TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2024

On this day...

1557-First Russian Embassy opens in London

1929-Turkey signs Litvinov-pact

1956-Elvis Presley's releases "Heartbreak Hotel"

1956 Female suffrage in Egypt

1957-Mao's speech "On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People"

1963-Mickey Mantle of New York Yankees sign a baseball contract worth $100,000

1967-Dominica gains independence from England

1970-New York Times (falsely) reports US army has ended domestic surveillance

1972-President Nixon & Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued Shanghai Communique

1974-"People" magazine begins sales

1976-Final meeting between Mao Zedong & Richard Nixon

1984-Carl Lewis jumps world record indoor (8,675 meters)

1992-Tiger Woods, 16, becomes youngest PGA golfer in 35 years

1995-Car bomb explodes in Zakho, North-Iraq (54-80 killed)

1997-Singer Sade (Helen Folasade), arrested in Jamaica for disobeying a cop

1998-Apple discontinues developing Newton computer