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Historical Event(s)
– The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn is completed.
– President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
– Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto receives its première performance in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist.
– Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England.
– The Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg.
– The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York.
– The eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church.
– A majority of voters in the Republic of Texas approve a proposed constitution, that if accepted by the U.S. Congress, will make Texas a U.S. state.
– Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
– Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Williamson Long in Jefferson, Georgia.
Who Were Born On ?
– King Ludwig III of Bavaria (d. 1921)
– Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish physicist (d. 1912)
– George Kennan, American explorer (d. 1924)
– Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist and composer (d. 1930)
– Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1921)
– William Lewis Douglas, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1924)
– King Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. 1886)
– Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian revolutionary (d. 1883)
– Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1894)
– King George I of Greece (d. 1913)