Feb. 27 (UPI) -- On this date in history:
In 1844, the Dominican Republic was granted independence from Haiti.
In 1933, it was announced that President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt would use a 263-year-old tattered Dutch Bible that had been in the possession of his family since 1670 for his inauguration on March 4.
In 1942, opening salvos were fired in the Battle of the Java Sea, during which 11 American-British-Dutch-Australian Command warships were sunk by the Japanese, resulting in the deaths of approximately 3,400 sailors. The USS Houston (CA-30), which was sunk during the Battle of Sunda Strait on March 1, 1942, was located in 2014.
In 1951, the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, limiting presidents to two terms, was ratified.
