Oliver Bosbyshell (1839–1921) was Superintendent of the United States Mint at Philadelphia from 1889 to 1894. He also claimed to have been the first Union soldier wounded by enemy action in the Civil War, stating that he received a bruise on the forehead from an object thrown by a Confederate sympathizer while his unit was marching through Baltimore in April 1861. After briefly working on the railroad and then studying law, Bosbyshell enlisted in the Union cause on the outbreak of war. He joined the 48th Pennsylvania, remaining in that regiment for three years. He saw action in such battles as Second Bull Run and Antietam. He rose to the rank of major and led his regiment, but was mustered out upon the expiration of his term of service in October 1864. He was appointed to a post at the Philadelphia Mint in 1869, and became chief coiner in 1876 and superintendent in 1889, serving for four years. One of Bosbyshell's underlings at the mint stole gold bars and Bosbyshell was held responsible for the loss by virtue of his office. He was absolved of this liability by act of Congress in 1899. In his later years, he was an officer of an insurance company; he died in 1921.
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1848:
Joseph Jenkins Roberts began his term as the first President of Liberia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Jenkins_Roberts
1888:
The 36 in (91 cm) refracting telescope at the Lick Observatory near San Jose, California, at the time the largest in the world, was used for the first time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lick_Observatory
1919:
Emir Faisal of Iraq signed an agreement with Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann on the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal%E2%80%93Weizmann_Agreement
1949:
The first Central Bank of the Philippines was formally inaugurated with Miguel Cuaderno, Sr. as the first governor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangko_Sentral_ng_Pilipinas
1976:
The multilateral International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, part of the International Bill of Human Rights, came into effect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Covenant_on_Economic,_Social_and_Cultural_Rights
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