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Congress approves a reservation for the Pima and Miricopa tribes near the Gila River in New Mexico Territory |
| Slavery/Abolition |
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New Arkansas law offers free black residents choice between exile or enslavement |
| Foreign |
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In Britain, Benjamin Disraeli introduces a Parliamentary Reform Bill in the House of Commons |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Five newspaper offices burn in Memphis, Tennessee fire |
| Cultural |
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Yiddish popular writer Shalom Aleichem born in the Ukraine |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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The East Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Church meets in Williamsport, Pennsylvania |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The 35th Congress of the United States ends its term and adjourns |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The Senate of the United States opens a week long special session in Washington, DC |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The Senate of the United States is sitting in a week long special session in Washington, DC |
| Foreign |
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The Swiss Federal Council says Switzerland will defend itself and its neutrality, by force if need be |
| US/the World |
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President Buchanan appoints Robert McLane as minister to Mexico |
| Legal/Political |
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Roger Taney issues decision in Ableman v. Booth |
| Education/Culture |
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Kenneth Grahame, author of "The Wind in the Willows," born in Edinburgh |
| Personal |
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U.S. Postmaster-General Aaron V. Brown dies in office in Washington, DC |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Federal Judge John Cradlebaugh opens grand jury hearings in Provo, Utah on the Mountain Meadows Massacre |
| Foreign |
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The Italian Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia mobilizes its armed forces for war with Austria |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Joseph Holt confirmed as new Postmaster-General in the Buchanan Cabinet |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The Senate of the United States ends its week long special session in Washington, DC |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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Public meeting of Methodists in north Texas protests the influence of northern abolitionist preachers in the Church |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Spring tides and high winds cause flooding and subsidence along the Hudson River in New York |
| Foreign |
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In Mexico, General Miguel Miramón surrounds Vera Cruz, capital of the Liberal government |
| Education/Culture |
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Charles Gounod's opera "Faust" premieres in Paris to luke-warm critical acclaim |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Fatal railroad accident in Canada when a Great Western Railway express train plunges into a ravine |
| Education/Culture |
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The Zoological Society of Philadelphia plans the nation's first zoo |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Disastrous earthquake levels the city of Quito in Ecuador and kills 5000 people |
| Foreign |
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Great Power conference proposed in Europe to head off war between Austria and Piedmont-Sardinia |
| Foreign |
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In London, the House of Lords defeats a bill which would have allowed a widower to marry his dead wife's sister |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Congressman Daniel Sickles is indicted for murder in Washington D.C. in the shooting of Philip Barton Key |
| Science/Technology |
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French amateur astronomer observes a new planet in our solar system |
| Legal/Political |
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Territorial Governor Cumming of Utah protests U.S. Army troops aiding the federal court sitting in Provo |
