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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1849 Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (NYC); sold rights for $100. 
1854 Jozef M T Orelio, baritone.
1856 The Theta Chi Fraternity is founded at Norwich University
1857 Henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker
1858 The original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonne bell for the Tower of London is cast in Stockton-on-Tees by Warner's of Cripplegate. This however cracked during testing and was recasted into the 13.76 tonne bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry and is still in use to date.
1862 William Harvey Lamb Wallace, US lawyer/brig-general, dies at 40
1863 Rebel Gen Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tenn.
1863 Giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, dies at 77
1864 Austrian Archduke Maximilian is recorded as becoming emperor of Mexico.
1864 Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist/composer (Golem)
1865 At Appomattox, Gen Lee issues Gen Order #9, his last.
1866 American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) forms
1866 Campobello New Brunswick Irish American Fenians attack Campobello Island from Eastport, Maine; persuaded to leave by British warships, US agents.
1868 Brits defeat King of Abyssinia at Magdala.
1868 1st performance of John Brahms' "Ein german Requiem"
1868 George Arliss, London England, actor (Devil, Green Goddess).
1869 Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9
1871 William Hammond Hall's maps and surveys of Golden Gate Park accepted.
1872 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #120 Lachesis
1872 Arbor day inaugural celebrated in Nebraska, later changed to Apr 22
1872 1st National black convention meets in New Orleans
1874 The inaugural Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska
1875 Regina Saskatchewan the Northwest Mounted Police ordered to build a post on the site of the city of Calgary.
1877 Federal troops withdrawn from Columbia SC
1877 1st human cannonball act performed in London.
1877 Alfred Kubin, writer
1878 In this year, Calif St Cable Car RR Co starts service.
1880 J Palisa discovers asteroid #216 Kleopatra
1882 Matson founds his shipping company (San Francisco and Hawaii)
1882 Simon F H J Berkelbach Van der Sprenkel, theologist (Fear and Religion)
1884 US Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo.
1885 John H Scholten, theologist (Free Want), dies at 73.
1886 Val Paul
1887 President Abraham Lincoln's re-buried with his wife in Springfield Il
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