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Type	Date Span	Title
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, May 27, 1860	Whitsunday or Pentecost
Crime/Disasters	Mon, May 28, 1860	British gales wreck one hundred and forty-three ships in one day
Slavery/Abolition	Tue, May 29, 1860	In Buffalo, NY, Methodist Annual Conference declines to make slave holding a crime of the church
Crime/Disasters	Tue, May 29, 1860	On Lake Superior, a passenger steamer runs aground during fog and is lost
Battles/Soldiers	Tue, May 29, 1860	Apaches launch a full scale attack on settlements along the Mimbres River in southern New Mexico
Crime/Disasters	Wed, May 30, 1860	Tornadoes in the northwestern Pennsylvania highlands devastate kill seven and injure thirty
Crime/Disasters	Wed, May 30, 1860	In London, a runaway train leaves the station at Kings Cross and crosses the road outside
Personal	Thu, May 31, 1860	U.S. Supreme Court Justice Peter V. Daniel dies in Richmond, Virginia
Battles/Soldiers	Thu, May 31, 1860	New Mexico volunteers ride from Mesilla, New Mexico to relieve the Mimbres River settlers
Slavery/Abolition	Fri, June 1, 1860	Maryland's law banning all manumission of slaves comes into effect
Battles/Soldiers	Fri, June 1, 1860	U.S. Army Signal Corps established
Crime/Disasters	Sat, June 2, 1860	Tornado strikes the town of Alton, Illinois
Battles/Soldiers	Sat, June 2, 1860 - Mon, June 4, 1860	In Nevada, Paiute Indians defeated at the Second Battle of Pyramid Lake
Crime/Disasters	Sat, June 2, 1860	On Long Island, police battle large crowds to prevent an illegal prize fight
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sat, June 2, 1860	Governor of Ohio refuses extradition request of Tennessee for two "negro-stealers"
Personal	Sun, June 3, 1860	Republican Congressman Silas M. Burroughs dies at his home in New York
Crime/Disasters	Sun, June 3, 1860	"The Great Tornado of the Northwest" strikes Iowa and Illinois killing and injuring hundreds
Campaigns/Elections	Mon, June 4, 1860 - Wed, June 6, 1860	Divided Alabama Democratic Party holds two separate nominating conventions in Montgomery
Religion/Philosophy	Mon, June 4, 1860	In Buffalo, the Methodist Church concludes its Annual conference after more than a month in session
US/the World	Mon, June 4, 1860	President Buchanan invites the Prince of Wales to visit the United States
Campaigns/Elections	Tue, June 5, 1860	Horatio Seymour withdraws his name from any consideration for the Democratic presidential nomination
Personal	Tue, June 5, 1860	Samuel D. Ingham, Secretary of the Treasury under Andrew Jackson, dies in Trenton, New Jersey
Lawmaking/Litigating	Tue, June 5, 1860	Virginia Republican arrested for circulating anti-southern literature
Crime/Disasters	Tue, June 5, 1860	Tornado strikes Putnam and Morgan Counties in west central Indiana
Education/Culture	Wed, June 6, 1860	America's best trotting horses race in a three heat series at the Union Course on Long Island
Education/Culture	Wed, June 6, 1860	Baltimore Excelsiors defeat Washington Potomacs in first intercity baseball game outside New York City
US/the World	Wed, June 6, 1860 - Thu, June 7, 1860	In Sicily, royal troops capitulate and leave the capital city of Palermo in the hands of Garibaldi
Education/Culture	Thu, June 7, 1860	The New York Yacht Club holds its sixteenth annual regatta
Religion/Philosophy	Thu, June 7, 1860	Corpus Christi celebrated
Campaigns/Elections	Thu, June 7, 1860	Maine Republicans endorse Lincoln for President and nominate Israel Washburn for governor