Today is Monday, Feb. 27, the 58th day of 2017. There are 307 days left in the year.

Today’s birthdays: Actress Joanne Woodward is 87. Consumer advocate Ralph Nader is 83. Opera singer Mirella Freni is 82. Actress Barbara Babcock is 80. Actor Howard Hesseman is 77. Actress Debra Monk is 68. Basketball Hall of Famer James Worthy is 56. Country-rock musician Shonna Tucker (Drive-By Truckers) is 39. Chelsea Clinton is 37. Rock saxophonist Jake Clemons (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band) is 37. Singer Josh Groban is 36. Banjoist Noam Pikelny is 36.

In 1922, the Supreme Court, in Leser v. Garnett, unanimously upheld the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which guaranteed the right of women to vote.

In 1933, Germany’s Parliament building, the Reichstag, was gutted by fire; Chancellor Adolf Hitler, blaming the Communists, used the fire to justify suspending civil liberties.

In 1950, the Mystic River Bridge opened to traffic after two years of construction.

In 1951, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, limiting a president to two terms of office, was ratified.

In 1951, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, limiting a president to two terms of office, was ratified.

In 1973, members of the American Indian Movement occupied the hamlet of Wounded Knee in South Dakota, the site of the 1890 massacre of Sioux men, women and children. (The occupation lasted until the following May.)

In 1991, Operation Desert Storm came to a conclusion as President George H.W. Bush declared that ‘‘Kuwait is liberated, Iraq’s army is defeated’’ and announced that the allies would suspend combat operations.

In 1997, divorce became legal in Ireland.

In 2016, a cease-fire brokered by the United States and Russia went into effect across Syria. The truce was short-lived.