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Science/Technology Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist, is born in Bavaria
Science/Technology Almost three years in the building, the U.S.S. Dunderburg is finally launched into New York's East River
Crime/Disasters Almost three hundred drown on Lake Michigan in an excursion steamer collision
Crime/Disasters Almost fifty people are killed in an horrific train wreck near Angola, New York.
Battles/Soldiers Almost 40,000 Missourians are now in Union uniform, according to state reports
Slavery/Abolition Alleged fugitive slave arrested in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and sent that evening to Philadelphia
Crime/Disasters Alleged embezzlers, accused of defrauding the Phoenix Bank of up to $300,000 face a New York City Court
Education/Culture All-England Cricket team wind up their United States tour with a victory in Rochester, New York
Education/Culture All-England Cricket team continues its tour with a match in Philadelphia
Crime/Disasters - All twenty-four passengers aboard a Boston bound ship drown when she hits rocks outside the harbor
Religion/Philosophy All Souls' Day - The Day of the Dead in the Christian calendar
Religion/Philosophy All Saints Day
Religion/Philosophy All Saints Day
Religion/Philosophy All Saints Day
Religion/Philosophy All Saints Day
Religion/Philosophy All Saints Day
US/the World All remaining Neapolitan troops sail from Palermo and withdraw from Sicily
Legal/Political All defendants in the Columbus Jones kidnapping case acquitted in Massachusetts
Science/Technology Alfred Nobel takes out his first patent for nitro-glycerine in Sweden
Foreign Alfred Dreyfus, future French artillery officer and Devil's Island prisoner, is born in Alsace
Personal Alexis Soyer, the most famous chef in Europe, dies in London
Education/Culture Alexis de Tocqueville dies at Cannes in France
Foreign Alexander, ruler of Serbia, is forced to abdicate
Foreign Alexander von Humboldt dies in Berlin
Lawmaking/Litigating Alexander Stephens addresses the Georgia Legislature and urges acceptance and a new South
Personal Alexander McClure is born in Sherman’s Valley, Pennsylvania
Personal Alexander McClure dies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Foreign Alexander II is crowned as Emperor of the Russian Empire
Religion/Philosophy Alexander Campbell, founder of the Disciples of Christ and Bethany College, dies in western Virginia
Cultural Aleksandr Ostrovsky's play "Groza," or "The Storm," premieres in Moscow.