Historical Events for October 1860

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8th - Telegraph line between LA & SF opens
12th - British & French troops capture Beijing
13th - 1st aerial photo taken in US (from a balloon), Boston
15th - 11-year-old Grace Bedell writes to Lincoln, tells him to grow a beard
17th - 1st British Golf Open: Willie Park shoots a 164 at Prestwick Club
17th - 1st pro golf tournament held (Scotland) (Willie Park wins)
18th - The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.


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