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| South America & Caribbean:Santo Domingo gains independence from Haiti to become the Dominican Republic. | |||||||||||
| North America:The fourth Democratic national convention meets in Baltimore to nominate James Knox Polk, a dark horse candidate, for president. He beats Whig candidate Henry Clay 170 electorial votes to 105. Texas Rangers armed with six-shooting revolvers massacre a band of Comanches. Wells Fargo and Company has beginnings as express service between Detroit and Buffalo. Goodyear patents vulcanization to make rubber overshoes. Nitrous oxide demonstrated for dentistry; ether used in Georgia for child birth. Joseph Smith is lynched after wrecking rival Mormon printing press, Brigham Young becomes Mormon leader. First long distance telegraph message from Washington D. C. to Baltimore and back. Ned Buntline adventures; Margaret Fuller, editor of the feminist The Dial; Edgar Allan Poe; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Buffalo Girls (Won't You Come Out Tonight). | |||||||||||
| Europe: Karl Marx has been exiled from Cologne for his writings. He moves to Paris where he meets Frederich Engels. YMCA founded in London. Guardia Civil created in Spain. German process reduces price of wood pulp newsprint. Charles Dickens; Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas; Benjamin D'Israeli; Heinrich Heine; Giuseppe Verdi, Berlioz. | |||||||||||
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March 1844
March 25 An act to create a new parish in the County of Attakapas to be called the Parish of Vermilion. |
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August 1844
August 5, 1844 to May 14, 1845; The second State Constitution is held. |
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George Washington Cable (1844-1925) is born in October of 1844 at the family home on Annunciation Square. When George was still young his father lost most of his money when two steamboats he had invested in burned and sank on the river. The elder Cable sent his family north with relatives until he could recoup his fortune. He died soon after from a fall. While working a clerk’s job young Cable saw the Union ships coming up the river and slipped out of town to join a Confederate cavalry regiment. He was wounded and returned to his clerk’s job. While there, his anonymous contributions to the Picayune leads to a reporter’s job and eventual fame as a writer. |
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