- 1825 - The Erie Canal opened in upstate New York. The 363-mile canal connected Lake Erie and the Hudson River at a cost of $7,602,000.
- 1854 - Charles William Post was born. He was the inventor of "Grape Nuts," "Postum" and "Post Toasties."
- 1858 - H.E. Smith patented the rotary-motion washing machine.
- 1881 - The "Gunfight at the OK Corral" took place in Tombstone, AZ. The fight was between Wyatt Earp, his two brothers and Doc Holiday and the Ike Clanton Gang.
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