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1859 Billy The Kid, Born William Bonny; legendary US outlaw is born. 

1859 Billy the Kid, [William H Bonney], NYC, criminal. 

1860 With the "Banking Panic" of 1857 stretching into another decade and showing few signs of lifting, the New York Clearing House moved to offer help on this day, the Clearing House handed out its inaugural loan, issuing $7.375 million worth of certificates to the nation's ailing banks 

1860 Karl Branting, Sweden, statesman/diplomat (Nobel Peace Prize 1921). 

1860 With the "Banking Panic" of 1857 stretching into another decade and showing few signs of lifting, the New York Clearing House moved to offer help: on this day, the Clearing House handed out its inaugural loan, issuing $7.375 million worth of certificates to the nation's ailing banks. 

1862 Alberto Williams, Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Etrerno Reposo) 

1863 Battle of Chattanooga begins. 

1863 Patent granted for a process of making color photographs 

1863 Battle of Chattanooga and Orchard Knob, TN begins 

1864 -25] Battle at Ball's Ferry Georgia (30 casualties). 

1865 Josef Leopold Zvonar, composer, dies at 41 

1867 The Manchester Martyrs were hanged in Manchester, England for rescuing two Irish men from jail 

1868 Louis Ducos du Hauron patents trichrome color photo process 

1869 In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched. 

1871 Railway bridge over Dutch Deep opens 

1872 Ten Bears (Parra-Wa-Samen), US poet/Comanche chief, dies. 

1876 Columbia, Harvard and Princeton form Intercollegiate Football Association. 

1876 The inaugural intercollegiate football association was established -- in Springfield, MA 

1876 Columbia, Harvard and Princeton form Intercollegiate Football Assn. 

1878 Andre Caplet, composer. 

1879 Andre Caplet, French composer/conductor (Conte Fantastic) 

1882 Johan C T Kikkert, Dutch painter/etcher/critic. 

1883 Herman Baccaert, Flemish philological/writer (Along the water front). 

1885 Amsterdam police attack meeting of social-democrats united. 

1887 Boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt)was born actor Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Die 

1887 Boris Karloff, English actor is born 

1887 The University of Michigan beat Notre Dame (8-0) for the inaugural time in their football rivalry. 

1887 Notre Dame loses its 1st football game 8-0 to Michigan. 

1887 Boris Karloff, [William H Pratt], Dulwich Engld, actor (Frankenstein). 

1887 Boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt)was born: actor Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Die 

1888 Harpo Marx, [Adolph] NYC, actor/comedian (Marx brothers). 

1889 The inaugural ‘Nickel-in-the-Slot’ (jukebox) was placed in service on this day in the Palais Royal Saloon in San Francisco, California. Juke, at the time, was a slang word for a a disorderly house, or house of ill repute 

1889 Debut of 1st jukebox (Palais Royale Saloon, San Francisco) 

1890 Willem III of the Netherlands dies at age 73 

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