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1854 - Birth of Thomas Riley Marshall (Democrat) 28th Vice President (1913-21).

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1861 - Abraham Louis Niedermeyer composer, dies at age 58.

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1862 - Birth of Vilhelm FK Bjerknes Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology.

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1862 - Battle of New Bern, North Carolina: General Burnside conquers New Bern.

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1864 - Birth of [John] Casey Jones; railroad engineer (Ballad of Casey Jones) (dies 1900).

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1864 - Rossini's "Petite Messe Solennelle" premieres in Paris France.

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1864 - Union troops occupy Fort de Russy, Louisiana.

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1870 - California legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible.

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1873 - Birth of Joannes DJ Aengenent sociologist/bishop of Haarlem (1928-35).

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1874 - Birth of Anton F Philips president-director of Philips.

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