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Historical Event(s)
– The event that inspired the Beatles song Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! is held in England.
– Provisional Cession of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands established by Lord George Paulet.
– The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri.
– Thousands of people and their cattle head west via wagon train from Independence, Missouri to what would later become the Oregon Territory. It is part of the Great Migration. They follow what is now known as the Oregon Trail.
– The Greek Army rebels (OS date: September 3) against the autocratic rule of king Otto of Greece, demanding the granting of a constitution.
– The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London.
– In New York City, Henry Jones and 11 others found B'nai B'rith (the oldest Jewish service organization in the world).
– The British arrest the Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell for conspiracy to commit crimes.
– Sir William Rowan Hamilton comes up with the idea of quaternions, a non-commutative extension of complex numbers.
– Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol goes on sale.
Who Were Born On ?
– John H. Moffitt, American politician (d. 1926)
– Frederic William Henry Myers, English poet and essayist (d. 1901)
– Elijah McCoy, Canadian-born Inventor (d. 1929)
– Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1900)
– Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (d. 1907)
– C.I. Scofield, author of Scofield Reference Bible (d. 1921)
– William Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (d. 1932)
– Joseph Furphy, Australian novelist (as “Tom Collins”; d. 1912)
– Gaston Tarry, French mathematician (d. 1913)
– Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (d. 1886)