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1860
Apr 24
| 1860 • South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the United States Union. |
1860
Apr 26
Age: 2d
| 1860 • 21 – Beijing's Old Summer Palace is burned to the ground by orders of British general Lord Elgin in retaliation for mistreatment of several prisoners of war during the Second Opium War. |
1939
Feb 24
Age: 78y
| 1939 • Neville Chamberlain gives a speech in the House of Commons offering the British "guarantee" of the independence of Poland. |