Religion/Philosophy |
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Whitsunday or Pentecost |
Crime/Disasters |
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British gales wreck one hundred and forty-three ships in one day |
Slavery/Abolition |
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In Buffalo, NY, Methodist Annual Conference declines to make slave holding a crime of the church |
Crime/Disasters |
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On Lake Superior, a passenger steamer runs aground during fog and is lost |
Battles/Soldiers |
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Apaches launch a full scale attack on settlements along the Mimbres River in southern New Mexico |
Crime/Disasters |
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Tornadoes in the northwestern Pennsylvania highlands devastate kill seven and injure thirty |
Crime/Disasters |
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In London, a runaway train leaves the station at Kings Cross and crosses the road outside |
Personal |
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Peter V. Daniel dies in Richmond, Virginia |
Battles/Soldiers |
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New Mexico volunteers ride from Mesilla, New Mexico to relieve the Mimbres River settlers |
Slavery/Abolition |
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Maryland's law banning all manumission of slaves comes into effect |
Battles/Soldiers |
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U.S. Army Signal Corps established |
Crime/Disasters |
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Tornado strikes the town of Alton, Illinois |
Battles/Soldiers |
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In Nevada, Paiute Indians defeated at the Second Battle of Pyramid Lake |
Crime/Disasters |
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On Long Island, police battle large crowds to prevent an illegal prize fight |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Governor of Ohio refuses extradition request of Tennessee for two "negro-stealers" |
Personal |
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Republican Congressman Silas M. Burroughs dies at his home in New York |
Crime/Disasters |
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"The Great Tornado of the Northwest" strikes Iowa and Illinois killing and injuring hundreds |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Divided Alabama Democratic Party holds two separate nominating conventions in Montgomery |
Religion/Philosophy |
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In Buffalo, the Methodist Church concludes its Annual conference after more than a month in session |
US/the World |
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President Buchanan invites the Prince of Wales to visit the United States |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Horatio Seymour withdraws his name from any consideration for the Democratic presidential nomination |
Personal |
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Samuel D. Ingham, Secretary of the Treasury under Andrew Jackson, dies in Trenton, New Jersey |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Virginia Republican arrested for circulating anti-southern literature |
Crime/Disasters |
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Tornado strikes Putnam and Morgan Counties in west central Indiana |
Education/Culture |
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America's best trotting horses race in a three heat series at the Union Course on Long Island |
Education/Culture |
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Baltimore Excelsiors defeat Washington Potomacs in first intercity baseball game outside New York City |
US/the World |
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In Sicily, royal troops capitulate and leave the capital city of Palermo in the hands of Garibaldi |
Education/Culture |
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The New York Yacht Club holds its sixteenth annual regatta |
Religion/Philosophy |
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Corpus Christi celebrated |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Maine Republicans endorse Lincoln for President and nominate Israel Washburn for governor |