February 27, 1930
Bouvet Island (an uninhabited subantarctic volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean) was declared a Norwegian dependency after a long-standing dispute with the United Kingdom.
Births
Joanne Woodward, Oscar-winning American actress
Peter Stone, American writer (d. 2003)
Deaths
Ahmad Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia (b. 1898)
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