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Battleship Maine blown up in Havana harbor, Feb. 15, 1898.
Baltimore fire, Feb. 7, 1904.
Black Friday, Sept. 24, 1869.
Columbus discovered America, Oct. 12, 1492.
Chicago destroyed by fire, Oct. 8-11, 1871.
Dayton flood, March 24, 1913.
Emancipation Proclamation by Lincoln, Jan. 1, 1863.
Equitable Building fire, New York, Jan. 9, 1912.
Ft. Sumter fired on, April 12, 1861.
Francis Ferdinand, Austrian archduke, assassinated at Sarajevo, Bosnia, June 28, 1914, by Gavrio Prinzip, a Bosnian.
Galveston flood, Sept. 8, 1900; hurricane blew 18 hours and attained velocity of 135 miles an hour; 5,000 lives lost; $17,000,000 damage.
Garfield assassinated, July 2, 1881.
Halifax explosion and fire, December 6, 1917, 150 killed, 2,000 injured, property loss, $40,000,000.
Iroquois Theater fire, Chicago, Dec. 30, 1903.
Johnstown flood, May 31, 1889; 2,235 lives lost; $10,000,000 damage.
Lincoln born near Hodgenville, Larue County, Ky., Feb. 12, 1809.
Lincoln assassinated, April 14, 1865.
Mayflower Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Dec. 11, 1620, O. S., or Dec. 21, N. S., but landing is celebrated Dec. 22.
Mount Pelee eruption and destruction of Martinique, May 8, 1902.
McKinley assassinated, Sept. 6, 1901.
North Pole discovered by Peary, April 6, 1909.
New York great fire, Dec. 16, 1835.
Republic sunk in collision with Florida off Nantucket, Jan. 23, 1909; six lives lost.
South Pole discovered by Amundsen, Dec. 14, 1911.
San Francisco earthquake, April 18-19, 1906.
Steamship Eastland capsized in Chicago River, July 24, 1915; more than 800 lives lost.
Steamship Lusitania sunk by German submarine, May 7, 1915; 1,149 lives lost.
Steamship Titanic wrecked, April 14, 1912, 1,503 lives lost.
Steamboat Gen. Slocum burned in East River New York, June 15, 1904; more than 1,000 lives lost.
Steamer Larchmont sunk in Long Island Sound, Feb. 12, 1907; 131 lives lost.
Volturno burned at sea, Oct. 9, 1913.
Washington died, Dec. 14, 1799.
Woodrow Wilson born, Dec. 28, 1856.