433 Historic Events for February 27
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| 1874 |
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Baseball 1st played in England, at Lord's Cricket Grounds
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| 1874 |
Birth |
Max Ettinger, composer
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| 1877 |
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US Electoral College declares R Hayes winner presidential election
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| 1879 |
Birth |
Jose Sancho Marraco, composer
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| 1879 |
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Constantine Fahlberg discovers saccharin (artificial sweetener)
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| 1881 |
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Battle at Amajuba, S Afr: Boers vs Brit army under Gen Colley
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| 1881 |
Birth |
Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician
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| 1881 |
Death |
George Colley, British governor of Natal/general, dies in battle at 46
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| 1881 |
Birth |
Sveinn Bj”rnsson, 1st president of Iceland (1944-52)/poet (Figur ild)
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| 1883 |
Event |
Oscar Hammerstein patents 1st cigar-rolling machine
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| 1886 |
Birth |
Hugo L Black, Ala, (Sen-D-Ala)/78th Supreme Court justice (1937-71)
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| 1887 |
Birth |
James D Innes, English painter
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| 1887 |
Death |
Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53
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| 1888 |
Birth |
Lotte Lehmann, Perleberg Germany, soprano (Fidello)
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| 1890 |
Event |
D Needham and P Kerrigan box 100 rounds (6 h 39 m), SF; match is draw
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| 1891 |
Birth |
Georges E Migot, French composer
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| 1891 |
Birth |
David Sarnoff, US, radio/TV pioneer/CEO (RCA)
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| 1892 |
Birth |
William Demarest, St Paul Minn, actor (Uncle Charlie-My 3 Sons)
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| 1893 |
Birth |
Ralph Linton, US cultural anthropologist (Tree of Culture)
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| 1893 |
Birth |
Joseph Messner, composer
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| 1894 |
Birth |
Robert-Lucien Siohan, composer
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| 1895 |
Birth |
Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy, Cameraman, Doughboys)
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| 1897 |
Birth |
G Paul H Schuitema, graphic designer/photographer (System-O-Color)
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| 1897 |
Birth |
Bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (Lyot filter)
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| 1898 |
Birth |
Allison Danzig, sports writer (Tennis Pictorial History)
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