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