Fire destroys US mint at Charlotte, NC

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Vladimir de Pachmann, painter

Birth

Roland baron E”tv”s, Hungarian physicist

Birth

Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, orientalist/museum curator

Birth

Jos‚ Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rico, found Federalist Party in 1900

Birth

Union Gen George McClellan takes command from McDowell of Potamic Army

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Battle of Mathias Point, VA - Rebel forces repel a Federal landing

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Battle of St Augustine Springs, NM Terr

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Confederate troops occupy Fort Fillmore, New Mexico

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Steamer "Golden Gate" burns and sinks off west coast of Mexico

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Hurricane hits Canton; about 40,000 die

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Battle of Darbytown, VA (Deep Bottom, Newmarket Road) (Strawberry Plains)

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Margaret E Breckinridge, US nurse/daughter of VP John, dies

Death

Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long)

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Enrique Granados, L‚rida Spain, composer (Maria del Carmen)

Birth

Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, England, author (Path to Rome)

Birth

Stanislav Binicki, composer

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Ern” [Ernst von] Dohn nyi, Hungary, composer (Msg to Posterity)

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Jean F van Royen, Dutch German secretary (PTT)

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Th to de Weeme, painter

Birth

Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Il Libro Della Giovinezza)

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Battle of Maiwand, at which Dr Watson is wounded, breaks out

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A P Abourne patents a process for refining coconut oil

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Donald Crisp, Scotland, actor (How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana)

Birth

Joseph Tinker, baseball Hall of Famer, 1/3 of fame double play combo

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