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Science on the 27th of March in history

Science

Date	Type	Text
27 Mar 1513 Juan Ponce de León	science	Juan Ponce de León (exploration and cart) Juan Ponce de León becomes the first European definitely known to sight the modern-day territory of the United States, specifically Florida, mistaking it for another island. His expedition lands on April 2.	0
27 Mar 1712 Claude Bourgelat	science	birth Claude Bourgelat Claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (died 1779)	0
27 Mar 1776 Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel	science	birth Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel, French botanist and politician (died 1854)	0
27 Mar 1796 Robert James Graves	science	birth Robert James Graves Robert James Graves, Irish physician (died 1853)	0
27 Mar 1845 Wilhelm Röntgen	science	birth Wilhelm Röntgen Wilhelm Röntgen (died 1923), physicist, discoverer of X-rays, Nobel laureate.	0
27 Mar 1850 Wilhelm Beer	science	death Wilhelm Beer Wilhelm Beer (born 1797), astronomer.	0
27 Mar 1857 Carl Pearson	science	birth Carl Pearson Carl Pearson (died 1936), English mathematician.	0
27 Mar 1867 Prideaux John Selby	science	death Prideaux John Selby Prideaux John Selby (born 1788), English ornithologist.	0
27 Mar 1905 Elsie MacGill	science	birth Elsie MacGill Elsie MacGill (died 1980), aeronautical engineer, "Queen of the Hurricanes"	0
27 Mar 1914 Belgian	science	Belgian (biology and medicine) Belgian surgeon Albert Hustin makes the first successful non-direct blood transfusion, using anticoagulants.	0
27 Mar 1923 James Dewar	science	death James Dewar James Dewar (born 1842), chemist.	0
27 Mar 1941 Simon Campbell	science	birth Simon Campbell Simon Campbell, British chemist.	0
27 Mar 1967 Jaroslav Heyrovský	science	death Jaroslav Heyrovský Jaroslav Heyrovský (born 1890), Czech chemist.	0
27 Mar 1968 Yuri Gagarin	science	death Yuri Gagarin Yuri Gagarin (born 1934), Russian cosmonaut, the first man in space.	0
27 Mar 2004 NASA	science	NASA (technology) NASA succeeds in a second attempt to fly its X-43A experimental airplane from the Hyper-X project, attaining speeds in excess of Mach 7, the fastest free flying air-breathing hypersonic flight.	0

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