Today in History for January 1794

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11th - Robert Forsythe, a U.S. Marshal is killed in Augusta, Georgia when trying to serve court papers, the first US marshal to die while carrying out his duties.
13th - Congress changes US flag to 15 stars & 15 stripes
14th - Dr Jessee Bennet of Edom Va, performs 1st successful Cesarean section operation on his wife

Famous Birthdays

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6th - Kaspar Masek, composer
25th - François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (d. 1878)

Famous Deaths

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8th - Justus Möser, German statesman (b. 1720)
10th - Georg Forster, German scientist and revolutionary (d. 1754)
16th - Edward Gibbon, historian (Decline & Fall), dies in London at 56
31st - Marriott Arbuthnot, British admiral (b. 1711)


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