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Abraham Cahan born near Vilna, Lithuania |
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New daily newspaper commences publication in Sydney, Australia |
| Education/Culture |
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In baseball, Brooklyn's touring Excelsior Club defeats Live Oak of Rochester, New York 29 to 9 |
| Science/Technology |
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Explorer Isaac Israel Hayes departs Boston on an fourteen month expedition to the Arctic |
| US/the World |
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Near Edinburgh, a Scottish railway locomotive crashes into the sea killing four of the five aboard |
| Slavery/Abolition |
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In Alabama, the last Africa slaves transported and sold on United States soil landed on the Mobile River |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Texas, devastating fires strike Dallas and other parts of Denton County |
| US/the World |
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The Prince of Wales prepares to sail on his tour of Canada and the United States |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Outside the White House, thousands of Democrats hear President Buchanan speak in favor of Breckinridge |
| Business/Industry |
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In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Northwestern Mutual Life makes its first real estate loan |
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Druse militants massacre thousands of Christians in Damascus |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Secretary of War Floyd orders operations against the Navajo |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Albert Hicks, facing execution as the United States' last pirate, confesses to a spectacular life of crime |
| Business/Industry |
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In New York, the giant steamship "Great Eastern" halves the price for a visit aboard to fifty cents |
| Personal |
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William T. Sherman, teaching in Louisiana, writes to his wife with cynicism about the upcoming election |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Ohio Republican congressional candidate leaves party over platform plank on immigrant voting |
| US/the World |
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The Prince of Wales sails from Plymouth Sound for his tour of Canada and the United States |
| US/the World |
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In Japan, seven year old Prince Mutsuhito named as Crown Prince and heir to the throne |
| Slavery/Abolition |
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In a fiery speech, Senator Sumner predicts slavery will one day die as "a poisoned rat dies in its hole" |
| US/the World |
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In Britain, a question requiring a person's religious affiliation is removed from the upcoming national census |
| Science/Technology |
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The "Great Comet of 1860" reaches its closest point to the Earth |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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Dickinson College trustees hold firm that daily morning prayers will take place "before breakfast" |
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West Washington Market in New York City suffers severe damage in a midnight fire |
| Education/Culture |
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British author and dramatist George Soane dies at his London home |
| US/the World |
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In Northern Ireland, Orangemen clash with Catholics killing two and wounding fifteen |
| Dickinsonian |
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Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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New York States' Constitutional Unionists meet in convention at Utica |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Philadelphia, a large railroad car factory suffers severe damage in a morning fire |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Prominent New York American Party politician James O. Putnam endorses Abraham Lincoln |
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Albert Hicks, the United States' last pirate, is hanged on Bedloe's Island in New York Bay |
