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Historical Event(s)
– Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt.
– The first Hallé concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of the Hallé Orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra.
– Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. State.
– Opening of the present Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
– Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois.
– Joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace’s papers on evolution to the Linnean Society.
– United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
– U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
– George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora.
Who Were Born On ?
– Harry Gordon Selfridge, American retailer (d. 1947)
– Oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d. 1931)
– Tomás Carrasquilla, Colombian writer (d. 1940)
– Kokichi Mikimoto, Japanese pearl farmer (d. 1954)
– Charles W. Chesnutt, American writer (d. 1932)
– Maria Christina of Austria, queen of Spain (d. 1929)
– E. Nesbit, English author (d. 1924)
– Arthur Achleitner, German writer (d. 1927)
– Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist (d. 1937)