| Education/Culture |
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Brooklyn Excelsiors leave on the first baseball tour |
| US/the World |
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First Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States departs for home from New York City |
| Business/Industry |
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New York and New Yorkers worth $577,230,656.97 in 1860 say city Tax Commissioners |
| US/the World |
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Murillo's "Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception" sells at auction in London for 9000 guineas |
| Personal |
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Charles Goodyear dies a poor man in New York City |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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Discussing Italian current affairs, Archbishop Hughes of New York defends the Pope and the Papal States |
| Science/Technology |
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The giant steamship "Great Eastern" causes a sensation on the New York Docks |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Democrats meet over the split in the party's presidential nominations |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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At a mass meeting in Tammany Hall, New York Democrats unite behind Stephen Douglas |
| US/the World |
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The city of Vladivostok is founded in Russia's new province on Asia's Pacific Coast |
| Business/Industry |
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The sternwheeler "Chippewa" reaches Fort Benton on the Upper Missouri |
| US/the World |
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The National Rifle Association holds its first shooting meeting on Wimbledon Common in London |
| Personal |
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman born in Hartford, Connecticut |
| Business/Industry |
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The giant steamship "Great Eastern" opens for tours at the New York docks |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Prisoner workshops at Sing Sing Prison destroyed by fire |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In New York City, rival fire companies battle in the streets at a routine fire call |
| Education/Culture |
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The town of Olathe in Kansas plans a free meal for a thousand for the Fourth of July but two thousand show up |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Ohio Democratic State Convention splits over endorsement of the Douglas-Johnson presidential ticket |
| Education/Culture |
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In New York City, a massive fireworks display celebrates the Fourth of July |
| Business/Industry |
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In California, San Francisco's first street railway begins operation |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Batavia, Iowa, mob of hundreds lynch murderer of a woman and her daughter |
| Education/Culture |
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In baseball, Brooklyn's touring Excelsior Club defeats Flour City of Rochester, New York 21 to 1 |
| Personal |
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Robert Bacon, future Secretary of State, born in Boston, Massachusetts |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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On behalf of his flock, Archbishop Kenrick of Baltimore sends Pope Pius IX sympathy for his troubles in Italy |
| Education/Culture |
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In baseball, Brooklyn's touring Excelsior Club defeats Niagara Club in Buffalo 51 to 19 |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Colonel William Harney turns over command of the Department of Oregon after being ordered home |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Nine people die when buildings in St. Joseph, Missouri business district suddenly collapse then burn |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Detroit, a steam-tug explodes while in dock, killing five of seven crewmembers |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Mayor Wood of New York City proposes Democrats vote strategically across the country in November |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Large fire threatens Poughkeepsie, New York |
