February 27th (2012) was a Monday. It's the 55th day of the year (56th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 310 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 27th February, 2012
» A section of a nine-story apartment building in the city of Astrakhan, Russia, collapses in a 2012 Astrakhan gas explosion e.g natural gas explosion, killing 10 people and injuring at least 12 others.
February 27th Famous Deaths for 2012
» Ely Bielutin, Russian painter (b. 1925)
» Vince Dantona, American ventriloquist (b. 1949)
» Ma Jiyuan, Chinese general (b. 1921)
» Tina Strobos, Dutch physician and psychiatrist (b. 1920)
» Helga Vlahović, Croatian journalist and producer (b. 1945)
February 27th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
» George Herbert (Anglican Communion)
» Saint Honorine e.g Honorine
» Saint Leander e.g Leander
» February 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» International Polar Bear Day
» National Day, celebrates the first independence of Dominican Republic from Haiti in 1844.