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On his North American tour, the Prince of Wales visits Fredericton, capital of New Brunswick |
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William Walker and his men capture Trujillo on the Honduran coast |
| Education/Culture |
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In Hoboken, New Jersey, seventh annual U.S.A. vs. Canada cricket match ends with a home victory |
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American Scientific Association closes its fourteenth annual meeting in Newport, Rhode Island |
| Education/Culture |
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American Normal School Association meets in Buffalo, New York |
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In Trujillo, William Walker proclaims his support for the Honduran people against their government |
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In Edinburgh, Queen Victoria reviews 21,000 men of the Scottish Volunteer Movement |
| Education/Culture |
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In Brooklyn baseball, a massive crowd watches the Atlantics beat the Excelsiors |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Giant Republican rally in Springfield, Illinois |
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In Maryland, fire devastates the entire town of Salisbury |
| Business/Industry |
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President Buchanan visits the British liner Great Eastern, anchored in Chesapeake Bay |
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Continuing his North American tour, the Prince of Wales is in Charlottetown on Prince Edward's Island |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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South Carolina congressman calls for secession should Abraham Lincoln win the general election |
| Slavery/Abolition |
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Royal Navy capture American-built slave ship "Sunny South" off Mozambique |
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In Mexico, liberal General Ortega crushes conservative president Miramón and his forces at Silao |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Hurricane kills forty-seven people in Louisiana |
| Science/Technology |
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British fire the world's first breech-loading rifled cannon in anger for the first time in China |
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Annie Oakley, sharpshooter, is born in Darke County, Ohio |
| US/the World |
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Prince Danilo of Montenegro shot by assassin |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Powerful thunderstorms hit Philadelphia |
| Personal |
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American naturalist and Boy Scout pioneer Ernest Thompson Seton born in northern England |
| US/the World |
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Shot by an assassin the day before, Prince Danilo of Montenegro dies of his wounds |
| Personal |
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African-American actress and activist Henrietta Vinton Davis born in Baltimore, Maryland |
| US/the World |
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Ship full of donated military equipment arrives at Garibaldi's Sicilian base from England |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Fire destroys mills near Philadelphia |
| Business/Industry |
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The S.S. Great Eastern sails from New York for home after her first visit to the United States |
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Massive fire on the London Docks burns for two days causing a million dollars in damage |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Illinois Constitutional Union supporters hold their state convention in Decatur |
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Nebraska Democrats hold their territorial convention at Omaha |
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Sam Houston of Texas withdraws his name from consideration in the presidential contest |
