Mar 27
1513 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sighted Florida.
1613 The wife of Nicholas Gure gives birth to Newfoundland's First English child at Cupids, Newfoundland.
1625 Charles I ascended the English throne upon the death of James I.
1836 The first Mormon temple was dedicated, in Kirtland, Ohio.
1855 Abraham Gesner, a Halifax inventor, gets US patents for his kerosene distillation process. This new fuel replaces whale oil.
1964 A Tsunami generated by the 9.2 magnitude Good Friday earthquake in Alaska hits Port Alberni, BC.
Mar 28
1797 Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patented a washing machine.
1960 The Ontario Legislature announced a plan to build a University at Sudbury, now called Laurentian University.
1979 America's worst commercial nuclear accident occurred at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pa.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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