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In Canada, an earthquake across Quebec causes excitement but only mild damage and no reported deaths |
| Education/Culture |
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Willie Park, Sr. wins the first British Open by shooting 174 over 36 holes |
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Prince Albert visits Boston and meets the last living survivor of the Battle of Bunker Hill |
| US/the World |
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Lord Elgin orders the destruction of the Summer Palace in Beijing as reprisal for murder of hostages |
| Business/Industry |
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In Pennsylvania, a new railroad extension further connects the coalfields with Philadelphia and beyond |
| US/the World |
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Ang Duong, King of Cambodia, dies at age sixty-four after twelve years of rule |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Stephen Douglas makes his final campaign tour, through the Deep South |
| US/the World |
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At Portland, Maine, the Prince of Wales departs North America at the end of his tour |
| US/the World |
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In Austria-Hungary, Emperor Franz Joseph introduces constitutional reforms |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Charleston, South Carolina, the city's elite militia unit offers its services to the state |
| US/the World |
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In Italy, Piedmontese forces sweep aside Neapolitan resistance and advance on Capua |
| US/the World |
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Former Neapolitan provinces, including Sicily, vote overwhelmingly to join a united Italy |
| Education/Culture |
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Dickinson student, John F. Frederick '64, takes another drunken step towards ending his college career |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In Kentucky, "fire-eater" William Lowndes Yancey stumps for Breckinridge |
| US/the World |
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The Convention of Beijing opens China to Western trade and missionary activity |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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South Carolina's political leadership meets to decide on secession should Lincoln win the presidency |
| Personal |
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"Grizzly" Adams dies at his home in Neponset, Massachusetts |
| US/the World |
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Garibaldi welcomes King Victor Emmanuel II and turns over his conquests to him |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Bristol County, Massachusetts, an early morning railroad accident seriously injures three people |
| Education/Culture |
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In the previous seven days 390 people have died of various causes in New York City |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In Washington, the U.S. Court of Claims opens a new session |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Stephen Douglas ends his presidential campaign with speeches in Georgia and Alabama |
| Personal |
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Andrew Volstead, author of National Prohibition Act, born in Minnesota |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Louisiana, a Mississippi steamboat's boiler ruptures and scalds forty-five people aboard to death |
| Personal |
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Juliette Low born in Savannah, Georgia |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In Baltimore, pre-election political parades and meetings spawn violence |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In London, an explosion at the excavations for the new underground railway kills two railwaymen |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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New York City's veterans of the War of 1812 meet and declare for Lincoln and the Republicans |
| US/the World |
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Italian nationalist forces begin the siege of Gaeta, the last stronghold of the Bourbon monarchy |
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In Italy, plebiscite results in former Neapolitan provinces go overwhelmingly for joining a united Italy |
