Today is Monday, February 27, the 58th day of 2012. There are 308 days left in the year.
1814 ― Ludwig von Beethoven’s 8th Symphony in F premieres
1854 ― Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine
1874 ― Baseball first played in England, at Lord's Cricket Grounds
1922 ― Supreme Court unanimously upheld 19th amend woman's right to vote
1950 ― General Chiang Kai-shek elected President of Nationalist China
1976 ― Final meeting between Mao Tse Tung and Richard Nixon
1988 ― Katarina Witt (GDR) wins second consecutive Olympics figure skating
1990 ― Exxon Corp & Exxon Shipping are indicted on five criminal counts (Valdez)
1991 ― Gulf War ends after Iraqi troops retreat and Kuwait is liberated
1992 ― Tiger Woods, 16, becomes youngest PGA golfer in 35 years