The Dionne quintuplets were born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne, who later became the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
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The second black regiment (54 Mass) left Boston to fight in US Civil War.
The Sierra Club was formed.
Alan Turing submitted his paper 'On Computable Numbers' for publication, in which he set out the hypothetical basis for modern computers.
US President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act.
The first all-color and all-talking picture, 'On With the Show,' was released.