February 27

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1801	Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.	Bad Brains	Banned in D.C.	Black Dots
2	1812	Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.	Dub Narcotic Sound System	(Industrial) Revolution Inclusion	Industrial Breakdown
3	1870	The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.	Windy and Carl	The Sun	Consciousness
4	1939	United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that sit-down strikes violate property owners' rights and are therefore illegal.	David Bowie	Don't Sit Down	Space Oddity
5	1940	Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14	Enon	Carbonation	High Society
6	1951	The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.	The Cure	A Short Term Effect	Pornography

(Historical facts about February 27 are from Wikipedia.)