2 Norwegian tanker Sandefjord, captured by German cruiser Admiral Scheer in the Atlantic Ocean on 18 Jan 1941, arrived in France with the cargo of 11,000 tons of crude oil. She was to be renamed Monsun and pressed into German service. 
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27 Feb 1941 WW2 Before dawn, Italian torpedo boats Lupo and Lince landed 240 troops on the Greek island of Kastelorizo near Turkey, then bombarded British positions after daybreak, killing 3 and wounding 7. The action was commenced to counter the British Operation Abstention. British destroyers HMS Decoy and HMS Hereward, instead of counterattacking the Italian torpedo boats, departed for Egypt. 
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27 Feb 1941 WW2 New Zealand cruiser HMNZS Leander sank Italian armed merchant cruiser Ramb I 200 miles west of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean; 113 survivors were picked up by HMNZS Leander and taken to Addu Atoll, Maldives. 
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27 Feb 1941 WW2 British minesweeping trawler HMT Remillo hit a mine and sank in the Humber Estuary, England, United Kingdom, killing 17. 
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27 Feb 1941 WW2 Italian submarine Bianchi British ship Baltistan west of Ireland; 51 were killed, 18 survived. 
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27 Feb 1941 WW2 German submarine U-47 sank British ship Holmelea west of Ireland overnight; 27 were killed, 11 survived. 
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27 Feb 1941 WW2 German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau refueld from tankers Ermland and Friedrich Breme 1,000 miles west of the Azores. They also transferred 180 prisoners taken from Allied ships sunk on 22 Feb. 
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27 Feb 1941 WW2 The former US Ambassador to France made a public announcement in which he accused the United States of not doing nearly enough or working fast enough in the present international crisis. 
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27 Feb 1941 WW2 Yosuke Matsuoka arrived in Berlin, Germany. 
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27 Feb 1941 WW2 Vice Admiral Koki Yamamoto was named the commanding officer of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. 
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27 Feb 1942 WW2 American seaplane tender USS Langley with 32 P-40 fighters aboard, en route to Java, was sunk by Japanese Navy land-based aircraft. On the same day, at the Battle of the Java Sea, Japanese fleet sank Allied 2 cruisers and 3 destroyers without any losses. 
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27 Feb 1942 WW2 Operation Biting: Elements of the newly-formed British 1st Parachute Brigade dropped on Bruneval, near Le Havre, and stole a German radar unit under the noses of the defenders, losing only three men in the process. Escaping by sea the paratroopers brought the equipment back to England where scintists were able to unravel secrets of the radar which had been playing a significant role in the success of night fighters against British bombers. 
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27 Feb 1942 WW2 US submarine S-39 landed on Chebia Island in search for the 40 British refugees from Singapore rumored to be located there; none of them were found. 
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27 Feb 1942 WW2 Nisshin was commissioned into service. 
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27 Feb 1942 WW2 HMS Manchester completed her repairs at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. 
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27 Feb 1942 WW2 A Japanese force landed on northeastern Mindoro in the Philippine Islands. 
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27 Feb 1942 WW2 Six 1st American Volunteer Group pilots arrived at Accra, Gold Coast, British West Africa by C-53 transport aircraft to pick up newly delivered P-40E fighters for use in China. 
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27 Feb 1942 WW2 The Spanish Torino motorised division operating in southern Russia beat off massed Soviet infantry and cavalry attacks. The fighting ended with more than 700 Russian dead spread across the battlefield. 
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27 Feb 1942 WW2 HMS Indomitable departed Port Sudan, British East Africa, escorted by Australian destroyers Napier and Nestor. 
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27 Feb 1942 WW2 German submarine U-156 sank British collier Macgregor with the deck gun 20 miles north of the Dominican Republic at 1035 hours; 1 was killed, 30 survived. 
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27 Feb 1942 WW2 Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. 
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27 Feb 1942 WW2 Tenryu completed her anti-aircraft weaponry refitting at Truk, Caroline Islands. 
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27 Feb 1942 WW2 HMS Eagle departed Gibraltar with 15 Spitfire fighters on the flight deck to be delivered to Malta. 
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27 Feb 1942 WW2 Shokaku entered drydock at Yokosuka, Japan. 
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27 Feb 1942 WW2 Hans-Joachim Marseille shot down two P-40 fighters, his 51st and 52nd kill, near Ain el Gazala, Libya. His victims were Sergeant Roger Jennings and Pilot Officer Richard Hart. 
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27 Feb 1942 WW2 At the Battle of the Java Sea, Nachi launched scouting missions with her two floatplanes. She was surprised by the Allied Striking Force in the evening, but was able to escape without damage. 
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27 Feb 1942 WW2 Robert Johnson began basic flying training at Randolph Field, Texas, United States. 
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27 Feb 1943 WW2 Jews in Berlin, Germany who were previously allowed to remain there due to their positions in the armaments industry were deported to Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Meanwhile, the Rosenstrasse protest began in Berlin by women who had married Jewish men. 
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27 Feb 1943 WW2 Karl von Le Suire stepped down as the commanding officer of German 46th Infantry Division. 
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27 Feb 1943 WW2 USS Finback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her fourth war patrol. 
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27 Feb 1943 WW2 Nachi departed Sasebo, Japan. 
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27 Feb 1943 WW2 Allied convoy JW-53 arrived at the Kola Inlet near Murmansk, Russia. 
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27 Feb 1943 WW2 USS Wahoo arrived at Midway Atoll, refueled, and then departed for her fourth war patrol. 
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27 Feb 1944 WW2 USS Cod sank a Japanese merchant ship by torpedo. 
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27 Feb 1944 WW2 70 SBD and TBF aircraft attacked Rabaul, New Britain. 1 Japanese G4M bomber was shot down. 
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27 Feb 1944 WW2 Lebanon declared war on Germany and Japan. 
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27 Feb 1944 WW2 USS Tunny departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her fifth war patrol. 
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27 Feb 1944 WW2 USS Harder arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. 
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27 Feb 1944 WW2 Irako arrived at Yokosuka, Japan. 
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27 Feb 1944 WW2 USS Grayback sank freighter Ceylon Maru, hitting her with 1 of 2 torpedoes. She was sunk by the subsequent depth charging by aircraft and anti-submarine craft 100 kilometers southeast of Okinawa, Japan. 
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27 Feb 1944 WW2 The Soviet troops responsible for deporting the population of Khaibakh village in Chechnya in southern Russia could not complete their assignment due to a heavy snowstorm. Instead, Colonel Mikheil Gveshiani of the NKVD ordered the troops to force the entire population of 700 into a large stable, lock the doors, and set the stable on fire. 
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27 Feb 1944 WW2 USS Wasp arrived at Boston, Massachusetts, United States. 
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27 Feb 1945 WW2 USS Hoe fired 2 torpedoes at periscope depth at a Japanese freighter; both torpedoes missed. 
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27 Feb 1945 WW2 Friedrich Hüffmeier was made the military governor of the Channel Islands, succeeding Rudolf von Schmettow. 
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27 Feb 1945 WW2 Lebanon declared Independence from France and declared war on Germany and Japan. 
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27 Feb 1945 WW2 Soviet troops captured Baldenburg (now Bialy Bór, Poland) and Neustettin (now Szczecinek, Poland) in Pommern, Germany. 
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27 Feb 1945 WW2 The rocket-boosted Messerschmitt Me.262C-1a made its maiden flight. Fitted with a Walter HWK rocket motor in the tail this machine, in trials, attained an altitude of 38,400 feet from a standing start in under 4.5 minutes. 
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27 Feb 1945 WW2 USS Sunfish arrived at Apra, Guam, Mariana Islands, ending her tenth war patrol. 
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27 Feb 1945 WW2 King Mihai I of Romania appointed a Communist government. 
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27 Feb 1945 WW2 Soviet Deputy Commissar for Foreign Affairs Andrei Vyshinsky, sent to Bucharest, Romania by Joseph Stalin, forced King Mihai I to appoint Petru Groza as the new prime minister. 
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27 Feb 1945 WW2 German V-2 rocket hit the Royal Albert Dock in London, England, United Kingdom in the morning. 
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27 Feb 1945 WW2 Franklin Roosevelt arrived in Newport News, Virginia, United States via USS Quincy. 
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27 Feb 1946 WW2 Marblehead was sold for scrap. 
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27 Feb 1946 WW2 Allied repatriation ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Uraga, Japan and disembarked personnel. 
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27 Feb 1946 WW2 USS Alabama departed San Pedro, California, United States for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, United States. 
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