Heywood Hale Broun 1918
- 1804 - The formal ceremonies transferring the Louisiana Purchase from France to the U.S. took place in St. Louis.
- 1848 - The U.S. Senate ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the war with Mexico.
- 1849 - Abraham Lincoln applied for a patent for a device to lift vessels over shoals by means of inflated cylinders.
- 1864 - Ulysses S. Grant became commander of the Union armies in the U.S. Civil War.
- 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful call with the telephone. He spoke the words "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
- 1902 - Tochangri, Turkey, was entirely wiped out by an earthquake.
- 1910 - Slavery was abolished in China.
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