1848

25-Jul

Arthur Balfour (British Prime Minister, Balfour Declaration)

19-Mar

Wyatt Earp (Frontiersman and marshal, Ok Corral participant)

5-Dec

President James Polk triggered the Gold Rush of ’49 by confirming that gold had been discovered in California.

18-Sep

Baseball ruled that the first baseman can tag first base for the out instead of the runner.

19-Aug

The New York Herald reported the discovery of gold in California.

2-Aug

The Rochester Convention met in Rochester, New York and was organized by a coalition of Quakers and Unitarians. This would be the first convention attended

19-Jul

The first women’s rights convention, called by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia C. Mott, met in fem Falls, New York. The social, civil and religious

29-May

Wisconsin became the 30th state of the United States.

10-Mar

The Senate ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the war with Mexico.

21-Feb

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published “The Communist Manifesto” in London

25-Jul

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5-Dec

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Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell

Dianne Russell