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1848 - Bond (US) and Lassell (England) independently discover Hyperion, moon of Saturn.

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1849 - First commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California.

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1862 - Battle of Luka, Mississippi.

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1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Tennessee (near Chattanooga) begins; Union retreat.

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1864 - Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia.

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1867 - Birth of Arthur Rackham England, artist/illustrator (Grimm's Fairy Tales).

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1873 - Black Friday: Jay Cooke and Company fails, causing a securities panic.

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1879 - Thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track and field record pole-vaulting 11' 2.25" at age 17 years and 198 days.

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1881 - James A Garfield US president, dies of gunshot wound.

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1888 - The first beauty contest is held, the Concours de Beauté, held at Spa in Belgium. Winner is 18-year-old Bertha Soucaret of Guadeloupe.

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