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Type	Date Span	Title
Religion/Philosophy	Thu, June 3, 1858	Corpus Christi celebrated
Personal	Fri, June 4, 1858	James Pinckney Henderson, the new Senator from Texas, dies in Philadelphia before even taking his seat
Personal	Sun, June 6, 1858	William Stoker marries in Texas
Business/Industry	Wed, June 9, 1858	A gold nugget weighting almost 185 pounds dug up in the Australian gold fields
Crime/Disasters	Wed, June 9, 1858 - Sat, June 12, 1858	Abundant rains deluge many northern states
Foreign	Fri, June 11, 1858	The "Welcome Nugget," weighing 126.25 pounds, found in the Australian goldfields
Crime/Disasters	Sat, June 12, 1858	Floods in Baltimore
US/the World	Sat, June 12, 1858	President Báez flees Santo Domingo
US/the World	Sun, June 13, 1858	Treaty signed between United States and China
Crime/Disasters	Sun, June 13, 1858	Steamboat founders on the Mississippi
Legal/Political	Mon, June 14, 1858	The 35th Congress ends its first session in Washington, DC. and adjourns until December
Crime/Disasters	Mon, June 14, 1858	Floods ravage Cairo, Illinois
Legal/Political	Mon, June 14, 1858	James H. Lane goes on trial for murder in Kansas
Legal/Political	Mon, June 14, 1858	Utah Territorial Governor proclaims a blanket pardon to end the Mormon War
Lawmaking/Litigating	Tue, June 15, 1858 - Wed, June 16, 1858	The Senate of the United States is sitting in a two day special session in Washington, DC
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, June 16, 1858	Lincoln delivers his famous House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, June 16, 1858 - Wed, January 5, 1859	Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859
Crime/Disasters	Fri, June 18, 1858	Business district in Mariposa burns
Crime/Disasters	Mon, June 21, 1858	Massive fire on the London Docks
Science/Technology	Mon, June 21, 1858	First day of Summer
US/the World	Wed, June 23, 1858	In Bologna, Italy, Edgardo Mortara is removed by force from his Jewish parents' home to be raised as a Catholic
Foreign	Sat, June 26, 1858	Great Britain and China sign the Treaty of Tientsin, ending the Anglo-Chinese War (1856-58) and opening Chinese ports
Crime/Disasters	Tue, June 29, 1858	Another great warehouse fire on the London Docks
Cultural	Wed, June 30, 1858	Joseph Heco becomes the first Japanese born citizen of the United States
Foreign	Fri, July 2, 1858	In Mexico, conservative and liberal forces fight an inconclusive but bloody battle at Atenquique in the western state of Jalisco
Personal	Sat, July 3, 1858 - Sun, July 4, 1858	President Monroe goes home to Virginia
Dickinsonian	Thu, July 8, 1858	Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies (1858)
Foreign	Thu, July 8, 1858	King Oscar I dies at his palace in Sweden and is succeeded by his eldest son, who becomes Charles XV
Campaigns/Elections	Fri, July 9, 1858	Senator Douglas launches his campaign with a speech in Chicago, Illinois
Crime/Disasters	Sat, July 10, 1858	City Marshal of Lexington, Kentucky dies in the performance of his duty