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Boone County
On the point of recapture, freedom seeker
Margaret Garner
kills her one of her children in Cincinnati.
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Oliver Lewis
, first Kentucky Derby winning jockey, was born in Fayette County, Kentucky
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Dr John A Veatch discovers borax, Tuscan Springs, California
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James Buchanan was elected President of the United States
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