August 16 – U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new trans-Atlantictelegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
^"Treaty with the Yankton Sioux, 1858". Archived from the original on July 14, 2010. Retrieved October 27, 2009. Provided by the Oklahoma State University Library from Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties (Vol. II) compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler, 1904.
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