February 27 in history — On This Day

A photograph taken after the 1871 fire can make Chicago look as though its future had been decided by a wall of flame. A view from around 1905 tells a different story: tall offices, busy transport routes and commercial streets crowded again.

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Schoolgirls are abducted in Jangebe

Robbers target a Securitas depot in Tonbridge

Scottish researchers announce Dolly the sheep

Moose Murders opens and closes on Broadway

AI History Recreations

Politics

Young officers launch Japan’s February 26 revolt

War & Conflict

King Solomon defeats Géza at Kemej

Space

A Saturn IB flies for the first time

Technology

Thomas Edison receives a phonograph patent

History

Tang-era cargo from the Belitung wreck goes on display

Asian youth activists gather in Calcutta

Barbie is introduced at a New York toy fair

Crime & Justice

Schoolgirls are abducted in Jangebe

Robbers target a Securitas depot in Tonbridge

Racist shootings kill nine people in Hanau

Science

Scottish researchers announce Dolly the sheep

A total eclipse shares the sky with Hale–Bopp

Nature’s February 15 issue carries a draft human genome sequence

Medicine & Health

The Bundaberg vaccine contamination disaster unfolds

Researchers identify the bacterium behind Legionnaires’ disease

Hong Kong Begins a Mass Poultry Cull Against Bird Flu

Nature & Disasters

Market Street Before and After the 1906 Earthquake

A solar halo over Stockholm inspires a famous city view

The Iroquois Theatre Fire

Exploration

La Salle is killed by members of his own expedition

Amundsen's Team Reaches the South Pole

Tasman's Expedition Sights New Zealand

Sport

The Montreal Canadiens Are Founded

FC Barcelona Is Founded

Mike Tyson Becomes the Youngest Heavyweight Titleholder

Art & Literature

Moose Murders opens and closes on Broadway

Palladio’s Teatro Olimpico opens in Vicenza

The New Yorker publishes its first issue

Music

Verdi’s Nabucco premieres at La Scala

Cecil Leeson premieres Paul Creston’s Saxophone Sonata

Gilbert and Sullivan’s Mikado opens in London

Film & TV

Kinemacolor is shown to a London audience

Jafar Panahi’s Taxi wins the Golden Bear

Alam Ara opens in Bombay

The Story Behind the Photo

Chicago After the Fire: From Burned Blocks to a New Skyline

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