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Historical Event(s)
– A gun on USS Princeton explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing eight people, including two United States Cabinet members.
– Hong Kong Police Force, the world’s second, Asia’s first modern police force is established.
– The Glaciarium, the world’s first mechanically frozen ice rink, opens.
– Persian Prophet The Báb announces his revelation, founding Bábism. He announces to the world the coming of “He whom God shall make manifest”. He is considered the forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.
– Declaration of the Báb: a merchant of Shiraz announces that he is a Prophet and founds a religious movement that would later be brutally crushed by the Persian government. He is considered to be a forerunner of the Bahá'í Faith, and Bahá'ís celebrate the day as a holy day.
– Samuel Morse sends the message “What hath God wrought” (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland to inaugurate the first telegraph line.
– The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
– Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
– The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
– The Rochdale Pioneers commence business at their cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement.
Who Were Born On ?
– Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy, British poet
– Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer (d. 1908)
– Garret Hobart, 24th Vice President of the United States (d. 1899)
– William Archibald Spooner, English priest and scholar (d. 1930)
– Ilya Yefimovich Repin, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1930)
– Francis William Reitz, State President of the Orange Free State (d. 1934)
– Louis Riel, Canadian Metis Political Leader (d. 1885)
– Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1916)
– Harvey W. Wiley, American chemist (d. 1930)