Birthdays
Mary Ashton Rice Livermore
Turns 46 on this date
Nathaniel Thomas Lupton
Turns 36 on this date
Edwin McMasters Stanton
Turns 52 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | In England, a freak accident on the new London Underground kills three passengers. | 12/19/1866 |
| Legal/Political | The second session of the 39th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/04/1866 to 12/19/1866 |