Charleston, South Carolina was crowded for the national Democratic convention, when Charles Lamar and seven other prominent citizens engineered the rescue from jail of J. Egbert Farnum, the purser of the slave ship Wanderer, then under indictment and nearing his federal trial for piracy.  He was taken to the best hotel in the town for a reception.  A confrontation with federal marshals followed and Farnum returned to the city jail the next day.  (By John Osborne)

Phoebe Ann Moses was born the fifth of six girls to a poor Quaker farming family in Darke County, Ohio. Growing up in grinding poverty she began hunting to feed her family.  By the time she was fifteen her remarkable talent as a sharpshooter had been recognized and she joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1885.  She continued to set shooting records into her sixties.  Annie Oakley died in 1926.  (By John Osborne)

The first Open Championship was played at the Prestwick Golf Club at Ayr in Scotland.  Eight Scottish professionals entered and played 36 holes in a single day.  Willie Park, senior was the first winner, shooting a 174.  The championship was opened to amateurs as well as professionals the following year.  (By John Osborne)