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1859
February 13 - Oregon is admitted to the Union as the 33rd state.
August 27 - Edwin L. Drake builds the first oil well in the country in Titusville, Pennsylvania.
September 19 - The Confederate song "Dixie" is first sung by Daniel Decatur Emmett.
October 16 - John Brown raids Harper's Ferry in an attempt to liberate and arm African American slaves.
December 2 - Abolitionist John Brown is hanged for treason.