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February 27,
1776
Patriots score early victory at Moores Creek, North
In
the early-morning hours of February 27, 1776, Commander Richard Caswell
leads 1,000 Patriot troops in the successful Battle of Moores Creek
over 1,600 British Loyalists. It would go down in history as the first
American victory in the first organized campaign of the Revolutionary
War.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=260
1801 - The city of Washington,
DC. was placed under congressional jurisdiction.
February 27,
1864
Federal prisoners begin arriving at Andersonville
The
first Union prisoners begin arriving at Andersonville prison, which was
still under construction in southern Georgia. Andersonville became
synonymous with death as nearly a quarter of its inmates died in
captivity. Henry Wirz, commandant at Andersonville, was executed after
the war for the brutality and mistreatment committed under his command.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2119
February 27, 1922
Supreme Court defends women's voting rights
In
Washington, D.C., the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,
providing for female suffrage, is unanimously declared constitutional
by the eight members of the U.S. Supreme Court. The 19th Amendment,
which stated that "the right of citizens of the United States to vote
shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on
account of sex," was the product of over seven decades of meetings,
petitions, and protests by women suffragists and their supporters.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4794
1951 - The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, limiting U.S. Presidents to two terms.
February 27,
1973
AIM occupation of Wounded Knee begins
On
the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, some 200 Sioux Native
Americans, led by members of the American Indian Movement (AIM), occupy
Wounded Knee, the site of the infamous 1890 massacre of 300 Sioux by
the U.S. Seventh Cavalry. The AIM members, some of them armed, took 11
residents of the historic Oglala Sioux settlement hostage as local
authorities and federal agents descended on the reservation.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4795
1991 -
U.S. President George Bush announced live on television that "Kuwait is liberated."