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In Washington, the capital's Catholic congregations donate in aid of the Pope and his troubles in Italy |
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First International Chemical Congress meets in Karlsruhe, Germany |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Honduras, American filibuster William Walker surrenders to the British Royal Navy |
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In northern England, eleven killed and scores injured in a railway accident |
| Crime/Disasters |
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New York Police round up hundreds of street beggars throughout the city |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In Vermont, Republicans win state-wide elections |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Senator W.H. Seward speaks in Detroit on a campaign swing for Republicans in Michigan |
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Another huge Republican rally, this time in Jersey City, New Jersey |
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In California, Douglas Democrats hold their state convention in Sacramento and choose electors |
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Jane Addams born in Cedarville, Illinois |
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In Baltimore, Stephen Douglas speaks to a large crowd in Monument Square |
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King Ferdinand of Naples evacuates his capital |
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The Prince of Wales' tour moves on to Toronto, capital of Upper Canada |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Senator Douglas's campaign swing reaches Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| Education/Culture |
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In baseball, Union and Excelsior play one of the lowest scoring games on record, final score 7-4 |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Almost three hundred drown on Lake Michigan in an excursion steamer collision |
| Education/Culture |
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Anna Mary Robertson, the future artist "Grandma Moses," is born in Greenwich, New York |
| US/the World |
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In Italy, Garibaldi enters Naples in triumph |
| Science/Technology |
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Telegraph lines continue to cross the Nebraska Territory with the opening of the Omaha office |
| US/the World |
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Count Cavour of Piedmont warns the Papal States over their response to nationalist uprisings |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Bangor, Maine based brig capsizes in a storm off Cape Cod and only one of seven aboard survive |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Idaho, an emigrant wagon train attacked and scattered by Indians |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Royal Navy warship lost with all hands in a typhoon off the coast of Japan |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Medford, Massachusetts, fire destroys the Second Congregational Church |
| Education/Culture |
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In Ohio, the city of Cleveland honors Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry with a marble statue |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Republicans sweep the Maine state-wide elections |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Four thousand "Wide Awake" club members march in a torch-lit parade through Albany, New York |
| Education/Culture |
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The American Pomological Society holds its sixth national meeting in Philadelphia |
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In California, Breckinridge Democrats hold their state convention in Sacramento and choose electors |
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In central Italy, Piedmont-Sardinia invades the Papal States |
