One of the greatest speeches of all American history, The Gettysburg Address, was given by Abraham Lincoln.
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Pope Hilarius became the Bishop of Rome.
The University of Warsaw, Poland, was founded as a Royal University following the Partitions of Poland.
The Great Flood of St Petersburg killed 10,000 people and affected almost half a million more.
Goldwyn Pictures film studio was founded by Samuel Goldwyn, Edgar Selwyn, and Archibald Selwyn.
A meteorite weighing 8kg landed southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.
