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1836 - Birth of Francis Ellingwood Abbot Boston, theologian (Scientific Theism).

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1839 - Rabbi Hayim Rapoport of Ostrowiec author (Maxim Chayyim), dies.

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1844 - Spain grants Dominican Republic independence.

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1850 - First Hawaiian fire engine.

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1850 - Yerba Buena and Angel Islands (San Francisco Bay) reserved for military use.

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1851 - Birth of Charles H Dow co-founder of Dow Jones/first editor of Wall Steet Journal.

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1854 - Birth of John Phillip Sousa in Washington DC, USA; march king ("Stars and Stripes Forever") (dies 1932).

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1860 - Birth of Ignace Jan Paderewski Kurylowka Poland, composer/pianist/patriot.

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1861 - Birth of James A Naismith; inventor (basketball).

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1861 - Jefferson Davis elected to six-year term as Confederate President. sports

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