Crime/Disasters |
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Angry mob of gamblers in Pennsylvania ransack the offices of the Scranton morning newspaper |
US/the World |
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Angered at Washington's recognition of Juarez, the Conservative Government in Mexico expels all U.S. consular officers |
US/the World |
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Ang Duong, King of Cambodia, dies at age sixty-four after twelve years of rule |
Personal |
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Andrew Volstead, author of National Prohibition Act, born in Minnesota |
Personal |
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Andrew Ure, famous advocate of the factory system, dies in London |
Personal |
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Andrew Johnson is born in Raleigh, North Carolina |
Legal/Political |
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Andrew Gregg Curtin serves as Governor of Pennslyvania |
Personal |
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Andrew Gregg Curtin marries Catherine Irvine Wilson |
Personal |
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Andrew Gregg Curtin is born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania |
Personal |
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Andrew Gregg Curtin dies in Bellefonte, Pennslyvania |
Foreign |
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Andrew Bonar Law, future British Prime Minister, is born in Canada |
Crime/Disasters |
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An unprecedented late spring frost causes massive crop damage across the northern United States |
Crime/Disasters |
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An explosion of sulphur gas kills seven in a coal mine in central England |
Science/Technology |
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An experimental survival raft arrives in Southampton Water after a forty-three Atlantic crossing from New York. |
Battles/Soldiers |
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An experimental Confederate submarine sinks in Charleston Harbor during a training accident, killing five |
Battles/Soldiers |
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An experimental Confederate submarine sinks in Charleston Harbor during a training accident, killing five |
Battles/Soldiers |
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An exchange of wounded prisoners takes place off Fort Wagner in Charleston Harbor under a flag of truce |
Science/Technology |
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An exceptionally large and bright meteor streaks across the northern areas of the United States |
Battles/Soldiers |
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An eight month U.S. Army effort to search for late Civil War deserters yields more than a thousand arrests. |
Crime/Disasters |
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An earthquake and accompanying tsunami causes massive damage throughout the Virgin Islands. |
Crime/Disasters |
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An early thaw causes heavy ice damage and severe flooding along the riverbanks of New England |
Science/Technology |
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An annular eclipse of the Sun is visible over Europe and much of Asia and Africa. |
Crime/Disasters |
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An American emigrant ship is wrecked on the Irish coast with almost 400 lives lost |
Crime/Disasters |
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An American clipper-ship burns in the Pacific leaving her crew in boats thousands of miles from land. |
Crime/Disasters |
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An altercation between locals and Union regulars garrisoning Brenham, Texas results in a massive fire. |
Crime/Disasters |
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An afternoon fire in New York City destroys businesses but no lives are lost |
Battles/Soldiers |
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Amphibious Union force raids Bluffton, South Carolina and burns it to the ground |
Crime/Disasters |
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Ammunition dump explodes in Cuba, killing dozens and destroying a large area of Havana |
Education/Culture |
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Amid great ceremony, the cornerstone is laid for the National Monument at Plymouth Rock |
Cultural |
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Amherst beats Williams in the first ever intercollegiate baseball game by a score of 73-22 |