On March 27, 196 BC, the Rosetta Stone and others like it were ordered to be inscribed with the Decree of Memphis proclaiming the rule of the King of Ptolemaic Egypt, Ptolemy V.
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March 27, 1513: Spaniard Juan Ponce de León and his expedition first sighted the coast of Florida.
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And on March 27, 1855 Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner patented kerosene.
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Today’s feature post is a re-post from the SurvivalBlog archives.
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