Liberty Bell cracks (again)

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HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Saint-Helena

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Joseph Chamberlain, British minister of Commerce/Colonies

Birth

Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, inventor (rigid dirigibles)

Birth

Arabs attack Jewish community of Safed

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John D Rockefeller, US capitalist/founder (Standard Oil)

Birth

Mary Johnson Lincoln, educator (Boston Cooking School)

Birth

St Paul's Place in the Bronx named

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Arthur J Evans, English archaeologist (Crete)

Birth

Commodore Matthew Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay

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Rudolf Dellinger, composer

Birth

F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59), dies at 60

Death

CS Gen Sibley is given command of rebel troops in NM territory

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Skirmish at Florida, MI - A rebel encampment is attacked and dispersed

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Odore R Timby patents revolving gun turret

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Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65

Death

K„the Kollwitz, Germany, print maker/sculptor (Bauernkrieg)

Birth

William V Moody, US poet (Death of Eve, Faith Healer)

Birth

Congress authorizes registration of trademarks

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Gov Holden of NC declares Casswell County in a state of insurrection

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John D Zocher Jr, architect (Soestdijk Palace), dies at 79

Death

Marie C of Zeggelen, Dutch novelist (Koloniaaltje)

Birth

Kornelis ter Laan, 1st Dutch socialist mayor (Zaandam)

Birth

Clement Harris, composer

Birth

White terrorists attack Black Republicans in Hamburg SC, killing 5

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