Page 4: Historical Events In March - 27

1878  Dobri Voynikov, composer, dies at 44   

1879  Longest championship fight (136 rounds)   

1879  Edward Steichen, pioneered American photography.   

1881  Rioting takes place in Basingstoke in protest against the daily vociferous promotion of rigid Temperance by the Salvation Army   

1883  Jan Kunc, composer   

1884  1st long-distance telephone call, Boston-NY   

1886  Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, German/US architect (Bauhaus).   

1889  Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoglu, Turkish writer/diplomat.   

1889  Moritz Furstenau, composer, dies at 64   

1890  A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 and injuring 200   

1892  Ferde (Ferdinand Rudolf von) Grofe, NY, composer   

1893  Dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslavian general/nazi collaborator.   

1894  William Harrigan, NYC.   

1894  Verney L Cameron, English explorer (Tanganyika), dies at 49.   

1897  Gloria Swanson, American actress is born   

1897  ... Hartree, mathematician.   

1898  Sajjid Ahmad Chan, co founder (Pakistan), dies at 80   

1899  Gloria Swanson, Chicago Ill, actress (Sadie Thomson, Queen Kelly) [NS]   

1900  Pieter J Joubert [Smart Piet], South African general, dies at 69.   

1901  Albert Henneberg, composer   

1902  Mary Armour, artist   

1903  Walt Kiesling, NFL guard/coach (HOF).   

1906  Founding of the Alpine Club of Canada in Winnipeg, Manitoba.   

1907  Mary Treen, St Louis Mo, actress (Emily-Willy).   

1908  Jacques [Izaak] den Haan, Dutch writer (Dangerous Book)   

1909  Ben[jamin F] Webster, US tenor saxophonist.   

1910  Fire during a barn-dance in Hungary, killed 312   

1910  Rudi Ball, Germany, Jewish ice hockey star (Olympic-bronze-1932).   

1910  Alexander E Agassiz, US businessman/biologist/geologist, dies at 74.   

1912  inaugural Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Washington DC.   

1912  1st Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Wash DC.   

1912  James Callaghan, (L) British PM (1976-79).   

1913  Godfrey Turner, composer.   

1914  inaugural successful blood transfusion (in Brussels).   

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0972  On March - 27 birth of king Robert II of France (d. 1031)   

1416  Antonio Squarcialupi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1554  Everhardus van Bronchorst, Dutch lawyer was born on March - 27.   

1627  On March - 27 birth of stephen Fox, English politician (d. 1716)   

1665  On this day in history birth of benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau)   

1676  Francis II Rákóczi, leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg (d. 1735) was born on March - 27.   

1696  Antoine Court, French Huguenot minister (d. 1760) was born on this day in history.   

1702  On this day in history birth of johann Ernst Eberlin, composer   

0710  Death of Rupert of Salzburg on March - 27.   

0922  On this day in history death of al-Hallaj al-Mughith-al-Hsayn Mansur, Persian mystic, beheaded at 64   

0965  On March - 27 arnulf I, the Elder/the Great, count of Flanders (918-65), dies   

0973  Death of Herman, Duke of Saxony on this day in history.   

1378  Gregory XI, [Pierre R the Beaufort], last French Pope (1370-78), dies on this day in history.   

1462  On March - 27 death of vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415)   

1472  On March - 27 janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator, dies at 37   

1482  On this day in history maria, duchess of Burgundy/countess of Holland, dies at 25