1885 - Edmund A Walsh, future founder of the SFS is born

1952 - The Rev. Edward Bernard Bunn, regent of the Georgetown University Dental School and the School for Nursing, was appointed president of the university today. He succeeds the Rev. Hunter Guthrie, who held the post from early 1949 until last July when he went on leave.

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1850- C&O canal completed

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