THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2020

1557-Russian Embassy opens in London

1670-Jews are expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I

1816-Dutch regain Suriname

1854-Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine

1873-Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor

1883-Oscar Hammerstein patents cigar-rolling machine

1908-Star #46 added to U.S. flag for Oklahoma

1929-Russia, U.S. sign trade agreement

1949-Chaim Weizmann becomes first Israeli president

1956-Elvis Presley releases "Heartbreak Hotel"

1962-South-Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem's palace bombed

1965-France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker, Algeria

1967-Dominica gains independence from England

1969-General Hafez al-Assad becomes head of Syria via military coup

1980-Terrorists occupies Dominican embassy in Bogota