Crime/Disasters |
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City Marshal of Lexington, Kentucky dies in the performance of his duty |
Crime/Disasters |
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Massive explosion and fire at a fireworks factory in London |
Crime/Disasters |
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Mining disaster in Pennsylvania |
Legal/Political |
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Turkish admiral ends his visit to United States |
Crime/Disasters |
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Five killed in Erie Railroad accident in upstate New York |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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United States signs a commercial treaty with Belgium in Washington, D.C. |
Personal |
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John Anthony Quitman, Mexican War general and Mississippi advocate of secession, dies on his plantation in Natchez |
Business/Industry |
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Boston-built steam yacht delivered to the Viceroy of Egypt |
Foreign |
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Napoleon III of France and Count Cavour of Piedmont meet in secret in southern France to plot war with Austria |
Cultural |
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Admission charged to a Baseball Park for the first time |
Crime/Disasters |
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American sailing vessel capsizes during a gale and fifteen passengers and crew are lost |
Foreign |
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H.M.S. Cyclops bombards Jeddah |
Foreign |
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Lionel de Rothschild finally takes his seat in the British Parliament |
Dickinsonian |
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Former Dickinson College president Jeremiah Atwater dies, aged eighty-five |
Crime/Disasters |
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Train crash in upstate New York kills and injures many passengers. |
Crime/Disasters |
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Fire completely destroys the Antwerp Bourse |
Foreign |
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Great Britain replaces the East India Company as the official ruler of India and ends the Indian Mutiny |
Foreign |
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Queen Victoria visits France |
Personal |
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Alexis Soyer, the most famous chef in Europe, dies in London |
Crime/Disasters |
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Fatal accident on the New York Central Railroad |
Education/Culture |
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The National Teachers' Association holds its first convention |
Crime/Disasters |
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Fire at the Illinois State Prison |
Religion/Philosophy |
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The cornerstone of New York City's new Catholic cathedral, Saint Patrick's, is laid |
Personal |
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William Graham, former U.S. Congressman, dies at his farm near Vallonia, Indiana |
US/the World |
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Nicaragua adopts a new constitution |
Foreign |
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Japan signs a commercial treaty with Russia |
Slavery/Abolition |
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U.S. Navy captures American slaveship with 318 slaves aboard |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Lincoln and Douglas hold their first debate in Ottawa, Illinois |
Crime/Disasters |
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Passenger ship bound for Australia catches fire in the South Atlantic, six hundred miles from land |
US/the World |
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The Treaty of Yedo is signed between Japan and Britain |