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Monday, 18 April 2016

March 27

1512 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sights Florida.
1802 The Treaty of Amiens is signed, ending the French Revolutionary War
1884 The first long-distance telephone call is made from Boston to New York.
1899 The Italian inventor G. Marconi achieves the first international radio transmission between England and France.



1912 The first cherry blossom trees, a gift from Japan, are planted in Washington, D.C.


Born on March 27

1924 Sarah Vaughan, jazz singer.


Sarah Lois Vaughan (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer

Sarah Vaughan ~ About Sarah Vaughan http://to.pbs.org/1Vezhyb via @PBSAmerMasters


https://youtu.be/yPKwZAhWevc