📅 February 27 in the Time Tunnel
What happened on February 27? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.
🎉 Special days
- 🐻❄️ International Polar Bear Day
⏳ On this day in history
- 1870Japan’s flag — a red circle on white — was first adopted for merchant ships
- 1900The soccer club Bayern Munich was founded
- 1940Scientists Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discovered carbon-14
- 1964Italy asked the world for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from falling
🎂 Born on February 27
- ✒️ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807) — poet ("Paul Revere’s Ride")
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February 27 quiz
In what year? 🇯🇵 Japan’s flag — a red circle on white — was first adopted for merchant ships
In what year? ⚽ The soccer club Bayern Munich was founded
In what year? 🔬 Scientists Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discovered carbon-14
Which famous person was born on February 27?