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Slave trade (not slavery) illegal in UK
Mississippi is admitted as twentieth American state
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company is chartered
William IV dies in Britain; Victoria ascends
Brontë sisters publish 'Jane Eyre,' 'Wuthering Heights'
Supreme Court hands down 'Dred Scott' decision
Dominion of Canada formed by royal assent
Thomas Edison invents and demonstrates the phonograph
Construction begins on Eiffel Tower in Paris
Gold rush begins in the Klondike region
Marconi begins first commercial transatlantic radio-wireless service
Russian Revolution results in victory for Bolsheviks
Chiang Kai-shek begins violent counter-revolution in Shanghai
Bombing of Guernica in Spanish Civil War
Jackie Robinson breaks color barrier in baseball
Eisenhower sends federal troops to Little Rock
Six-Day War begins and ends for Israel
Spain holds first democratic elections since Franco
Reagan publicly takes responsibility for Iran-Contra scandal
Diana, Princess of Wales, killed in crash
Shooting at Virginia Tech kills 32 people
Harvey, Irma, and Maria batter North America