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By almost unanimous legislation, Vermont becomes the sixth state to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment |
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In Washington, six-month government figures indicate an hundred million dollar decline in the U.S. national debt |
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War Department figures indicate that only eleven thousand volunteers remain from its vast Civil War army. |
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Governor Swann of Maryland removes the Baltimore Police Commissioners board. |
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William Wright, sitting Democratic U.S. Senator from New Jersey, dies at his home in Newark. |
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The results of the plebiscite confirming Austria's ceding of Venice to Italy are announced. |
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In Massachusetts, Republicans win smashing victories in the fall state elections. |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In Illinois elections, Republicans retain their dominant position in the state legislature. |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Kansas Republicans win crushing victories in the state and federal elections. |
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Michigan Republicans win impressive victories in state elections. |
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The "Indiana Colored Convention" is meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana. |
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King Victor Emanuel enters the city of Venice, newly united with the rest of Italy. |
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On Crete, Turkish troops kill hundreds when they capture the rebel headquarters at the Arkadi Monastery. |
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In St. Petersburg, the future Alexander III of Russia marries Princess Dagmar of Denmark. |
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In Milledgeville, Georgia becomes the second state to reject the Fourteenth Amendment. |
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Another armed gang in Kentucky derails a train and robs its passengers. |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Thirty-eight passengers and crew drown when their ship runs aground in an Irish gale. |
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Democrats retake the Delaware governor's mansion and retain control of the State Legislature. |
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The Leonid Meteor Display make a spectacular appearance over Europe. |
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In northern England, widespread flooding cause heavy damage but few deaths. |
| Science/Technology |
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In New York City, an ornate banquet honors Cyrus Field and his Atlantic Cable. |
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Near Donaldsonville, Louisiana, a Mississippi steamboat burns and six people are killed. |
| Education/Culture |
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President Johnson attends the cornerstone dedication of a new Masonic Temple in Baltimore, Maryland. |
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A mass meeting in Ontario calls for annexation of parts of Canada to the United States |
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Cave Johnson, former Postmaster General of the United States, dies at his home in Tennessee. |
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Two steamboats collide on the St. Clair River in Michigan and one sinks with loss of life. |
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In Marion County, Kentucky, a Lebanon midnight lynch mob executes three men |
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On the Mexican border, U.S. Army troops make a brief incursion into Matamoras |
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In New York's East River, a Brooklyn ferry burns but all aboard are saved. |
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New railroad bridge across the Susquehanna speeds up the journey from Philadelphia to Washington, DC. |
