James Clark Ross (UK) is 1st to enter pack ice near Ross Ice Shelf

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Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Germany, Idealist philosopher (Nobel 1908)

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Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73

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Khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet

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Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher

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Calif Exchange opens

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Steamship San Francisco wrecked-300 die

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King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor)

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Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67

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Gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror)

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Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91

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DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)

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1st steamboat sails, Red River

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St John Nepomucene Neumann, 1st male US saint, dies

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250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Ft Sumter

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Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan and Gaines at Mobile Bay

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Joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81

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Frederick Shepherd Converse, Newton Mass, composer

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Joseph Erlanger, doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944)

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Charles Garnier's new Opera opens in Paris

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President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg, Miss

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Konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949)

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Nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer

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Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer

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1st US school of librarianship opens at Columbia University

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