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Historical Event(s)
– The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.
– Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity. This is the 1st time this defense is successfully used in the United States.
– Bryant’s Minstrels debut “Dixie” in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show.
– Westminster’s Big Ben rang for the first time in London.
– Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat the Austrian army.
– Pig War: Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the “Northwestern Boundary Dispute” between United States and British/Canadian settlers.
– French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
– Solar Superstorm
– The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse is lit for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for about 19 miles (30 kilometers), in good conditions.
– The first modern revival of the Olympic Games takes place in Athens, Greece.
Who Were Born On ?
– Svante Arrhenius, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1927)
– Sholom Aleichem, Russian novelist (d. 1916)
– Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician (d. 1925)
– Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish physician and writer (d. 1930)
– Henry Ossawa Tanner, American painter (d. 1937)
– Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer (d. 1943)
– Yuan Shikai, Chinese politician (d. 1916)
– John Dewey, American philosopher (d. 1952)
– Billy the Kid, American outlaw (d. 1881)
– Gustave Kahn, French poet (d. 1936)