MisesWiki:Anniversaries/February 27
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February 27 (add):
- 1812 – Poet Lord Byron gave his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.
- 1939 – United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that sit-down strikes violate property owners' rights and are therefore illegal.
- 1951 – The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
