Today in History - History - February 27th

200244th Grammy Awards: Walk On, Alicia Keys wins

1922Commerce Sec Herbert Hoover convenes 1st National Radio Conference

2007Mark Messier's #11 jersey is retired by the Edmonton Oilers

1991Singer James Brown is released from prison

1980Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins elections in Zimbabwe

194113th Academy Awards - "Rebecca," James Stewart & Ginger Rogers win

2013Pope Benedict XVI presents his farewell address to Vatican City

1860Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.

1984Carl Lewis jumps world record indoor (8,675 m)

1992Tiger Woods, 16, becomes youngest PGA golfer in 35 years

1981Josh Groban, Los Angeles California, American singer (You Raise Me Up)

272Constantine I, Naissus, Roman emperor (306-337) (adopted Christianity)

1934Ralph Nader, Winsted Connecticut, American consumer advocate (Unsafe at Any Speed)

1932Elizabeth Taylor, London, English-American actress (Father of the Bride, Butterfield 8, Cleopatra) (d. 2011)

1961James Worthy, Gastonia North Carolina, NBA small forward (LA Lakers, 1988 Playoff MVP)

1902John Steinbeck, Salinas California, author (Grapes of Wrath-Nobel 1962)

2002Spike Milligan, Irish comedian (b. 1918)

1892Louis Vuitton, French luggage maker (b. 1821)

2003Fred Rogers, host of TV's "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" dies at age 74

1936Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist (reflexes, Nobel 1904), dies at 86