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January1853

Historical Events in January 1853

Jan 1 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service
Jan 3 Solomon Northup, author of the memoir "Twelve Years a Slave, is freed after 7 illegal years in slavery with aid of Washington Hunt, Governor of New York

Tragedy for Pierce

Jan 6 US President-elect Franklin Pierce and his family are involved in a train wreck in Massachusetts that kills his 11-year-old son Benny

14th US President Franklin Pierce

Jan 8 1st US bronze equestrian statue (of Andrew Jackson) unveiled, Washington
Jan 10 Charles Reade's play "Gold" premieres in London

"Il Trovatore"

Jan 19 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" premieres in Rome

Composer Giuseppe Verdi

John Wilkes Booth Baptized

Jan 23 John Wilkes Booth is baptized at St. Timothy's Protestant Episcopal Church

Assassin John Wilkes Booth

Jan 27 US whaling and sealing vessel the Levant captained by Mercator Cooper, makes the first known landing on mainland Antarctica at Oates Coast, Victoria land

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