February 27, 2017 Open Thread; International Polar Bear Day

February 27 is the 58th day of the year. There are 307 days left.

Today's number is 27

27 is a perfect cube, 3^3. 27 is the atomic number of cobalt. 27 is the weight of the only stable isotope of aluminum. The A-27 was a WWII American attack aircraft 27 is the number of bones in the human hand.[6] 27 is the average crowd funded contribution to Bernie Sanders. I-27 is an Interstate Highway, entirely within Texas, from Lubbock to Amarillo. Interstate, hello? 27 is self locating in pi. (Counting up from zero, the 27th & 28th digits after the decimal are 27.)

Title 27 of the US Code is INTOXICATING LIQUORS

27 BCE Was the Year of the Second Consulship of Octavian and Agrippa Octavian returned full power to the Senate which, in exchange, granted him the titles of Princeps and Augustus. As Augustus, he bacame the first Roman Emperor. Emperor Ai of Han, was born Marcus Terentius Varro died.

27 CE Was the Year of the Consulship of Piso and Frugi Apricots were transported from Asia to Rome Petronius was born

On this day in: 0380 -- Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors tell all Roman citizens to convert to trinitarian Christianity. 1782 -- The British House of Commons voted against further war in America. 1812 -- Manuel Belgrano raised the Flag of independent Argentina in the city of Rosario. 1844 -- The Dominican Republic won its independence from Haiti 1900 -- The British Labour Party was founded. 1922 -- The Supremes ruled in favor of the 19th Amendment in Leser v. Garnett. 1933 -- Reichstag fire 1939 -- The Supremes outlawed sit-down strikes in NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp 1940 -- Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discovered carbon-14 1951 -- The 22nd Amendment was ratified 1963 -- Juan Bosch, became the first elected post-Trujillo president of the Dominican Republic

Born this day in:

0272 -- Constantine the Great, superstitious Roman theofascist. 1689 -- Pietro Gnocchi, composer, and polymath 1807 -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet and educator 1859 -- Bertha Pappenheim, activist and author 1869 -- Alice Hamilton, physician, toxicologist and academic 1886 -- Hugo Black, jurist 1897 -- Marian Anderson, singer 1899 -- Charles Herbert Best, co-discoverer of Insulin 1902 -- John Steinbeck, journalist and author, 1904 -- James T. Farrell, author and poet 1907 -- Mildred Bailey, singer, the Queen of Swing 1914 -- Winifred Atwell, pianist 1923 -- Dexter Gordon, saxophonist, composer, and actor 1934 -- Ralph Nader, lawyer, politician, and activist, sometimes confused with Satan 1938 -- Jake Thackray, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and journalist 1942 -- Jimmy Burns, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1955 -- Peter Christopherson, keyboard player, songwriter, and director; throbbing Gristle 1957 -- Adrian Smith, guitarist and songwriter; Iron Maiden 1959 -- Johnny Van Zant, singer & songwriter 1971 -- Rozonda Thomas, singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress; TLC 1980 -- Chelsea Clinton, famous offspring 1981 -- Josh Groban, singer, songwriter, producer, and actor

Died this day in:

1706 -- John Evelyn, author & diarist 1720 -- Samuel Parris, minister, Salem witch hunter & prosecutor, slave owner & general rat bastard 1735 -- John Arbuthnot, physician, mathemetician, satirist and polymath 1887 -- Alexander Borodin, composer and chemist 1936 -- Ivan Pavlov, physiologist, physician, & bell ringer 1968 -- Frankie Lymon, singer & songwriter 1977 -- John Dickson Carr, author and playwright 1985 -- Ray Ellington, singer, band-leader, and drummer 1992 -- S. I. Hayakawa, semanticist, linguist, university president and politician. 2008 -- William F. Buckley, Jr., author and journalist, founded the National Review 2013 -- Van Cliburn, pianist 2015 -- Leonard Nimoy, token vulcan actor

Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such: International Polar Bear Day National Strawberry Daay Anosmia Awareness Day

So, for music Pietro Gnocchi Marian Anderson Mildred Bailey Winifred Atwell Dexter Gordon Jake Thackray Jimmy Burns Peter Christopherson Adrian Smith Johnny Van Zant Rozonda Thomas Josh Groban Alexander Borodin Frankie Lymon Ray Ellington Van Cliburn

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