Today in Military History: February 27
Events of Military significance on this day:
|   | 1776 | Battle of Moore's Creek.  American militia stopped and routed a Tory force, killing 30 and capturing 850.  Only two Americans were wounded. |  
|   | 1881 | Battle of Majuba. British beaten by Boers losing half their force.  Soon after the First Boer War ended. |  
|   | 1942 | Battle of the Java Sea.  Japanese handily defeat allied naval forces. |  
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