February 27, 1981 (Friday)
- A daring prison escape was carried out in France when a pair of men forced helicopter pilot Claude Fourcade to fly to Fleury-Mérogis Prison, where armed robbers Gerard Dupre and Daniel Beaumont were incarcerated. At gunpoint, Fourcade landed at a soccer field on prison grounds, took off again with Dupre and Beaumont on board, eluded a chase by police helicopters, and landed at a Paris athletic field where the gang escaped in a waiting car. Dupre was recaptured in Paris on March 6 while Beaumont was arrested in Spain on four months later on July 9.
- Born: Josh Groban, American singer, in Los Angeles
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