President Lincoln signed an Act that made slavery illegal in US territories.
Slavery also became illegal in the States on January 1, 1863.
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The USS Kearsarge sank the CSS Alabama off the coast of Cherbourg, France.
Batman Returns was released in the US.
Kuwait declared its independence from the UK.
Louis IV was crowned king of West Francia.
Sir Robert Peel introduced the Metropolitan Police Act in Britain.
