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1802 - Birth of Nikolaus Lenau Hungary, German poet (Faust, Die Albigenser).

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1814 - Birth of Anders Jonas Ångström Sweden, physicist, founded spectroscopy.

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1818 - Birth of Lucy Stone pioneered women's rights.

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1819 - Birth of Sir George Gabriel Stokes physicist/mathematician (Spectroscope).

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1820 - Birth of Sir George Grove London, England, biblical scholar/musicologist.

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1831 - Nat Turner leads uprising of slaves in Virginia.

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1860 - Birth of Annie Oakley Drake Ohio, frontierswoman (Buffalo Bill's Wild West).

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1868 - In Arica, Peru, a magnitude 8.5-9.0 earthquake occurs, with catastrophic tsunamis killing 25,000 in South America. Damage extreme (US$300 million).

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1876 - Reciprocity Treaty between US and Hawaii ratified.

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1888 - Birth of John Logie Baird Scotland, inventor (father of TV).

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