♀ Indiana Stanton

1838 - 1858

Indiana Stanton
Spouse
John Van Deusen
John Van Deusen
1825 - 1891

1838


Apr 13
1838 • The first known report about the lowest temperature on Earth was made, indicating −60 °C (−76 °F) in Yakutsk.

1856


Dec 24
Age: 18y
1856 Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate, for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas ("Bleeding Kansas"). Sumner is unable to return to duty for 3 years while he recovers; Brooks becomes a hero across the South.

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