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Birthdays occurring on February, 27
| 1787 |
Jacob Bigelow was born on February 27, 1787 US botanist, author of the first American textbook on botany, 1787-1879It is common error to infer that things which are consecutive in order of time have necessarily the relation of cause and effect. More quotations from Jacob Bigelow |
| 1807 |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on February 27, 1807 the most popular American poet in the 19th century, 1807-1882As unto the bow the cord is, / So unto the man is woman; / Though she bends him, she obeys him, / Though she draws him, yet she follows; / Useless each without the other! More quotations from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | 
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| 1848 |
Ellen Terry was born on February 27, 1848
Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success on the stage More quotations from Ellen Terry |
Deaths occurring on February, 27
| 1969 |
John Boles died on February 27, 1969
We've got a lot of inexperienced people and that's always a challenge. It's a matter of them stepping up and playing. We're kind of a question mark. More quotations from John Boles |
| 1985 |
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. died on February 27, 1985 American senator and ambassador. Candidate for Vice President of the United States.1902-1985The primary, the fundamental, the essential purpose of the United Nations is to keep peace. Everything it does which helps prevent World War III is good. Everything which does not further that goal, either directly or indirectly, is at best superfluous. More quotations from Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. |  |
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