Great Gale of 1848

•  Declaration of Sentiments

  The Declaration of Sentiments, also known as the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments, is a document signed in 1848 by 68 women and 32 men, 100 out of some 300 attendees at the first women's rights convention, in Seneca Falls, New York, now known to Americans as the Seneca Falls Convention. The principal author of the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments was Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who based it on the form of the United States Declaration of Independence.

  

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•  Seneca Falls Convention

  The Seneca Falls Convention was an early and influential women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York over two days, July 19–20, 1848.

  

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•  California Gold Rush

  The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was discovered by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma, California. News of the discovery soon spread, resulting in some 300,000 men, women, and children coming to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. Of the 300,000, approximately 150,000 arrived by sea while the remaining 150,000 arrived by land.

  

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•  30th United States Congress

  The Thirtieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1849, during the last two years of the administration of President James K. Polk. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixth Census of the United States in 1840.

  

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•  Mexican Cession

  The Mexican Cession of 1848 is a historical name in the United States for the region of the present day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the U.S. in 1848, excluding the areas east of the Rio Grande, which had been claimed by the Republic of Texas, though the Texas Annexation resolution two years earlier had not specified Texas's southern and western boundary. The U.S.

  

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•  Miracle of the gulls

  The miracle of the gulls is often credited by Latter-day Saints for saving the Mormon pioneers' first harvest in Utah. According to Mormon folklore, seagulls miraculously saved the 1848 crops by eating thousands of insects that were devouring their fields.

  

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•  United States House of Representatives elections, 1848

  The U.S. House election, 1848 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1848. The Democrats took back control of the House in 1848, despite losing their majority two years earlier. The Mexican-American War, which ended with an American victory several months before the election, was a big factor in the election.

  

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•  Great Havana Hurricane of 1846

  The Great Havana Hurricane of 1846 was a powerful late season hurricane that caused extensive damage and up to 255 deaths as it moved across Cuba, Florida, and the eastern United States before dissipating over the Canadian Maritimes.

  

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•  1848 Democratic National Committee

  1848 Democratic National Committee was the Democratic Party's first continuing national organization with one member from each state appointed for four years at the 1848 nominating convention in Baltimore. B. F. Hallett was the Chairman and W. F. Ritchie was Secretary

  

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•  1848 Marlborough earthquake

  The 1848 Marlborough earthquake is the name associated with a severe earthquake which occurred at 1:40 a.m. on 16 October 1848 and whose epicenter was in the Marlborough region of the South Island of New Zealand. In Wellington the shaking lasted for about two minutes and caused widespread damage, especially to brick- or stone- built structures.

  

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•  Corinne Calvet

  Corinne Calvet (April 30, 1925 – June 23, 2001) was a French actress who appeared mostly in American films. Born Corinne Dibos in Paris, Calvet studied criminal law at the Sorbonne and made her debut in French radio, stage plays and cinema in the 1940s before being brought to Hollywood in the 1940s by producer Hal Wallis. He cast her in Rope of Sand (1949) opposite Burt Lancaster and Paul Henreid.

  

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•  2136 Jugta

  2136 Jugta (1933 OC) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on July 24, 1933 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.

  

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•  Execution of the penalty

  

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•  Globe Trotters (Burlesque)

  

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