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1860
Abraham Lincoln in 1860
Highlights from 1860:
April 3 - The Pony Express's first run from Missouri to California.
May 18 - Lincoln nominated to be Republican Party candidate for president.
November 6 - Abraham Lincoln elected president of the United States.
December 1 - First installment of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations published in England.
December 20 - South Carolina seceded from the Union. Eventually eleven states secede.
