Events

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Crime/Disasters A massive afternoon summer thunderstorm hits Hartford, Connecticut
Crime/Disasters A massive boiler explosion at a saw-mill kills several New Yorkers.
Crime/Disasters A massive evening fire in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince destroys much of the business district
Crime/Disasters - A massive fire destroys much of Portland, Maine, leaving 10,000 homeless but killing only two.
Crime/Disasters A massive fire in Cincinnati, Ohio destroys the famous 1859 Pike's Opera House and other buildings
Science/Technology - A massive geomagnetic storm disrupts navigation and telegraphy around the globe
Crime/Disasters A massive hailstorm shatters glass windows throughout the city of Philadelphia.
Crime/Disasters A massive oil fire destroys wells and installations neat Pithole City in Venango County, Pennsylvania
Crime/Disasters A massive pre-dawn fire destroys a large section of Gloucester, Massachusetts
Science/Technology A meteor shower falls to earth over Muskingum County, Ohio
Crime/Disasters A Mexican firing squad executes French adventurer Gaston Raousset in Guaymas, Sonora
Lawmaking/Litigating - A Military Commission tries Clement Vallandigham in Cincinnati for "disloyal sentiments and opinions"
Crime/Disasters A Mississippi steamboat burns to the waterline at its dock in New Orleans, Louisiana
Battles/Soldiers A mix of regular and irregular American forces occupy Bagdad, Mexico
Crime/Disasters A morning fire in downtown Providence, Rhode Island causes heavy damage
Business/Industry A national convention of workingmen meets in Philadelphia
Religion/Philosophy A National Day of Fasting and Prayer is held across the North
Lawmaking/Litigating A new Article of War forbids the military to return escaped slaves to their former owners
Battles/Soldiers A New Hampshire monument is dedicated at the new Winchester National Cemetery in Virginia,
Education/Culture A new statue of former Chief Justice John Marshall is installed at the Washington Monument in Richmond, Virginia.
Crime/Disasters A New York City brewery employee commits suicide by jumping into a vat of boiling beer
Science/Technology A partial eclipse of the Sun is visible in northwestern North America
Battles/Soldiers A party of Californians under Daniel Showalter make for Confederate Arizona with Union cavalry in pursuit
Crime/Disasters A passenger ship is sunk in a hurricane off the Carolina coast with very heavy loss of life.
Crime/Disasters A passenger steamship runs aground on a New Jersey beach and seven people are drowned.
US/the World A Peace Conference aimed at ending the German-Danish war convenes in London
Science/Technology A Police and Fire Alarm System goes into operation in Baltimore, Maryland
Crime/Disasters A powerful earthquake destroys much of the town of Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos, killing hundreds.
Crime/Disasters A powerful hurricane devastates the island of Puerto Rico, killing hundreds.
Crime/Disasters - A powerful hurricane strikes the coast of Louisiana.