This day in history . .
Today is Monday, Feb. 27, the 58th day of 2017. There are 307 days left
in the year. Today's birthdays: Actress Joanne Woodward is 87. Consumer
advocate Ralph Nader is 83. Opera singer Mirella Freni is 82. Actress
Barbara Babcock is 80. Actor Howard Hesseman is 77. Actress Debra Monk
is 68. Basketball Hall of Famer James Worthy is 56. Country-rock
musician Shonna Tucker (Drive-By Truckers) is 39. Chelsea Clinton is
37. Rock saxophonist Jake Clemons (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street
Band) is 37. Singer Josh Groban is 36. Banjoist Noam Pikelny is 36. In
1922, the Supreme Court, in Leser v. Garnett, unanimously upheld the
19th Amendment to the Constitution, which guaranteed the right of women
to vote. In 1933, Germany's Parliament building, the Reichstag, was
gutted by fire; Chancellor Adolf Hitler, blaming the Communists, used
the fire to justify suspending civil liberties. In 1950, the Mystic
River Bridge opened to traffic after two years of construction. In
1951, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, limiting a president to
two terms of office, was ratified. In 1951, the 22nd Amendment to the
Constitution, limiting a president to two terms of office, was
ratified. In 1973, members of the American Indian Movement oc'cup'ied
the hamlet of Wounded Knee in South Dakota, the site of the 1890
massacre of Sioux men, women and children. (The oc'cup'ation lasted
until the following May.) In 1991, Operation Desert Storm came to a
conclusion as President George H.W. Bush declared that "Kuwait is
liberated, Iraq's army is defeated" and announced that the allies would
suspend combat operations. In 1997, divorce became legal in Ireland. In
2016, a cease-fire brokered by the United States and Russia went into
effect across Syria. The truce was short-lived.
