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Historical Event(s)
– George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
– In New York City, the United States House of Representatives holds its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first House Speaker.
– Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.
– Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, is named by acclamation colonel-general of the new National Guard of Paris.
– Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
– The U.S. Congress passes twelve amendments to the United States Constitution: the Congressional Apportionment Amendment (which was never ratified), the Congressional Compensation Amendment, and the ten that are known as the Bill of Rights.
– The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
– George Washington sends the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.
– George Washington made the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government of the United States of America.
– The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.
Who Were Born On ?
– August Neander, German theologian (d. 1850)
– Manuel Rodríguez, Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader, considered one of the founders of independent Chile (d. 1818)
– Horace Vernet, French painter and graphic artist (d. 1863)
– Maria Isabella of Spain, Queen consort of the Two Sicilies, wife of Francis I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1846)
– John Martin, English painter (d. 1854)
– Abbas Mirza, Prince of Persia (d. 1833)
– Ferencz Gyulai Hungarian nobleman (d. 1868)
– William John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (d. 1855)
– William Burton, American politician (d. 1866)