February 27 in history: • 1776 – American Revolutionary War: A Patriot victory at the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge resulted in the arrests of 850 Loyalists over the following days. → go there • 1814 – Peninsular War: In the south of France, Spanish, British and Portuguese soldiers under the command of the Marquess of Wellington defeated French soldiers in the Battle of Orthez, causing the French to retreat east. → go there • 1988 – The Armenian community of Sumgait in Azerbaijan was the target of a violent pogrom (memorial pictured). → go there • 1996 – The multimedia franchise Pokémon was launched with the release of the video games Pocket Monsters Red and Green. → go there Died 1167: Robert of Melun Wiki link Born 1869: Alice Hamilton Wiki link Died 1956: Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar Wiki link Born 1984: Leah Poulton Wiki link Pictured: Memorial to the victims of the Sumgait pogrom.