Birthdays
Thomas Creigh
Turns 59 on this date
John Gregg Fee
Turns 51 on this date
Speed Smith Fry
Turns 50 on this date
Alexander Severus Gibbons
Turns 45 on this date
William MacRae
Turns 33 on this date
Charles Henry Tilghman
Turns 46 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | A massive boiler explosion at a saw-mill kills several New Yorkers. | 09/09/1867 |
| Education/Culture | At Newburgh on the Hudson River, a high-stakes sculling contest ends in controversy. | 09/09/1867 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Hero of Little Round Top Joshua Chamberlain wins his second term as governor of the state of Maine. | 09/09/1867 |
| Education/Culture | In a rematch at Newburgh, New York, James Hamill wins back the American Single Sculls title from Walter Brown. | 09/09/1867 |
| 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 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Fortieth Congress is in recess from its first session in Washington DC |
07/21/1867 to 11/20/1867 |