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Historical Event(s)
– The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Boer colonies of the Transvaal.
– Justo José de Urquiza defeats Juan Manuel de Rosas at the Battle of Caseros.
– The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public.
– Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital providing in-patient beds specifically for children in the English-speaking world, is founded in London.
– Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
– Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
– Jenny Lind left New York after her wildly successful two-year American tour.
– Harvard wins the first Boat Race between Yale and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event
– The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 mi from Paris to Trappes.
– The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.
Who Were Born On ?
– James Milton Carroll, American pastor and author (d. 1931)
– John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, advocate of dietary reform (d. 1943)
– Théophile Delcassé, French statesman (d. 1923)
– F.W. Woolworth, American businessman (d. 1919)
– William Muldoon, American Greco-Roman wrestler (d. 1933)
– Schalk Willem Burger, South African politician, military leader and State President (d. 1918)
– William Stewart Halsted, American surgeon (d. 1922)
– Sir William Ramsay, Scottish chemist (d. 1916)
– Tewfik Pasha, Khedive of Egypt (d. 1892)
– Daniel De Leon, South American socialist (d. 1914)