| March 27th 1841 | | 1st US steam fire engine tested, NYC
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| March 27th 1848 | | John Parker Paynard originates medicated adhesive plaster
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| March 27th 1849 | | Joseph Couch patents steam-powered percussion rock drill
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| March 27th 1855 | | Abraham Gesner patents kerosene
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| March 27th 1860 | | M L Byrn patents "covered gimlet screw with a 'T' handle" (corkscrew)
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| March 27th 1861 | | Black demonstrators in Charleston staged ride-ins on street cars
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| March 27th 1863 | | President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting & prayer
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| March 27th 1865 | | Siege of Spanish Fort, AL-captured by Federals
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| March 27th 1866 | | Andrew Rankin patents the urinal
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| March 27th 1866 | | Pres Johnson vetoes civil rights bill; it later becomes 14th amend
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| March 27th 1871 | | 1st international rugby game-Scotland 1, England 0
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| March 27th 1879 | | Longest championship fight (136 rounds)
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| March 27th 1884 | | 1st long-distance telephone call, Boston-NY
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| March 27th 1912 | | 1st Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Wash DC
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| March 27th 1914 | | 1st successful blood transfusion (in Brussels)
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