The first “Forty-niners” (gold miners) arrive in San Francisco, California.

       [restored 2/4/2022]

Subsequent Events:

3/3/1849                    12/4/1849

References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 134.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,161,621,015,445

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