eso ha pasado un 27 Febrero

1951 : 22nd amendment


On February 27, 1951, the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified. It enacts that no man or woman can serve more than ten years (two terms) as President of the United States.

1964 : Leaning Tower of Pisa


On 27 February 1964, the Italian government announced that the Tower of Pisa has reached a dangerous degree of inclination and a storm or an earthquake could cause it to collapse. It asked for help and sugqestions to save the monument, whose construction took 177 years from 1173.
The rescue work has finally begun in 1999 and lasted 2 years.

2010 : Eartquake in Chile


On February 27, 2010, an earthquake of magnitude 8.8 on the Richter scale hit Chile and particularly the cities of Arauco and Coronel. 600 people were killed and 2 million people were left homeless.

Cita del día : 27 Febrero

Elizabeth Taylor
Big girls need big diamonds.

Cumpleaños : 27 Febrero

Manuel Rodríguez, Revolucionario chileno (1789)
William Demarest, Actor americano (1892)
John Steinbeck, Escritor americano (1902)
Franchot Tone, Actor americano (1905)
Joan Bennett, Actriz americana (1910)
Joanne Woodward, Actriz americana (1930)
Elizabeth Taylor, Actriz británico-estadounidense (1932)
Ralph Nader, Político americano (1934)
Paddy Ashdown, Político inglés (1941)
Robert H. Grubbs, Químico estadounidense, premio Nobel (1942)
Adrian Smith, Músico inglés (Iron Maiden) (1957)
Adrian Smith, Músico inglés (Iron Maiden) (1957)
Adam Baldwin, Actor americano (1962)
Josh Groban, Cantante americano (1981)

Nos han dejado un 27 Febrero

John Arbuthnot, Médico Inglés (1735)
Louis Vuitton, Fabricante francés de equipaje (1892)
Ivan Pavlov, Fisiólogo ruso (1936)
Bill Everett, Dibujante americano (1973)
John Dickson Carr, Escritor americano (1977)
Konrad Lorenz, Zoólogo austriaco (1989)
Lillian Gish, Actriz americana (1993)
George H. Hitchings, Médico estadounidense, Premio Nobel (1998)
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