On December 10, 1863, P.T. Barnum's star midgets, Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren, are married.
Quote Of The Day
"Never would I allow my size to define me. Instead, I would define it. My size may have been the first thing people noticed about me but never, I vowed at that moment, would it be the last." Melanie Benjamin, The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb
Image Of The Day
The wedding couple as they appeared on the February 21, 1863, cover of Harper's Weekly magazine. Public Domain, https://en.wikipedia.org