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Historical Event(s)
– Political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler.
– Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities, an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire, which ushered the birth of the modern Romanian state.
– Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity. This is the 1st time this defense is successfully used in the United States.
– Pig War: Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the “Northwestern Boundary Dispute” between United States and British/Canadian settlers.
– First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
– The first conformation dog show is held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
– French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
– First ascent of Grand Combin, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
– A solar super storm affects electrical telegraph service.
– The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse is lit for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for about 19 miles (30 kilometers), in good conditions.
Who Were Born On ?
– Samuel Alexander, Australian-born British philosopher (d. 1938)
– Carrie Chapman Catt, American suffragist leader (d. 1947)
– Sholom Aleichem, Russian Yiddish humorist (d. 1916)
– Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (d. 1905)
– Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (d. 1919)
– Charles Comiskey, American baseball owner (d. 1931)
– Frank Dawson Adams, Canadian geologist (d.1942)
– Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer (d. 1935)
– Cass Gilbert, American architect (d. 1934)
– Paul César Helleu, French artist (d. 1927)