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Historical Event(s)
– Work begins on the covering of the Zenne, burying Brussels’s primary river and creating the modern central boulevards.
– The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
– The first performance of Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Paris.
– Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
– Alaska purchase: Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska.
– The United States takes possession of the, at this point unoccupied, Midway Atoll.
– Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario.
– United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
– 72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate.
– The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish nationalists from custody.
Who Were Born On ?
– Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan Journalist, Diplomat, Poet (d. 1916)
– Eugen Sandow, German bodybuilder and circus performer (d. 1925)
– David T. Abercrombie, American entrepreneur (d. 1931)
– John Robert Gregg, American inventor (d. 1948)
– Stephen Mather, American entrepreneur and conservationist (d. 1930)
– Fred Tate, English cricketer (d. 1943)
– Jake Beckley, American baseball player (d. 1918)
– Emil Nolde, German painter (d. 1956)
– Evelina Haverfield British suffragette (d. 1920)
– Józef Dowbór-Muśnicki, Polish general (d. 1937)