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April 3 - The Pony Express's first riders leave Sacramento, California and St. Joseph, Missouri.
April 25 - Niimi Buzennokami, the first Japanese Ambassador to the U.S., arrives in Washington, D.C.
May 1 - A patent for the shaving mug is granted to Thomas E. Hughes.
May 14 - The first Japanese diplomat arrives in the U.S.
June 23 - The Government Printing Office is created by an Act of Congress.
August 11 - The first successful silver mill in the U.S. begins operation in Virginia City, Nevada.
November 6 - Abraham Lincoln is elected to be the 16th U.S. President.
December 20 - South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the Union.