Today in History for August 1859
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Months in 1859: January February March April May June July September October November December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 4 of 4
9th - Elevator patented
17th - 1st air mail (in a balloon) took off from Lafayette Ind
27th - 1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn by Edwin Drake
28th - A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly that it is seen clearly over parts of USA, Europe, and even as far afield as Japan.
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 5 of 5
4th - Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920)
6th - J Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist (Balloon flights, Amazon)
12th - Katharine Lee Bates, US, author (America the Beautiful)
19th - Charles Comiskey, 1st basemen/manager (Chicago White Sox)
19th - Hippolyte Delehaye, Flemish historian/hagiographer
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 3 of 3
2nd - Horace Mann, American educator and abolitionist (b. 1796)
4th - Jean Vianney, French parish priest (b. 1786)
10th - George Staunton, writer
