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Crime/Disasters	Wed, June 10, 1863	Warriors of the Southern Ute tribe ambush mail coach in Utah, kill two
Lawmaking/Litigating	Wed, July 15, 1863	Washington D.C. suspends the draft in the riot-stricken city of New York
Personal	Mon, November 28, 1859	Washington Irving dies at his home in Tarrytown, New York
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sun, January 13, 1861	Washington pays Governor Pickens what he is owed, from the newly seized Charleston Sub-Treasury
Cultural	Thu, February 17, 1859	Washington society hosts a ball in honor of Lord Napier, the retiring British Ambassador
Cultural	Tue, February 22, 1859	Washington's Birthday celebrated around the country and in London and Paris
US/the World	Mon, February 3, 1862	Watched by the U.S.S. Tuscarora, the Confederate warship Nashville sails from Southampton
Crime/Disasters	Mon, June 20, 1859 - Fri, July 1, 1859	Weeks of dangerously high temperatures prevail in central California
Crime/Disasters	Fri, June 3, 1859 - Sun, June 5, 1859	Weeks of heavy rainfall bring serious flooding to the upper Mississippi
Campaigns/Elections	Sun, December 16, 1860	Wendell Phillips speaks against mobs in Boston and almost causes a riot
Crime/Disasters	Wed, July 11, 1860 - Thu, July 12, 1860	West Washington Market in New York City suffers severe damage in a midnight fire
Business/Industry	Sun, April 1, 1866	Western Union absorbs US Telegraph and takes control of virtually all the American telegraph industry
Campaigns/Elections	Mon, December 12, 1859	Whig Frederick Walker Lincoln, Jr. re-elected Mayor of Boston
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, September 17, 1856	Whig National Convention opens in Baltimore
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, May 27, 1860	Whitsunday or Pentecost
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, May 11, 1856	Whitsunday or Pentecost
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, May 27, 1855	Whitsunday or Pentecost
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, May 23, 1858	Whitsunday or Pentecost
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, May 31, 1857	Whitsunday or Pentecost
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, November 2, 1859	Widespread violence in Baltimore as the state elections are held
Personal	Wed, February 8, 1860	Wife of Henry Ward Beecher has narrow escape in carriage accident
Personal	Tue, April 16, 1867	Wilbur Wright, one of the two brothers who revolutionized human flight, is born in Indiana.
Education/Culture	Fri, December 16, 1859	Wilhelm Grimm, of Grimm's Fairytales, dies in Berlin
Crime/Disasters	Tue, February 8, 1859	William and Mary College loses its main building to fire
Personal	Mon, May 28, 1894	William Danenhower dies in Washington, DC
Personal	Tue, February 22, 1820	William Danenhower is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Personal	Thu, October 8, 1840	William Danenhower marries Elizabeth Uber
Personal	Sat, May 6, 1837	William Elisha Stoker is born in Chambers County, Alabama
Personal	Sat, August 28, 1858	William Fitzhugh Gordon, former Congressman from Virginia, dies in Albemarle County, Virginia
Personal	Tue, August 17, 1858	William Graham, former U.S. Congressman, dies at his farm near Vallonia, Indiana