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Type	Date Span	Title
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, January 11, 1860 - Sat, January 14, 1860	The Alabama Democratic Convention meets in Montgomery and formulates the "Alabama Platform"
Campaigns/Elections	Thu, January 12, 1860 - Fri, January 13, 1860	Indiana Democratic Convention meets in Indianapolis
Lawmaking/Litigating	Thu, January 12, 1860	The thirty-fourth ballot in the election for Speaker of the House ends without a resolution
Legal/Political	Thu, January 12, 1860	South Carolina sends Christopher Memminger to discuss the sectional crisis with the Virginia legislature
Crime/Disasters	Fri, January 13, 1860	Slave-mart collapses in Memphis, Tennessee and four "valuable negro men" die
Campaigns/Elections	Sat, January 14, 1860	Milton S. Latham resigns after five days as California governor
Slavery/Abolition	Sun, January 15, 1860	Scores of free blacks sail from New Orleans to begin a new life in Haiti
Crime/Disasters	Sun, January 15, 1860	The ice on the Monongahela River above Pittsburgh breaks suddenly, causing heavy damage
Crime/Disasters	Mon, January 16, 1860	Largest cotton warehouse in Houston, Texas burns to the ground
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, January 16, 1860	Missouri Legislature adjourns and the Governor immediately recalls it
Campaigns/Elections	Mon, January 16, 1860	Eli Slifer elected to his second term as Pennsylvania State Treasurer
Cultural	Mon, January 16, 1860	American Colonization Society holds its forty-third annual meeting in Washington D.C.
Business/Industry	Tue, January 17, 1860	Louisiana Governor Wickliffe recommends economic self-defense for the South
Foreign	Tue, January 17, 1860	Count Cavour recalled as prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia
Crime/Disasters	Tue, January 17, 1860	Ice on the Hudson gives way under a sleigh and eight people are drowned
Crime/Disasters	Tue, January 17, 1860	In Vicksburg, a disgruntled former employee shoots newspaper editor dead on the street
Lawmaking/Litigating	Wed, January 18, 1860	Tennessee Democrats nominate Senator Andrew Johnson as their candidate for president
Business/Industry	Wed, January 18, 1860	Manufacturers Convention in Connecticut divides on political party lines
Lawmaking/Litigating	Thu, January 19, 1860	South Carolina Commissioner Christopher Memminger speaks for four hours before the Virginia legislature
Crime/Disasters	Thu, January 19, 1860	Earthquake felt in Charleston, South Carolina but little damage results
Crime/Disasters	Fri, January 20, 1860	Steam boat burns on the Upper Red River in Arkansas
Foreign	Fri, January 20, 1860	Dutch troops take and destroy Watapone, the capital of the Celebes in Indonesia
Foreign	Sat, January 21, 1860	In Piedmont-Sardinia, Count Cavour's new Cabinet takes office
Crime/Disasters	Sat, January 21, 1860	Captain of the giant steamship Great Eastern drowns in a boating accident
US/the World	Sun, January 22, 1860	First American Hotel opened in Japan at Hakodadi on the northern island of Yezo
Crime/Disasters	Sun, January 22, 1860	Portuguese warship sinks in a storm on the Indian Ocean
Business/Industry	Mon, January 23, 1860	American-built clipper ship sails from London to Sydney in sixty-seven days
Business/Industry	Mon, January 23, 1860	Committee to help survivors of the Pemberton Mills Disaster say sufficient funds have been collected
Foreign	Mon, January 23, 1860	Great Britain and France sign a landmark free trade agreement
Business/Industry	Tue, January 24, 1860	Entire legislatures of Kentucky and Tennessee gather in Louisville, Kentucky