Mar 26 Montreal Quebec Thomas Aylwin & Dominick Daly fight a harmless duel without injuring each other; one of Canada's last duels

Mar 04 James K Polk inaugrated as 11th President

Mar 03 The U.S. Congress passed legislation overriding a President’s veto. It was the first time Congress had done so.

Mar 27 The birth of Wilhelm von Rontgen, German discoverer of X-Rays

Mar 11 Florida became the 27th state of the United States of America.

Mar 28 Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US

Mar 03 Congress authorizes ocean mail contracts for foreign mail delivery

Mar 03 Florida became the 27th state of the United States of America.

Mar 26 Joseph Francis, New York NY, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat

Mar 17 Rubber band patented by Stephen Perry of London

Mar 01 The Republic of Texas is annexed to the US.

Mar 01 President Tyler signs a resolution annexing the Republic of Texas

Mar 26 Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precusor of bandaid

Mar 03 US law overriding a Presidential veto (John Tyler's)

Mar 05 Congress appropriates $30,000 to ship camels to western US

Mar 11 The U.S. Congress passed legislation overriding a President’s veto. It was the first time Congress had done so.

Mar 17 Bristol man, Henry Jones, patents self-raising flour

Aug 12 Off Point Pelee, Ontario the steamships Kent and London collide in clear weather, with the loss of ten lives.

Aug 05 In Australia's worst shipping disaster, 407 die when the Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island.

Sep 23 First baseball team, NY Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code

Sep 24 The first baseball team is organized

Feb 15 William Parsons, Earl of Rosse, first uses 72" (183 cm) reflector

Apr 02 H.L. Fizeau &J Leon Foucault take first photo of Sun

Apr 10 More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa

Nov 04 The first nationally observed uniform election day in US

Dec 29 Texas is admitted as the 28th state of the US.

Dec 27 Ether first used in childbirth in US, Jefferson GA

Dec 22 The first voice synthesizer, later known as P.T. Barnum's Euphonium, was demonstrated to the public in Philadelphia on this day in 1845.

May 03 The first black lawyer (Macon B Allen) admitted to the bar (Massachusetts)

May 28 Fire in Québec Canada, 1,500 houses destroyed

May 03 Fire kills 1,600 in popular theater in Canton China

May 17 Rubber band patents

May 14 Utrecht-Arnhem Railway opens

May 02 Domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilización y Barbarie"

May 20 The first legislative assembly convenes in Hawaii

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