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Personal Thomas Bulfinch, the Boston banker who wrote "Bulfinch's Mythology" in his spare time, dies at his home in Massachusetts.
Education/Culture At Epsom in England, the 100-1 colt "Hermit" wins the 88th running of the Derby.
Lawmaking/Litigating Queen Victoria proclaims that a Federal Canada will achieve Dominion status on July 1, 1867.
Crime/Disasters On Lake Ontario, a steamboat burns and twenty-three lives are lost.
Education/Culture On the Monongahela and Ohio rivers at Pittsburgh, Walter Brown wins the American Single Sculls title.
Crime/Disasters A passenger steamship runs aground on a New Jersey beach and seven people are drowned.
Education/Culture In London, Queen Victoria lays the cornerstone of the Royal Albert Hall.
Education/Culture Philadelphia's boat clubs, the "Schuylkill Navy," holds its annual review on the Schuylkill River.
Querétaro, the last bastion of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, falls to insurgent Liberal forces.
Education/Culture In New York City's Bowery, the corner stone is set for new buildings for the Howard Mission and Home for Little Wanderers.
Crime/Disasters In Mobile, Alabama, deadly rioting disrupts a Republican public meeting and two die.
Lawmaking/Litigating The U.S. Supreme Court rejects Georgia's challenge to the Military Reconstruction Acts.
Lawmaking/Litigating In Richmond, former Confederate president Jefferson Davis appears in federal court under a writ of habeas corpus and is released on bail.
Lawmaking/Litigating Former Confederate president is transported from Fort Monroe to Richmond to appear in federal court under a writ of habeas corpus.
Crime/Disasters Richmond, Virginia sees serious street clashes between police and African-Americans.
Personal Elijah Hise, a sitting Kentucky congressman, commits suicide at his home in Russellville.
US/the World At Querétaro, the Emperor Maximilian of Mexico surrenders to insurgent Liberal forces.
Campaigns/Elections In England, thousands gather in London's Hyde Park for a peaceful demonstration in support of franchise reform.
Crime/Disasters A steamship is caught in an hurricane on Lake Pontchartrain and all ten people aboard are lost.
Business/Industry In England, London's journeymen tailors begin a lengthy work stoppage over pay.
Education/Culture Union commander in Charleston, South Carolina, demands a firemen's parade march with a United States flag.
Battles/Soldiers General Hancock meets with Kiowa tribal leaders near Fort Dodge, Kansas.
Education/Culture - In New York City, the English Rackets Champion wins an international match with leading U.S. player Frederick Foulkes.
Battles/Soldiers General W.S. Hancock burns the large abandoned Cheyenne and Sioux village near Fort Larned, Kansas
Personal Wilbur Wright, one of the two brothers who revolutionized human flight, is born in Indiana.
US/the World The deadline date for all European hostages the Emperor of Abyssinia held to be freed before British military action commences.
US/the World The Emperor of Abyssinia receives a blunt warning to release his European hostages or face British military action
Lawmaking/Litigating The U.S. Supreme Court rejects Mississippi's challenge to the Military Reconstruction Acts.
Education/Culture On the Thames in London, Oxford wins the twenty-fourth rowing of the University Boat Race.
Battles/Soldiers General W.S. Hancock negotiates with Cheyenne and Sioux leaders near Fort Larned, Kansas