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The news of the release of Slidell and Mason reaches the British Isles |
Business/Industry |
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The Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge opens for rail traffic |
Education/Culture |
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The ninth German-American Saengerfest, a massive week-long choral convention is held in New York City |
Crime/Disasters |
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The number of prisoners in Indiana state prisons reaches a peak |
Business/Industry |
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The Ohio River at Pittsburgh open to navigation for the winter |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The Ohio Senate takes up and passes on a party-line vote the bill to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. |
Cultural |
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The oldest surviving athletic club in the United States is founded in San Francisco |
Personal |
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The only son of Supreme Court Justice Robert Cooper Grier dies in the Miami steamboat disaster |
Crime/Disasters |
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The Pacific Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri burns with significant loss of life |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The Pacific republic movement spreads to Oregon with rumors printed in the Salem press |
Legal/Political |
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The Patent Office assembles an "Advisory Board for Agriculture" in Washington D.C. |
Education/Culture |
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The Peabody Institute building is dedicated in Baltimore, Maryland |
Campaigns/Elections |
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The Pennsylvania Democratic State Convention opens in Harrisburg |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The people of Nevada vote on their proposed constitution and statehood |
Education/Culture |
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The Philadelphia Athletic Club's baseball tour of New York continues with another victory in Brooklyn |
Slavery/Abolition |
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The Philadelphia Methodist Conference urges withdrawal of the Church's new "discipline" on slavery |
Battles/Soldiers |
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The Philadelphia press reports that more than ten thousand Philadelphians are now in the field |
Foreign |
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The Polish rebellion against Russia comes to an end |
Business/Industry |
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The Pony Express begins its first run |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The position of Comptroller of the Currency is authorized |
Religion/Philosophy |
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The Presbyterian General Assembly is meeting in Philadelphia and its decisions will split the Church |
Education/Culture |
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The president of Harvard dies suddenly at his brother's home in eastern Pennsylvania |
Campaigns/Elections |
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The presidential election becomes official with the announcement from the Electoral College |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The press reports that a draft enroller in Berks County, Pennsylvania resigns in fear of his life |
Religion/Philosophy |
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The Primitive Methodist Church of the United States meets in Wisconsin at its annual conference. |
US/the World |
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The Prince of Wales and his party land for the first time in North America at St. John's, Newfoundland |
US/the World |
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The Prince of Wales and his party make landfall in North America at St. John's, Newfoundland |
US/the World |
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The Prince of Wales celebrates his eighteenth birthday |
US/the World |
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The Prince of Wales is in Hamilton, Ontario, his last stop in Canada before entering the United States |
US/the World |
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The Prince of Wales is in Washington, DC, hosted at the White House |