Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape. HistoryOrb.com
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Gail Borden announces invention of evaporated milk. HistoryOrb.com
The New York Times begins publishing a daily newspaper. HistoryOrb.com
Fire devastates US Library of Congress in Washington, destroys 35,000 volumes.