On this day the year 1847 of the common era (CE) manuscripts of Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights" and Anne Brontë's "Agnes Grey" are sent to publisher T.C. Newby. On this same day Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
Sixteen years later four-wheeled roller skates are patented by James Plimpton in New York City.
