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1850
April 19 - The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty between the U.S. and Great Britain is signed, and the U.S. agrees to joint control of any canal built in Panama.
April 27 - The first U.S.-owned steamship begins commercial Atlantic crossings.
July 9 - President Taylor dies of cholera.
July 17 - The first photograph, a daguerreotype, is taken of a star.
September 9 - California is admitted to the Union as the 31st state.
September 11 - Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale, makes her first appearance in the U.S.
September 28 - The U.S Navy abolish flogging as a form of punishment.