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This Day in History February Twenty Seventh Cards
On February 27 a history roundup recalls events from 1900 British victory over the Boers at Paardeberg and the creation of the Union of South Africa, 1598 Boris Godunov named tsar, 1807 birth of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1933 Reichstag fire, 1939 sit down strikes outlawed, and recent notes on Watergate era figures. Elizabeth Taylor turning 43 and Lotte Lehmann at 87 are listed birthdays.
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Africa
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William Dampier
Henry Wadsworth Agfellow
Portland
Maine
Burma
Rangoon
Mandalay
Inerlin
Reichstag
US Supreme Court
United States
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