David Ruggles, a Black abolitionist living in New Your City, founded the New York Committee of Vigilance, an interracial collective working to protect free Black
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) (Author, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn)
Andrew Carnegie (Industrialist, steel tycoon, Philanthropist)
The first battle of the Texas Revolution took place as American settlers defeated a Mexican cavalry near the Guadalupe River.
Charles Darwin and the HMS Beagle reached the Galapagos Islands.
The New York Sun began a six-part series called the Great Moon hoax story.
A textile strike took place in Paterson, New Jersey, involving more than 2,000 workers, many of them children, seeking a reduction in daily working hours.
The first public demonstration of the telegraph took place at Speedwell Ironworks, Morristown, New Jersey.
