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1850
| 1850 • The American System of Watch Manufacturing starts in Roxbury, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (the Waltham Watch Company). |
1850
| 1850 • Vice President Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th President of the United States following the death of President Taylor. |
1860
Age: 10y
| 1860 • While campaigning for the presidency, Abraham Lincoln makes a speech defending the right to strike. |
1862
Feb 8
Age: 12y
| 1862 • U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs into law the Pacific Railway Acts, authorizing construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad.[http://www.cprr.org/Museum/Pacific_Railroad_Acts.html "An Act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes] 12 Stat. 489, July 1, 1862 |