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In baseball, Brooklyn Excelsior visits Maryland to play Baltimore Excelsior |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Senator Seward campaigns for the Republican Party in St. Joseph, Missouri |
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Gabriel Garcia Moreno's victory at Battle of Guayaquil ends the civil war in Ecuador |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, an exploding boiler flies through four brick walls and kills twelve people |
| Crime/Disasters |
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St. Louis bound river steamer sinks near the mouth of the Missouri River |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In Maryland, Breckinridge supporter William Yancey of Alabama speaks before a large crowd in Easton |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In New York City, Republican "Wide Awakes" brawl with Bell supporters on Broadway |
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The Prince of Wales resumes his American tour, visiting St. Louis, Missouri |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Campaigning in Kansas, Senator Seward receives a hero's welcome at Lawrence |
| US/the World |
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Ecuador adopts a new national flag |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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Yom Kippur |
| US/the World |
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In Panama, American and British warships land troops to restore order |
| Education/Culture |
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Five gold prospectors climb Mount St. Helens in Washington Territory |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Texas, a coastal steamboat bursts its boilers with heavy loss of life |
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On his American tour, Prince Albert is in Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Education/Culture |
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Just arrived in New York City, French billiard champion Claudius Berger gives his first American exhibition |
| US/the World |
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The last Papal troops in the Pope's central Italian provinces surrender at Ancona |
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Garibaldi and his Italian nationalists inflict final defeat on the Bourbon forces at Battle of Volturno |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Florida holds state-wide elections, choosing Breckinridge Democrat John Milton as governor |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In Connecticut, Bridgeport elects a Republican mayor |
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The Prince of Wales visits Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| US/the World |
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Count Cavour prepares to annex central and southern provinces into a united Italy |
| Personal |
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Famous portrait painter Rembrandt Peale dies at his home in Philadelphia |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In New York City, 12,000 Republican "Wide-Awakes" march in a huge torch-lit night parade |
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Severe gales pound the north-east coast of England and Scotland |
| US/the World |
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In Pennsylvania, the Prince of Wales tours the state capitol in Harrisburg |
| US/the World |
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The Prince of Wales is in Washington, DC, hosted at the White House |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Pennsylvania, a railroad depot near Pittsburgh is damaged by fire |
| Education/Culture |
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In New York City, the press get a preview of Mathew Brady's new photographic gallery on Broadway |
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William H. Seward continues his stumping tour for Republicans in Cleveland, Ohio |
