1774 Bath, Science: Astronomers Caroline and William Herschel sighted, recorded , and described the Orion nebula.
1789 Philadelphia, Politics: The United States Constitution was promulgated by a meeting of nine senators and thirteen representatives constituting Congress. A mere twenty-two men made it the law of the land. Name them!
1831 Swan River (WA), Politics: In late 1828, Captain Sir James Stirling RN had been designated Lieutenant-Governor of the Swan River colony which was half the continent. (See the map below.) After the 1829 Act to provide for the government of the Colony in November 1830, Stirling was elevated to Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
1954 Boston, Medicine; The first successful kidney transplant was announced at Brigham Hospital. The operation had been done earlier. The donor and recipient were twin brothers. The recipient lived for eight more years.
2007 Tallinn, Politics: In the Estonian parliamentary election about 30,000 citizens voted electronically from home. This the world’s first general election permitting remove electronic voting. One imagines the hack attacks. We have been to Tallinn and hosted some Estonians at home.
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