Birthdays

Richard Hughlett Bryan
Turns 47 on this date

Thomas Garrett
Turns 78 on this date

James Holmes
Turns 66 on this date

Fitz John Porter
Turns 45 on this date
Events
Education/Culture | In France, the Paris Industrial Exhibition is open with items from forty-two countries on show. |
04/02/1867 to 11/02/1867 |
Science/Technology | In the Alps, the revolutionary mountain railway crossing Mont Cenis Pass has its first trial run. | 08/21/1867 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The Fortieth Congress is in recess from its first session in Washington DC |
07/21/1867 to 11/20/1867 |
Science/Technology | The mayor of Key West and the Cuban captain-general exchange messages on the new United States to Cuba undersea telegraph. | 08/21/1867 |