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1857

Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.

Mar

06

U.S. Government and Politics

Supreme Court rules in Dred Scott case

The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision on Sanford v. Dred Scott, a case that intensified national divisions over the issue of slavery.

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Sep

11

19th Century

120 emigrants murdered at the Mountain Meadows Massacre

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as Mormons), stoked by religious zeal and a deep resentment of decades of public abuse and federal interference, murder 120 emigrants at Mountain Meadows, Utah on September 11, 1857.

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Sep

15

U.S. Presidents

Future President William Taft born

William Howard Taft is born in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 15, 1857.

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