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Other Notable Events, February 27

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In 1992, Elizabeth Taylor celebrated her 60th birthday by closing Disneyland for an elaborate private party with her celebrity friends.

In 1994, the 17th Winter Olympic Games ended in Lillehammer, Norway.

In 1998, the Dow Jones industrial average closed at a record of 8,545.72, the first time it closed at more than 8,500.

In 1999, Nigeria's transition to civilian rule was nearly completed with the election of Olusegun Obasanjo, a former military leader, as president.

In 2003, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein denied Baghdad had connections with al-Qaida or Osama bin Laden and Iraq would set fire to its oil fields and blow up its dams in response to a U.S.-led invasion.

In 2004, two studies commissioned by the U.S. Roman Catholic church showed at least 4 percent of priests were involved in child sexual abuse from 1950-2002, with the peak year 1970 in which 10 percent of priests eventually were accused of abuse.

In 2005, the United Nations took a step to curtail worldwide smoking by announcing its tough tobacco control treaty had gone into effect.

In 2007, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, identified as the target by the Taliban, escaped injury when a suicide bomber set off a device outside U.S. Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Twenty-three people were killed in the attack.

 

In 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama told Marines in Camp Lejeune, N.C., he intended to withdraw most U.S. troops from Iraq by Aug. 31, 2010. He said as many as 50,000 troops would remain there for smaller missions and to train Iraqi soldiers.

Also in 2009, revised data indicated the U.S. gross domestic product, the measure of a nation's total economic activity, contracted 6.2 percent during October-December 2008, biggest drop since 1982.

In 2010, an earthquake registering 8.8 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of Chile, killing close to 600 people and destroying or heavily damaging nearly 500,000 homes.

In 2011, nine foreign journalists, including a U.S. reporter who suffered a broken rib covering a planned protest in China, were beaten.

Also in 2011, lawmakers in Arizona, Texas and several other states considered proposals to allow guns in the classroom. Only Utah permitted firearms on school campuses at the time.

In 2012, a fire sent the Italian Costa Allegra cruise ship adrift off the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. The more than 1,000 passengers were reported safe. Costa Allegra is part of the same fleet as the Costa Concordia, which ran aground Jan. 13, killing at least 25 people.


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