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This day in history: February 27

1. 1962

   Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bombed the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate President Ngo Dinh Diem.

2. 1972

   The Sunday People revealed that James Humphreys, a notorious pornographer, had bribed a senior London police officer with a holiday to Cyprus and Beirut.

3. 1982

   The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, known for its performances of Gilbert and Sullivan's Savoy operas, gave its final performance.

4. 1988

   The Armenian community of Sumgait in Azerbaijan was the target of a violent pogrom.

5. 1996

   The multimedia franchise Pokémon was launched with the release of the video games Pocket Monsters Red and Green.

6. 2002

   Violent riots, perceived to have been instigated by a train fire that killed 59 Hindu pilgrims, broke out in the Indian state of Gujarat, killing at least 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, over three days.

7. 2015

   Russian statesman and politician Boris Nemtsov, an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin, was assassinated in central Moscow.

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