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Historical Event(s)
– George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
– The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1-0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
– Reconstruction: U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act of 1872 into law restoring full civil rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
– King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
– The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) is established in New York City.
– Bloomingdale brothers opened their first store at 938 Third Avenue, New York City.
– The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
– Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
– In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first serving African-American governor of a U.S. state.
– Challenger expedition: HMS Challenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth.
Who Were Born On ?
– Zane Grey, American novelist (d. 1939)
– Andrew Kehoe, American mass murderer (d. 1927)
– Alexandra Kollontai, Russian statesman (d. 1952)
– Alexander Roda Roda, Austrian writer (d. 1945)
– Princess Margaret of Prussia, queen of Finland (d. 1954)
– Violet Gordon-Woodhouse, British musician (d. 1951)
– Susanna Bokoyni, Hungarian centenarian and Circus performer
– Harry Leon Wilson, American novelist (d. 1939)
– Tsarina Alexandra of Russia (d. 1918)
– Carl Friedberg, German pianist (d. 1955)