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Future British Nobel Prize for Literature laureate John Galsworthy is born in southern England. |
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George W.L. Bickley, notorious Copperhead and founder of the the Knights of the Golden Circle, dies in Baltimore. |
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In County Wicklow, Ireland, a passenger train crashes into a ravine, killing two passengers. |
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In New York, the summer horse racing meeting at Saratoga is under way. |
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The Indian Peace Commission, newly appointed to negotiate with hostile Plains Indian tribes, organizes in St. Louis, Missouri. |
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In Kentucky state elections, Democrats easily maintain their hold on the governorship. |
| Science/Technology |
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The American end of the new United States to Cuba undersea telegraph is landed near Key West, Florida. |
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Future British prime minister Stanley Baldwin is born in central England. |
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S.S. Kresge, the architect of the KMart retailing chain, is born in Pennsylvania. |
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Fifth District military governor General Phil Sheridan removes the sitting Texas governor from office. |
| Science/Technology |
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An experimental survival raft arrives in Southampton Water after a forty-three Atlantic crossing from New York. |
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France abolishes imprisonment for debt and closes the Clichy Debtors' Prison in Paris. |
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The Fortieth Congress is in recess from its first session in Washington DC |
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The U.S. Congress authorizes an Indian Peace Commission to negotiate with hostile Plains Indian tribes. |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In Washington, Congress passes the Third Military Reconstruction Bill, over President Johnson's veto. |
| Education/Culture |
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In Worcester, Massachusetts, Harvard beats Yale in their annual boat race. |
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Abdülaziz I of Turkey becomes the first Ottoman Emperor to visit the United Kingdom. |
| US/the World |
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President Benito Juarez returns to Mexico City and the restoration of republican rule. |
| Education/Culture |
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The Tenth National Saengerfest for German-American Choral Societies is held in Philadelphia. |
| US/the World |
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Sultan Abdülaziz of Turkey arrives at Dover for a ten day state visit to Britain. |
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In Kansas, Seventh Cavalry scouts find the bodies of Lieutenant Kidder's patrol killed two weeks before. |
| Personal |
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John A. King, former Republican governor of New York, dies at his home in Queens County after a stroke. |
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On campaign in western Kansas, Custer's Seventh Cavalry suffers a rash of desertions. |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In Franklin, Tennessee, a fatal confrontation between Confederate veterans and discharged black soldiers results in gunfire. |
| Education/Culture |
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Independence Day. |
| US/the World |
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Canada's new Governor-General invites Sir John A. MacDonald to form a federal coalition government. |
| US/the World |
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Canada becomes a Dominion, its provinces united in a federal parliamentary structure under the British Crown. |
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The first International Caledonian Games in North America is under way in New York City |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In northern England, a deadly train wreck kills five and injures many more. |
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In Kansas, Cheyenne and Lakota warriors wipe out a U.S. Army detail of twelve men. |
