- Levi Strauss' birthday (1829) the man who invented blue jeans. Learn all about blue jeans were invented and the history of denim.
- Grand Canyon National Park established in 1919
February 27
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's birthday (1807)
- John Steinbeck's birthday (1902)
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It's always good to remember that:
Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November,
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting February alone
Which hath but twenty-eight, in fine,
Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
On This Day from the New York Times Learning Network will give you facts about what happened each day in history.