Pennsylvania will become the most important steel-producing state. The Holtermann nugget was found in New South Wales, Australia, on this day in 1872. At 630 lbs., it is the largest lump of gold ever found. A couple in Cincinnati were married in a balloon on this day in 1874. It is only those who have neither fired a shot or heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation.
War is hell.
Charles Merrill, American investment broker, was born on this day in 1895 1n Green Grove Springs, Florida. He first gained fame from advising his clients to sell early before the Crash of 1929. In 1940 he founded the company known now as Merrill Lynch. Sociologist and writer about urban living, Lewis Mumford was born on this day in 1895. Guatemalan author and diplomat Miguel de Asturias was born on this day in 1899.