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On this day: February 27

POSTED: 10:12 AM PST Feb 26, 2013 UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Feb 26, 2013

Saccharin is accidentally discovered, the 22nd Amendment is ratified, Michael Jackson wins his first Grammy, and Mister Rogers dies, all on this day.

OTD February 27 - Chile earthquake — 33 / 37

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2010: An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale strikes central parts of Chile, killing more than 500 people and leaving thousands injured. The quake triggered a tsunami that struck Hawaii shortly after.

OTD February 27 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

OTD February 27 - Abraham Lincoln

OTD February 27 - Constantin Fahlberg

OTD February 27 - Louis Vuitton

OTD February 27 - Aspirin

OTD February 27 - John Steinbeck

OTD February 27 - 19th Amendment

OTD February 27 - Joanne Woodward

OTD February 27 - Elizabeth Taylor

OTD February 27 - Ralph Nader

OTD February 27 - Howard Hesseman

OTD February 27 - Smith mining disaster

OTD February 27 - 22nd Amendment

OTD February 27 - James Worthy

OTD February 27 - Frankie Lymon

OTD February 27 - Janis Joplin

OTD February 27 - Wounded Knee

OTD February 27 - Keith Richards

OTD February 27 - Michael Jackson

OTD February 27 - Chelsea Clinton

OTD February 27 - Josh Groban

OTD February 27 - Katarina Witt

OTD February 27 - Exxon Valdez

OTD February 27 - Gulf War

OTD February 27 - James Brown

OTD February 27 - Whitney Houston

OTD February 27 - Lillian Gish

OTD February 27 - JT Walsh

OTD February 27 - Alicia Keys

OTD February 27 - Mister Rogers

OTD February 27 - John Jay Report

OTD February 27 - William F Buckley

OTD February 27 - Chile earthquake

OTD February 27 - Wisconsin protests

OTD February 27 - Frank Buckles

OTD February 27 - Duke Snider

OTD February 27 - Chardon High School shooting

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