February 27
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Art and culture
- 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I, with co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II, declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to trinitarian Christianity.
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Births
- 1807 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet (d. 1882)
- 1902 - John Steinbeck, American writer (d. 1968)
- 1912 - Lawrence Durrell, British writer (d. 1990)
- 1932 - Elizabeth Taylor, British-American actress (d. 2011)
- 1933 - Edward Lucie-Smith, British writer, poet, art critic and curator
- 1955 - Peter Christopherson, English musician and video director (Psychic TV) (d. 2010)
- 1957 - Timothy Spall, English actor
- 1965 - Joakim Sundström, Swedish sound editor, sound designer and musician
- 1971 - Derren Brown, British psychological illusionist
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Deaths
- 1936 - Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist (b. 1849)
- 1950 - Yvan Goll, French-German poet (b. 1891)
- 1992 - Fernando Ribeiro, Portuguese writer and publisher (Edições Afrodite) (b. 1941)
- 1993 - Lillian Gish, American actress (b. 1893)
- 2002 - Spike Milligan, Irish comedian (b. 1918)
- 2005 - James Avati, American illustrator and paperback cover artist (b. 1912)
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