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A big Chicago bank goes bankrupt. - Burnham's firm had been a client of this bank for a long time.
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The opening of the fair started off with a procession.
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Because of the poor status of the nation's economy, the attendance of the fair was dangerously low.
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Her higness was not quite pleased with the fair.
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This one event slipped the mind of Burnham whose mind was preoccupied with all the details of the other events of the fair.
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Burnham arrested for negligence which lead to the fire of the Cold Storage Buidling at the fair. He was charged on July 18th
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H.M.S Victoria is hit by H.M.S Camperdown. The ship sinks before all crew members can make it out.
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July 4th is celebrated, as a holiday, with fireworks.
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Chicago Day was an attempt to raise the population at the fair. A great amount of people were in and out of the fair all day and night on October 9th.
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Arsonists set fire to the seven greatest palaces of the exposition as result of strikes of the unhappy laborers whose wages or even jobs were being cut.