Well, Happy Birthday to wgt's own aussieguyadam! Oh, he wants some balls.
February 27
1907 - The Great Gene Sarazen...how bout that little albie at Augusta #15 (was it a 2- wood?)
272 - Constantine I, Roman Emporor who adopted Christianity
1622 - Carel Febritius, one of Rembrandt's most gifted students. He died young, at 32, and his great work is very rare lacking in number. Still amazing.
1807 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet ( my Father tells me that when at college, he was always looking for young, female literature majors that could help straighten out his Longfellow)
1850 - Henry Edward Huntington, Railroad smartie, spectacular homeowner in San Marino that is now the Huntington Library that houses within the giant, Grand Ballroom, the "Blueboy" & "Pinkie" paintings along with an array of breathtaking Gainsborough & Reynolds Masterpieces.
1897 - Marian Anderson, American contralto
1902 - John Steinbeck
1917 - John Connally, Texas Govenor who received a second-hand piece of lead that had travelled through the neck of John Kennedy.
1932 - Elizabeth Taylor