It happened on a… February 27

2021

US authorizes its third COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, a one-shot vaccine.

2020

Dow Jones Index suffers its biggest points fall in history closing down 1,190.95 in New York amid concerns about COVID-19.

1998

Britain’s House of Lords agreed to give a monarch’s first-born daughter the same claim to the throne as any first-born son. This was the end to 1,000 years of male preference.

1994

17th Winter Olympics end in Lillehammer, Norway; Canada takes home three Golds – Myriam Bédard for Biathlon (2) and Jean-Luc Brassard for Moguls Freestyle Skiing.

1991

Singer James Brown is released from prison.

1981

Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder record the single “Ebony & Ivory”.

1977

Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones rock group is arrested by the RCMP and charged with possession of heroin with intent to traffic and possession of cocaine; police seize 22 grams of heroin, 5 grams of cocaine and narcotics paraphernalia; Richards is released on $25,000 bail; later found guilty, but released on condition the Stones play two benefit concerts for the blind.