Today's selected anniversaries: 27th February 2024

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Today's selected anniversaries: 27th February 2024

1814:

Peninsular War: In the south of France, Spanish, British and Portuguese soldiers under the command of Arthur Wellesley defeated French soldiers in the Battle of Orthez, causing the French to retreat east.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Orthez

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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Humphreys_%28pornographer%29

1988:

The Armenian community of Sumgait in Azerbaijan was the target of a violent pogrom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumgait_pogrom

1996:

The multimedia franchise Pokémon was launched with the release of the video games Pocket Monsters Red and Green.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Red,_Blue,_and_Yellow

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