Friday, 27 March 2020

ON THIS DAY MARCH 27th

1866 - US President Andrew Johnson vetoes civil rights bill; it later becomes 14th amendment.

1885 - 47th Grand National: Jockey Ted Wilson wins his second consecutive GN aboard 10/3 favourite Roquefort.

1915 -Typhoid Mary [Mary Mallon] is arrested and returned to quarantine on North Brother Island, New York after spending five years evading health authorities and causing several further outbreaks of typhoid.
Her name has become a popular term for anyone unwittingly passing on an undesirable illness.
1942 - Heavey weight Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 6 to retain heavyweight boxing title (NYC).

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