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02/27/1841
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[Eleanor] Agnes Lee, daughter of US general Robert E Lee
Type: Birth
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02/27/1844
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Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day)
Type: Event
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02/27/1844
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Nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85
Type: Death
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02/27/1846
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Joaquin Valverde, composer
Type: Birth
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02/27/1847
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Ellen Alice Terry, Coventry Engl, actress/director (Imperial Theatre)
Type: Birth
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02/27/1848
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Charles Hubert H Parry, England, musicologist/composer (Jerusalem)
Type: Birth
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02/27/1850
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Henry Edwards Huntington, US, railroad exec
Type: Birth
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02/27/1852
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Joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69
Type: Death
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02/27/1854
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Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine
Type: Event
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02/27/1861
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Russians shoot at Poles protesting Russian rule of Poland
Type: Event
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02/27/1861
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US Congress authorizes 1st stamped newspaper wrappers for mailing
Type: Event
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02/27/1861
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Warsaw Massacre: Russians fire on crowd demonstrating against Russia
Type: Event
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02/27/1861
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Rudolph Steiner, Kraljevic Aust, founder (doctrine of anthroposophy
Type: Birth
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02/27/1862
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Gabriele dell' Addolorata, patron of Ital Catholic youth, dies at 23
Type: Death
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02/27/1864
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6th and last day of battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties)
Type: Event
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02/27/1864
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Near Andersonville GA, rebels open a new POW camp "Camp Sumpter"
Type: Event
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02/27/1865
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Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri
Type: Event
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02/27/1867
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Irving Fisher, US economist (compensating dollar)
Type: Birth
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02/27/1867
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Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer
Type: Birth
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02/27/1869
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John Menard is 1st black to make a speech in Congress
Type: Event
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02/27/1869
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Alice Hamilton, physician/writer (workmen's compensation laws)
Type: Birth
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02/27/1870
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Louis Coerne, composer
Type: Birth
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02/27/1871
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Meeting of Alabama claims commission
Type: Event
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02/27/1872
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Charlotte Ray, 1st Black woman lawyer, graduated Harvard U
Type: Event
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02/27/1873
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Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor
Type: Event
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02/27/1874
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Baseball 1st played in England, at Lord's Cricket Grounds
Type: Event
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02/27/1874
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Max Ettinger, composer
Type: Birth
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02/27/1877
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US Electoral College declares R Hayes winner presidential election
Type: Event
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02/27/1879
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Constantine Fahlberg discovers saccharin (artificial sweetener)
Type: Event
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02/27/1879
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Jose Sancho Marraco, composer
Type: Birth
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02/27/1881
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Battle at Amajuba, S Afr: Boers vs Brit army under Gen Colley
Type: Event
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02/27/1881
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Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician
Type: Birth
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02/27/1881
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Sveinn Bj”rnsson, 1st president of Iceland (1944-52)/poet (Figur ild)
Type: Birth
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02/27/1881
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George Colley, British governor of Natal/general, dies in battle at 46
Type: Death
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02/27/1883
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Oscar Hammerstein patents 1st cigar-rolling machine
Type: Event
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02/27/1886
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Hugo L Black, Ala, (Sen-D-Ala)/78th Supreme Court justice (1937-71)
Type: Birth
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02/27/1887
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James D Innes, English painter
Type: Birth
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02/27/1887
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Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53
Type: Death
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02/27/1888
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Lotte Lehmann, Perleberg Germany, soprano (Fidello)
Type: Birth
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02/27/1890
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D Needham and P Kerrigan box 100 rounds (6 h 39 m), SF; match is draw
Type: Event
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02/27/1891
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David Sarnoff, US, radio/TV pioneer/CEO (RCA)
Type: Birth
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02/27/1891
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Georges E Migot, French composer
Type: Birth
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02/27/1892
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William Demarest, St Paul Minn, actor (Uncle Charlie-My 3 Sons)
Type: Birth
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02/27/1893
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Joseph Messner, composer
Type: Birth
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02/27/1893
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Ralph Linton, US cultural anthropologist (Tree of Culture)
Type: Birth
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02/27/1894
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Robert-Lucien Siohan, composer
Type: Birth
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02/27/1895
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Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy, Cameraman, Doughboys)
Type: Birth
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02/27/1897
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Bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (Lyot filter)
Type: Birth
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02/27/1897
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G Paul H Schuitema, graphic designer/photographer (System-O-Color)
Type: Birth
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02/27/1898
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Allison Danzig, sports writer (Tennis Pictorial History)
Type: Birth
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