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A gun on USS Princeton explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing two United States Cabinet members and several others.
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Slavery opponents meet in Ripon, WI, calling for a new political group (which became the Republican Party)
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Colorado is organized as a United States territory.
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The opera "La Reine de Saba" premieres (Paris)
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First US vaudeville theater opens (Boston)
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France dismisses Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar
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6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (South Atlantic)
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English princess Mary marries viscount Lascelles
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The word "Dord" is discovered in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation.
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Basketball is televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden).
