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In eastern Pennsylvania, a Jersey City express train derails and kills two nearby woodcutters |
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A stern-wheeler steamboat explodes and burns on the Arkansas River, killing around 130 people |
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The only son of Supreme Court Justice Robert Cooper Grier dies in the Miami steamboat disaster |
| Education/Culture |
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Eliphalet Nott, president of Union College for sixty-two years, dies in Schenectady, New York. |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In another disaster, the steamboat "Missouri" explodes on the Ohio River and more than a hundred die |
| Education/Culture |
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In New York CIty, the Seventh Regiment, New York National Guard hold a gala dress ball for its war veterans |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In western Pennsylvania, an early morning fire destroys much of the center of the town of Franklin |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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At the U.S. Capitol, the Senate passes the Civil Rights Bill of 1866 |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In the third river disaster in a week, the Mississippi steamboat "W.R. Carter" explodes and scores die |
| Science/Technology |
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In New York Harbor, a U.S. Revenue cutter tests a new, safer boat lowering mechanism |
| Crime/Disasters |
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A serious fire in Pennsylvania's oil fields destroys nine wells along Bennehof Run in Venango County |
| Business/Industry |
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In Cincinnati, the United States Mail Steamboat Company replaces the tubular boilers on its new boat |
| US/the World |
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In Washington, trade negotiations between Canada and Congress break up without agreement |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In Washington, the House of Representatives votes to confirm the transfer of two Virginia counties to West Virginia. |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In Washington, the House of Representatives passes the Freedmen's Bureau Bill |
| US/the World |
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Spanish and South American naval units meet in the Battle of Abtao off the coast of Chile |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In Washington, Frederick Douglass leads a delegation of African-American leaders to the White House |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In New York City, Henry Bergh gives a public speech before leading citizens on animal rights |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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The Republican governor of Louisiana vetoes early elections for New Orleans. |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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On Abraham Lincoln's birthday, historian George Bancroft delivers a memorial oration before Congress |
| Crime/Disasters |
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The probable first ever peacetime daylight bank robbery in American history takes place in Liberty, Missouri |
| Education/Culture |
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In Mobile, Joe Cain and friends revive the city's traditional Mardi Gras celebrations with an irreverent parade |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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Shrove Tuesday |
| Science/Technology |
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Off New York City, naval engine designs compete in a race between the "Winooski" and the "Algonquin" |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Dakota Territory, a winter storm catches a detachment of cavalry on the trail and several men die |
| Personal |
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Former Union volunteer general, Henry M. Judah, dies at his station in Plattsburg, New York. |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Brooklyn, New York's 90th Infantry are honored with a full city parade on their return home. |
| Science/Technology |
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In New York, the new railroad bridge linking Albany and Rensselaer across the Hudson takes its first traffic |
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In Washington, President Johnson vetoes the Freedmen's Bureau Bill |
