1846

6-Oct

George Westinghouse (American entrepreneur, engineer)

26-Feb

Buffalo Bill Cody (Showman, Buffalo hunter)

28-Dec

Iowa became the 29th state in the United States.

16-Oct

Dentist William T. Morton demonstrated the effectiveness of ether as an anesthetic by administering it to a patient undergoing jaw surgery before an audience of

23-Sep

Neptune was identified as a planet by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle.

22-Aug

The United States annexed New Mexico.

14-Aug

Henry David Thoreau was jailed for refusing to pay taxes. Henry David Thoreau was protesting the United States government allowing slavery and also the Mexican

10-Aug

Congress chartered the “nation’s attic,” the Smithsonian Institution. It was named in honor of English scientist Joseph Smithsonian, whose bequest of $500,000 made it possible.

23-Jul

Henry David Thoreau was jailed for tax resistance. He was protesting slavery and the Mexican-American war.

7-Jul

U.S. annexation of California was proclaimed as the Stars and Stripes were raised at Monterey after the surrender of a Mexican garrison.

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Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell

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