On This Day in History February 27, 2019

Historical Events 1900  In London, the Trades Union Congress and the Independent Labour Party (formed in 1893) meet, results in a Labour Representative Committee and eventually the modern Labour Party in 1906 1940  Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14 (radiocarbon dating) at the University of California Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California 1950  General Chiang Kai-shek elected president of Nationalist China 1957  Mao's famous speech to the Supreme State Conference "On Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People" expounding Maoist ideals 2012  Wikileaks begins disclosing 5 million emails from private intelligence company Stratfor More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Constantine the Great (272 - 337) Elizabeth Taylor (1932 - 2011) John Steinbeck (1902 - 1968) Marian Anderson (1897 - 1993) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Fred Rogers (1928 - 2003) Spike Milligan (1918 - 2002) More Famous Deaths