Crime/Disasters |
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Anton Probst, suspect in the "Deering Massacre" murders, is arrested in Philadelphia |
Battles/Soldiers |
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Apaches launch a full scale attack on settlements along the Mimbres River in southern New Mexico |
Personal |
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Archbishop John Hughes dies in New York City |
Religion/Philosophy |
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Archbishop John Hughes is buried in a ceremony at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City |
Crime/Disasters |
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Archbishop of Paris is assassinated on his way to Mass |
Personal |
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is born in Graz, Austria |
Business/Industry |
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Argentina signs an international agreement opening up the Parana River to outside ships |
Foreign |
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Argentine Confederation and breakaway province of Buenos Aires agree to a reunification |
Foreign |
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Argentine rebel forces oust dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas |
Crime/Disasters |
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Argument in Tennessee law school leads to a fatal shooting |
Personal |
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Aristide Briand, future wartime leader of France and Nobel Peace prize laureate is born in Nantes |
Crime/Disasters |
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Arizona Territorial delegate Sylvester Mowry fights duel with Arizona newspaperman E. E. Cross |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Arkansas Democratic Convention meets in Little Rock |
Battles/Soldiers |
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Army builds new fort in New Mexico |
Battles/Soldiers |
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Around Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, Confederate advance units skirmish with Union troops defending Harrisburg |
Science/Technology |
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Around midnight, a total eclipse of the Moon is visible across much of the United States |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Arriving in Boston, Stephen Douglas continues his political tour |
Personal |
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Artemus Ward, Abraham Lincoln's favorite humorist, dies of tuberculosis while on tour in England |
Cultural |
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Arthur Conan Doyle is born in Edinburgh |
US/the World |
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As Chile and Peru face Spain, a large public meeting is held in New York in support of the Monroe Doctrine |
Business/Industry |
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As specie flows South, New York banks agree to work in concert to stabilize markets |
Battles/Soldiers |
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As the year closes, the armed forces of the United States reach a strength of more than 680,000 men |
Religion/Philosophy |
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Ascension Day |
Religion/Philosophy |
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Ash Wednesday |
Religion/Philosophy |
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Ash Wednesday |
Religion/Philosophy |
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Ash Wednesday |
Religion/Philosophy |
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Ash Wednesday |
Religion/Philosophy |
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Ash Wednesday |
Religion/Philosophy |
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Ash Wednesday |
Religion/Philosophy |
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Ash Wednesday |