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Fireworks at a picnic result in most of the town of Denton, Maryland burning to the ground |
| Education/Culture |
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In London, the first edition of Lewis Carroll's "Alice on Wonderland" is published, only to be swiftly withdrawn |
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In Washington, President Andrew Johnson approves the sentences passed down to the Lincoln conspirators |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The new United States Secret Service goes into operation for the Treasury Department |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In London, Parliament passes the world's first speed limits on public roads |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Wheeling, West Virginia, a prominent citizen loses his life while on duty as a provost guard |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Washington's Old Penitentiary, the Lincoln conspirators are told their fate in their cells |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Four condemned Lincoln assassination conspirators, including Mary Surratt, are executed in Washington, D.C. |
| Science/Technology |
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At the Brooklyn Naval Yard, the United States Navy launches its latest frigate, the wooden screw steamer "Madawaska" |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Tennessee congressional candidate Emerson Etheridge is arrested over his inflammatory campaign speeches |
| Science/Technology |
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A July heatwave continues across the eastern United States |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In Washington, Virginia businessmen meet with President Johnson asking for changes in the amnesty regulations |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Elgin, Illinois, an early morning fire destroys much of the business district |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Newton, New Jersey, fire strikes the offices of the local newspaper |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In East Albany, New York, gunfire erupts in police court as family members seek revenge on two rapists |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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On Secretary of War Stanton's orders, troops surround Ford's Theater and prevent its re-opening |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Adjutant-Generals of most "loyal states" are meeting at their Annual Convention in Boston, Massachusetts |
| Business/Industry |
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In Detroit, the Board of Trade hosts a Commercial Convention of North American business interests |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Nashville, the war crimes trial of notorious Confederate guerrilla leader Champ Ferguson begins |
| Business/Industry |
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In New York City, continued upset over labor troubles with street cleaning spill over into violence |
| Business/Industry |
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Bargains are the order of the day as the Navy sells thirty vessels by auction at the Brooklyn Navy-Yard |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Warren, Illinois, a early morning fire burns out nine buildings in the commercial district of the town |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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President Johnson names former federal judge William Marvin as provisional governor of Florida |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In the Alps, the Matterhorn is climbed for the first time but disaster strikes the climbers on the way down |
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Thirty-three year old war artist W.T. Crane dies in Washington D.C. of a disease of the throat |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In Indian Territory, the Chickasaw Nation becomes the last Confederate entity formally to surrender |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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President Johnson orders the surviving Lincoln conspirators to serve their sentences off the coast of Florida |
| Education/Culture |
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The ninth German-American Saengerfest, a massive week-long choral convention is held in New York City |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Severe flash flooding causes heavy damage in Philadelphia region of New Jersey and Pennsylvania |
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In England, William Gladstone loses his seat in the ongoing General Election |
