5-Oct
Chester Arthur (Politician, former U.S. President)
Chester Arthur (Politician, former U.S. President)
Geronimo (Apache leader, resistance fighter)
Levi Strauss (Entrepreneur, Inventor)
London’s reorganized police force, which became known as Scotland Yard, went on duty.
David Walker’s Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, an antislavery pamphlet, was published in Boston, Massachusetts. It is regarded by many historians as
William Austin Burt of Mount Vernon, Michigan, received a patent for his “typographer” – a forerunner of the typewriter.