27th February
1883 - Composer Oscar Hammerstein patents the first cigar-rolling machine.
1897 - A wedding car is decorated for the first time in Paris.
1971 - British illusionist and magician, Derren Brown is born.
1991 - The gulf war comes to an end with the liberation of Kuwait and the retreat of Iraqi forces.
2001 - Scientists claim to have invented the world's first self-cleaning window.
2001 - It emerges that Rachel Kerr from Newcastle has ordered a takeaway from her local curry house - while she is in Sydney. The 10,850 mile delivery claims to be the world's furthest.
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