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China : Taiping rebellion begins against the authority of the Qung government.
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Lincoln issues the Emanicipation Proclamation
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The Thirteenth Amendment, outlawing slavery, is added to the U.S Constitution.
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President Lincoln was assassinated.
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Baseball's National League is founded
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Statue of Liberty dedicated in New York Harbor.
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Ellis Island opens as a receiving center for immigrants.
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Italy has the first transatlantic radio telegraphic message is sent by Marconi
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The Wright Brothers fly 852 feet in their airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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Over 1,500 people die in the sinking of the Titanic
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The world's first scheduked airline service begins taking flight from St. Petersburg to Tampa.
