March 26
1649 John Winthrop, English lawyer and second governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, died. [My 10th Great-Granduncle.]
1753 Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, American physicist and inventor, was born.
1827 Composer Ludwig van Beethoven died in Vienna, Austria, at age 56.
1830 The Book of Mormon was published in Palmyra, New York.
1874 Robert Frost, the American writer who received three Pulitzer Prizes for his poetry , was born in San Francisco.
1879 Othmar Ammann, Swiss born American engineer and designer of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, was born.
1885 The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co. of Rochester, N.Y., manufactured the first commercial motion picture film.
1917 The Seattle Metropolitans became the first U.S. team to win the Stanley Cup as they defeated the Montreal Canadiens.
1931 Leonard Nimoy, actor Star Trek & director, was born.
March 27
1813 Nathaniel Currier, American illustrator, was born.
1836 The first Mormon temple was dedicated, in Kirtland, Ohio.
1863 Sir Henry Royce, English industrialist; a founder of Rolls-Royce Ltd, was born.
2002 Comedian Milton Berle died at age 93.
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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