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1844
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U of Notre Dame receives its charter in Indiana
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Recontre between Reps Weller & Shriver, US House of Representative
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12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes
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Texan envoys sign Treaty of Annexation with the United States
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1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot
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US pres John Tyler marries Julia Gardiner in NYC
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Fire destroys US mint at Charlotte, NC
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Iron ore discovered in Minnesota's Mesabi Mountains
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James K Polk elected 11th president of US
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1st dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct