Samuel Kosciusko Zook, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers)

Birth

Jakob Haibel, composer, dies at 63

Death

1st Mormon temple dedicated (Kirtland Ohio)

Event

1st US steam fire engine tested, NYC

Event

Alophus Washington Greely, US, Arctic explorer

Birth

Wilhelm Konrad R”ntgen, Germany, discovered X-rays (Nobel 1901)

Birth

Otto Wallach, Germany, chemist (Nobel 1910)

Birth

John Parker Paynard originates medicated adhesive plaster

Event

Joseph Couch patents steam-powered percussion rock drill

Event

Wilhelm Bear, German banker/astronomer (Moon Map), dies at 53

Death

Ruperto Chapi y Lorente, composer

Birth

Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent d'Indy, Paris, comp (Symphonie C‚venole)

Birth

Edgar Tinel, Flemish composer (Le Chant Gr‚gorien)

Birth

Abraham Gesner patents kerosene

Event

Karl Pearson, London England, mathematician

Birth

Pearson, mathematician

Birth

Peter Christian Lutkin, composer

Birth

George Giffen, cricketer (one of Australia's greatest all-rounders)

Birth

M L Byrn patents "covered gimlet screw with a 'T' handle" (corkscrew)

Event

Black demonstrators in Charleston staged ride-ins on street cars

Event

President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting and prayer

Event

Henry Royce, automobile founder (Rolls-Royce)

Birth

Siege of Spanish Fort, AL-captured by Federals

Event

Pres Johnson vetoes civil rights bill; it later becomes 14th amend

Event

Andrew Rankin patents the urinal

Event