Answer: April 3, 1860 – Pony Express begins.
November 6 – 1860 United States presidential election: Abraham Lincoln elected president and Hannibal Hamlin vice president with only 39% of the vote in a four man race.
December 18 – Crittenden Compromise fails.
December 20 – President Buchanan fires his cabinet.
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Explanation: Those are some of the things that happened around that time :)