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Observation of the Solar Eclipse of March 27, 1941
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1941PA.....49..396L



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The 1964 Alaska earthquake began at 5:36 P.M. AST on Good Friday, March 27, 1964.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t41952151/the-1964-alaska-earthquake/

World Theatre Day is celebrated every year on March 27. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Theatre_Day 



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The Rosetta Stone, erected after King Ptolemy V's coronation, was inscribed with a decree issued on March 27, 196 BC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone#Memphis_decree_and_its_context

On the 27 March 2004, HMS Scylla was sunk off Whitsand Bay, Cornwall to form an artificial reef
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48452327/hms-scylla-f71/



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March 27th 1945, the last V2 rocket landed in England
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/55/a1243955.shtml

British radio astronomy satellite, Ariel 2, was launched on the 27th March 1964
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_2

Mariner 7 was launched from Launch Complex 36A at Cape Kennedy on the 27th March, 1969.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t41952130/mariner-7-mission/

The Venera 8 Venus atmospheric probe was launched on the 27th March 1972
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_8

The Phobos 2 mission ended when the spacecraft signal failed to be successfully reacquired on March 27, 1989
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_program#Phobos_2

The Raduga-1 geosynchronous communications satellite was launched on the 27th March 2004
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=2004-010A

Space junk narrowly missed hitting a jetliner over the Pacific Ocean on 27 March 2007
http://www.smh.com.au/news/travel/jets-flaming-space-junk-scare/2007/03/28/1174761528947.html

The Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment was successfully launched on March 27, 2012
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48242658/anomalous-transport-rocket-experiment/



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Guenther Haukohl (27 March 1913 - 9 December 2002) supervised V-2 production after helping design the Mittelwerk assembly line
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittelwerk

Elizabeth Muriel Gregory MacGill (27 March 1905 - 4 November 1980) was the world's first female aircraft designer. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_MacGill

Douglas Rayner Hartree PhD, FRS (27 March 1897 - 12 February 1958) was an English mathematician and physicist 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hartree

Sir James Alfred Ewing (27 March 1855 - 7 January 1935) was a Scottish physicist and engineer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Alfred_Ewing

John Robinson Pierce (March 27, 1910 - April 2, 2002), was an American engineer and author.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Pierce

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (27 March 1845 - 10 February 1923) was a German physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_R%C3%B6ntgen

Sir John Edward Sulston, CH FRS (27 March 1942 - 6 March 2018) was a British biologist and academic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sulston



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NGC 2944 was discovered by Johann Palisa on the 27th March 1886.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57136559/ngc-2944/

NGC 4114 was discovered by William Herschel on the 27th March 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57136546/ngc-4114/

NGC 4714 was discovered by William Herschel on the 27th March 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57136536/ngc-4714/

NGC 4748 was discovered by William Herschel on the 27th March 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57136524/ngc-4748/

NGC 4804 was discovered by William Herschel on the 27th March 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57136517/ngc-4804/

NGC 4825 was discovered by William Herschel on the 27th March 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57136505/ngc-4825/

Messier 101 was discovered by Pierre Méchain on the 27th March 1781.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t6016302/m101/

Messier 102 was discovered by Pierre Méchain on the 27th March 1781.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43004335/messier-102/

IC 2915 was discovered by Charles Wolf on the 27th March 1906. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t59724940/ic-2915/



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Meteorites

The Cabin Creek (Iron) meteorite fell in Arkansas, USA, on the 27th May, 1886.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49330653/cabin-creek-meteorite/

On March 27, 1894 according to Professor G. D. Hinrichs, meteoric material fell near Marengo, Iowa. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57137948/marengo-meteor-1894/

The Bhola (LL3-6) meteorite fell in Barisal, Bangladesh, on the 27th March, 1940.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48452307/bhola-meteorite/



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