Birthdays

Elizabeth Buffum Chace
Turns 60 on this date

Ephraim Ralph Eckley
Turns 55 on this date

Thomas Saunders Gholson
Turns 58 on this date

John Jeremiah Jacob
Turns 37 on this date

William M. Line
Turns 43 on this date

Frederick Augustus Pike
Turns 50 on this date
Events
Crime/Disasters | In Davenport, Indiana, a tragic house fire kills three members of the same family. | 12/09/1866 |
Legal/Political | The second session of the 39th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/04/1866 to 12/19/1866 |