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Historical Event(s)
– Giuseppe Verdi’s opera I Lombardi receives its first performance in Milan.
– The event that inspired the Beatles song Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! is held in England.
– Provisional Cession of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands established by Lord George Paulet.
– Thousands of people and their cattle head west via wagon train from Independence, Missouri to what would later become the Oregon Territory. It is part of the Great Migration. They follow what is now known as the Oregon Trail.
– 1843 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, proclaimed a revelation recommending polygamy.
– Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
– The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London.
– Sir William Rowan Hamilton comes up with the idea of quaternions, a non-commutative extension of complex numbers.
– Ka Lā Hui: Hawaiian Independence Day – The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
– Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol goes on sale.
Who Were Born On ?
– William McKinley, American politician, 39th Governor of Ohio, and 25th President of the United States (d. 1901)
– John Graham Chambers, English athlete who wrote the Queensberry rules for boxing (d. 1883)
– Henry James, American author (d. 1916)
– Alice of the United Kingdom, Grand Duchess of Hesse (d. 1878)
– Frederick VIII of Denmark (d. 1912)
– Bertha von Suttner, Austrian novelist, Nobel laureate (d. 1914)
– Camillo Golgi, Italian physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1926)
– Georg von Hertling, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1919)
– Elizabeth Stride, victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888)
– Richard Conner, American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient (d. 1924)