Born on 27 February 2016

At A Glance

27 February 2016 at a glance

Day of the week

27 February 2016 was a Saturday.

Irish Chart Song in 2016

The Irish chart song for 2016 was “One Dance” by Drake.

Top Film of 2016

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.

Star sign

The star sign for 27 February is Pisces.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 27 February 2016 fell in the Year of the Monkey.

Birthstone

The birthstone for February is Amethyst.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 27 February 2016 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 27 February

• 1988 Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom.
• 1991 Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".
• 2002 Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport causing minor injuries.
• 2007 Chinese stock bubble of 2007: The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest daily fall in ten years, following speculation about a crackdown on illegal share offerings and trading, and fears about accelerating inflation.
• 2019 Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder downs Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman's Mig-21 in an aerial dogfight and captures him after conducting airstrikes in Jammu and Kashmir.

Famous people born on 27 February

• Kate Mara, American actress (born 1983)
• Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress and humanitarian (1932–2011)
• John Steinbeck, American journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (1902–1968)
• Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (272–337)

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