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| 1861:
Jefferson F. Davis is elected president of the
Confederate States of America. |
| 1864:
Union General George Armstrong Custer marries
Elizabeth Bacon in their hometown of Monroe, Mich. |
| 1904: Japanese troops land near Seoul, Korea, after disabling two Russian cruisers. |
| 1909: France agrees to recognize German economic interests in Morocco in exchange for political supremacy. |
| 1916: Conscription begins in Great Britain as the Military Service Act becomes effective. |