Birthdays

John Miller Dickey
Turns 59 on this date

William Anderson Handley
Turns 31 on this date

Franklin Benjamin Sanborn
Turns 34 on this date
Events
Crime/Disasters | In Chicago, convicted murderers Patrick Fleming and William Corbett die on the gallows | 12/15/1865 |
Legal/Political | The first session of the 39th Congress is sitting at the capital from December 4 to December 21, 1865 |
12/05/1865 to 12/19/1865 |