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Personal Andrew Johnson is born in Raleigh, North Carolina
Personal Andrew Ure, famous advocate of the factory system, dies in London
Personal Andrew Volstead, author of National Prohibition Act, born in Minnesota
US/the World Ang Duong, King of Cambodia, dies at age sixty-four after twelve years of rule
US/the World Angered at Washington's recognition of Juarez, the Conservative Government in Mexico expels all U.S. consular officers
Crime/Disasters Angry mob of gamblers in Pennsylvania ransack the offices of the Scranton morning newspaper
Education/Culture Anna Mary Robertson, the future artist "Grandma Moses," is born in Greenwich, New York
Personal Anne Sullivan, teacher and companion of Helen Keller, is born in Hampden County, Massachusetts
Personal Anne Taney, wife of Chief Justice Taney, dies
Personal Annie Oakley, sharpshooter, is born in Darke County, Ohio
Religion/Philosophy Annual "renting of the pews" at Rev. Beecher's Plymouth Church in Brooklyn brings record return
Education/Culture Annual New Jersey State Fair opens near Elizabethtown
Crime/Disasters Another armed gang in Kentucky derails a train and robs its passengers.
Crime/Disasters Another British mining disaster kills forty-nine, this time in South Wales
Crime/Disasters Another great warehouse fire breaks out on the London Docks
Crime/Disasters Another great warehouse fire on the London Docks
Campaigns/Elections Another huge Republican rally, this time in Jersey City, New Jersey
Crime/Disasters Another large fire strikes New Orleans leaving five hundred homeless
Crime/Disasters Another New York City tenement fire kills two women and eight children
Crime/Disasters Another steamer is sunk in the Bay of Biscay but this time all aboard are saved.
Personal Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide in Houston
Personal Anthony Burns begins his education at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio
Personal Anthony Burns dies in Canada
Slavery/Abolition Anthony Burns is arrested in Boston as a fugitive slave
Personal Anthony Burns is born in Stafford County, Virginia
US/the World Anti-British revolt breaks out in Montreal
Religion/Philosophy Anti-Liquor agitation heats up in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Cultural Anton Chekhov is born in southern Russia
Crime/Disasters Anton Probst, murderer of an entire family in the "Deering Massacre," is executed in Philadelphia
Crime/Disasters Anton Probst, murderer of his employer's entire family, is sentenced to death in Philadelphia