Today is Wednesday, February 27, the 58th day of 2013. There are 307 days left in the year.
1814 ― Ludwig von Beethoven’s 8th Symphony in F, premieres
1861 ― Warsaw Massacre; Russians fire on crowd demonstrating against Russian rule of Poland
1879 ― Constantine Fahlberg discovers saccharin (artificial sweetener)
1922 ― Supreme Court unanimously upheld 19th amend woman's right to vote
1933 ― German parliament building, Reichstag, destroyed by fire (set by Nazis, blamed on communists)
1950 ― General Chiang Kai-shek elected president of Nationalist China
1974 ― "People" magazine begins sales
1976 ― Final meeting between Mao Zedong and Richard Nixon
1988 ― Katarina Witt (GDR) wins second consecutive Olympics figure skating
1992 ― Tiger Woods, 16, becomes youngest PGA golfer in 35 years