Russian statesman and politician Boris Nemtsov, an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin, was assassinated in central Moscow.
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Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder downs Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman's Mig-21 in an aerial dogfight and captures him after conducting airstrikes in Jammu and Kashmir.
Russian politician Boris Nemtsov is assassinated in Moscow while out walking with his girlfriend.
A shooting takes place at a factory in Menznau, Switzerland, in which five people (including the perpetrator) are killed and five others injured.
An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggers a tsunami which strikes Hawaii shortly after.
Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari escapes from a detention center in Singapore, hiding in Johor, Malaysia until he was recaptured over a year later.
“Study the past if you would define the future.”
One highlighted entry is from 2015: Russian statesman and politician Boris Nemtsov, an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin, was assassinated in central Moscow.
People listed for February 27 include Johnny Davis (basketball, born 2002) (2002), Todd Cantwell (1998), and Chris Godwin (1996).
Observances listed for February 27 include Independence Day (Dominican Republic), celebrates the first independence of Dominican Republic from Haiti in 1844., Christian feast day: Anne Line, and Christian feast day: February 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
