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A deadly tornado kills four people in Montgomery County, Indiana |
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A derailment in Pennsylvania tosses two carriages down an embankment where they burn |
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A destructive fire in a Jersey City shipyard threatens naval construction there |
Crime/Disasters |
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A devastating fire destroys a third of Charleston, South Carolina destroying hundreds of historic buildings |
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A dispute over a British vessel sailing in Chinese waters leads to the second Anglo-Chinese War |
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A disturbance aboard a ship docked in New York City ends with a crewman dead of a gunshot wound |
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A few days after arriving from New York, the transport ship "Aquila" sinks at its wharf in San Francisco |
Religion/Philosophy |
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A fourteen-year old girl gathering wood near Lourdes in rural France encounters the first of her visions of "a Lady." |
Foreign |
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A French plebiscite confirms popular support for the restoration of the empire |
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A fugitive named Addison nearly kills slave-catchers while running in Illinois |
Business/Industry |
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A gold nugget weighting almost 185 pounds dug up in the Australian gold fields |
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A group of eight slaves from Maryland arrive safely in Canada |
Foreign |
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A group of Montreal citizens publishes an "Annexation Manifesto" calling for the incorporation of Canada into the United States |
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A Gulf of Mexico hurricane causes heavy damage along the Texas and Louisiana coastlines. |
Campaigns/Elections |
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A heavy earthquake strikes northern Chile |
Crime/Disasters |
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A heavy earthquake strikes San Salvador in Central America |
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A huge winter storms blankets New England. |
Science/Technology |
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A July heatwave continues across the eastern United States |
Crime/Disasters |
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A large force of nightriders terrorize African-American homes throughout Marion County, Kentucky. |
Science/Technology |
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A large meteor observed over the main island of Hawaii |
Science/Technology |
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A large new comet, visible to the naked eye, is observed all over the northern hemisphere |
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A large tornado hits Knoxville in the early morning causing heavy damage. |
Crime/Disasters |
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A late night fire causes heavy damage to workshops and warehouses in Rockford, Illinois |
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A late season hurricane smashes islands in the Lesser Antilles and then kills hundreds in Puerto Rico. |
Science/Technology |
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A Lunar Eclipse is seen through much of the southern states |
US/the World |
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A Maori revolt erupts in New Zealand |
US/the World |
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A mass meeting in Ontario calls for annexation of parts of Canada to the United States |
Campaigns/Elections |
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A mass meeting of Philadelphia workingmen supports compromise and the Union |
Science/Technology |
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A Massachusetts shipyard launches the S.S. Erie, the largest wooden screw steamship ever built. |
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A massive afternoon fire in the port of New York destroys around thirty vessels |