What day of the week was February 27, 2010?

The day of the week February 27th, 2010 fell on was a Saturday.

Nanaji Deshmukh the Indian activist (b. 1916) died on this day in 2010. As did Madeleine Ferron the Canadian author (b. 1922) .

An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims the and thousands injured. The quake triggered a tsunami which struck Hawaii shortly after.