February 27 - Hat Act

Hat Act

This Day In History

425

The University of Constantinople is founded by Emperor Theodosius II at the urging of his wife Aelia Eudocia.

1812

Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.

1860

Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.

1940

Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14

Famous Birthdays

272

Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (d. 337)

1807

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet (d. 1882)

1888

Lotte Lehmann, German singer (d. 1976)

1902

John Steinbeck, American writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1968)

1910

Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, American aircraft engineer (Lockheed Skunk Works) (d. 1990)

1932

Elizabeth Taylor, British-American actress (d.2011)

1940

Howard Hesseman, American actor

1962

Adam Baldwin, American actor