HISTORY QUIZ OF THE DAY (Feb-27)

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Feb 27, 2002 :: On this day, a furious mob burnt the train at Godhra returning from , thereby killing 59 Hindu pilgrims.

Feb 27, 1998 :: George H. HITCHINGS :: Died this day, he was an , recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1905).

Feb 27, 1991 :: GULF WAR :: On this day, the Gulf war came to an end with the liberation of and the retreat of Iraqi forces.

Feb 27, 1989 :: KONRAD LORENZ :: Died this day, he was an zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1903).

Feb 27, 1967 :: DOMINICA :: On this day, it gained independence from the .

Feb 27, 1943 :: KOSTIS PALAMAS :: Died this day, he was a poet, twice nominated for the Nobel prize (b. 1859).

Feb 27, 1942 :: ROBERT H. GRUBBS :: Born this day, he is an American chemist, laureate.

Feb 27, 1936 :: IVAN PAVLOV :: Died this day, he was a physiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1849).

Feb 27, 1932 :: ELIZABETH TAYLOR :: Born this day, she is a great actress.

Feb 27, 1931 :: CHANDRASEKHAR Azad :: Indian revolutionary - He on this day to avoid arrest by the police at Alfred Park in Allahabad.

Feb 27, 1926 :: DAVID H. HUBEL :: Born this day, he is a neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate.

Feb 27, 1912 :: KUSUMAGRAJ - VISHNU VAMAN SHIRWADKAR :: Born this day, he was an ; he wrote 16 volumes of poems, three novels, eight volumes of short stories, seven volumes of essays, 18 plays and six one-act plays.

Feb 27, 1891 :: David SARNOFF :: Born this day, he was an American pioneer in the development of broadcasting.

Feb 27, 1879 :: On this day, Constantine Fahlberg and Ira Remsen of the John's Hopkins University in Baltimore reported the of Saccharin.

Feb 27, 1854 :: JHANSI :: On this day, Jhansi in Madhya Pradesh of India was annexed by the .