1076 – Godfrey IV “the Hunchback”, Duke of Lower Lorraine murdered (or Feb 27)
1552 – Heinrich Faber, German composer
1883 – Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1817)
1941 – Jan Keizer, Zaanse February striker, shot to death
1969 – Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist/philosopher, dies at 86
1969 – Levi Eshkol, [Sjkolnik], Israeli Prime Minister (1963-69), dies in office of a heart attack at 73
1990 – Cornell Gunther, US musician (Coasters, Poison Ivy), dies at 53
1993 – Constance Ford, American model and actress (Burden Hunt, Another World), dies from cancer at 69
2011 – Eugene Fodor, American classical violinist (1974 Tchaikovsky Award), dies from cirrhosis at 60
2017 – James E. Sellars, American composer, dies at 76