| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In Washington, the Senate fails to over-ride President Johnson's veto of the Freedmen's Bureau Bill |
| Education/Culture |
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In Cincinnati, Ohio, 33 year old Lucy Hobbs becomes the first woman to earn a doctorate in dentistry |
| Crime/Disasters |
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The war crimes trial of the commander of North Carolina's Salisbury Prison Camp begins in Raleigh |
| Science/Technology |
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In London, American inventor Ross Winans launches the last of his series of "cigar boats" |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In western Oregon, U.S. infantry storm a Shoshone village near present day Jordan Creek |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In Louisville, Kentucky, a mass meeting requests the withdrawal of the Freedmen's Bureau from the state. |
| Science/Technology |
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In New York, the new railroad bridge linking Albany and Rensselaer across the Hudson opens for service |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Alexander Stephens addresses the Georgia Legislature and urges acceptance and a new South |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Indiana Republicans meet in convention in Indianapolis and praise President Johnson |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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"Copperhead" Democrat Daniel Voorhees of Indiana is removed from his congressional seat |
| Crime/Disasters |
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A large tornado hits Knoxville in the early morning causing heavy damage. |
| Science/Technology |
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The "Calaveras Skull" is found and touted as proof of pre-historic Californians. |
| US/the World |
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The younger brother of the King of Belgium is offered the throne of Romania but turns it down. |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Boone County, Kentucky, white "rangers" beat a freed slave and force him and his family to leave |
| Personal |
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In New York, an accident with a loaded experimental rifle slightly wounds General U.S. Grant |
| Crime/Disasters |
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On the St. Louis, Missouri levee, three Mississippi steamboats undergoing repairs are destroyed in a fire. |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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President Johnson dismisses his critic, Jane Grey Swisshelm, from her War Department job |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Indiana, an overnight train derails and sends passengers cars off a bridge injuring dozens |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In Illinois, a municipal election sees Cairo Democrats strengthen their grip on city offices |
| Education/Culture |
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The University of Michigan reported as the largest in the land, with more than 1,050 students |
| Science/Technology |
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In a rare astronomical occurrence, February 1866 ends without experiencing a single full moon |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Missouri's governor requests funds for militia action against lawlessness in the state. |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Louisiana, a black U.S.C.T. soldier is executed for killing a white civilian in an October 1865 street confrontation |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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Alexander Campbell, founder of the Disciples of Christ and Bethany College, dies in western Virginia |
| Personal |
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Maria Amalia, former Queen of France, widow of Louis Philippe I, dies in exile in England. |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Pennsylvania Democrats convene in Harrisburg, praise the president, nominate Hiester Clymer for governor |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In Washington, the U.S. Senate confirms the official transfer of two Virginia counties to West Virginia |
| US/the World |
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Queen Victoria institutes the Albert Medal to reward civilian acts of bravery during rescue from the sea. |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Republicans nominate former Union General John White Geary for governor |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Colonel Theodore Bowers of Grant's staff is accidentally killed boarding the General's train at West Point |
