Saturday, Jul 27, 2024
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1824 - Birth of Alexandre Dumas fils France, playwright/novelist (Camille).
1835 - Birth of Giosuè Carducci Italy, poet (Nobel Prize 1906).
1836 - Adelaide, South Australia founded.
1837 - US Mint opens in Charlotte, North Carolina.
1857 - Birth of José Celso Barbosa Puerto Rico, found Federalist Party in 1900.
1861 - Union General George McClellan takes command of Potamic Army.
1862 - Steamer "Golden Gate" burns and sinks off west coast of Mexico.
1866 - The Atlantic Cable is successfully completed (1,686 miles long), allowing transatlantic telegraph communication for the first time.
1867 - Birth of Enrique Granados Lérida Spain, composer (Maria del Carmen).
1870 - Birth of Joseph Hilaire Belloc England, author (Path to Rome).