Monday, May 27, 2019

History for May 27

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History for May 27 - On-This-Day.com
Cornelius Vanderbilt 1794 - Entrepreneur (shipping and railroads), Julia Ward Howe 1819 - Abolitionist, social activist, poet ("The Battle Hymn of the Republic"), Wild Bill Hickok 1837 - gunfighter, scout, lawman
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 Hubert H. Humphrey (Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr.) 1911 - Served as Vice President under Lyndon B. Johnson, Herman Wouk 1915 - Author, Henry Kissinger 1923 - Former U.S. Secretary of State
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 1647 - Alse Young (Achsah Young or Alice Young), a resident of Windsor, CT, was executed for being a "witch." It was the first recorded American execution of a "witch."
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 1907 - The Bubonic Plague broke out in San Francisco.
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