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Personal Madam C.J. Walker, America's leading female entrepreneur of her time, is born to freed slaves in Louisiana.
Crime/Disasters Alabama U.S. Attorney shoots down Alabama U.S. District Judge in the streets of Mobile.
Crime/Disasters In southeast England, for the second time in nine months, a blast at a Kent gunpowder factory kills workers.
Business/Industry United States cotton production continues to recover during 1867.
Personal Mildred Conway, first daughter of Moncure Conway, is born in London, England
Science/Technology In Italy, Mount Vesuvius commences an extended period of eruption and lava flows.
Crime/Disasters Chicago, Illinois is struck with the worst fire in its history up to that point.
Crime/Disasters In New York State, fire completely destroys the Albany Academy of Music.
Personal David Wilmot dies in Towanda, Pennsylvania
Personal James Buchanan dies in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Personal Julia Jayne Trumbull dies in Washington, DC
Crime/Disasters Sitting Arkansas U.S. Congressman James Hinds is murdered on the road in Monroe County, Arkansas
Crime/Disasters Accident to a railroad bridge work crew near Northfield, Vermont kills fifteen railroad men.
Legal/Political The 41st Congress of the United States opens in Washington, DC
Campaigns/Elections Ulysses Grant takes the oath as the eighteenth President of the United States at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC
Legal/Political - The 41st Congress of the United States is sitting in Washington, DC
Legal/Political - Elihu Washburne serves as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to France
Personal Nelson Davis and Harriet Tubman are married in Auburn, New York
Legal/Political In Washington, DC, the 41st Congress of the United States ends its first session
Personal Elihu Washburne arrives in Paris, France
Legal/Political In Washington, DC, the 41st Congress of the United States opens its second session
Legal/Political - The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States is meeting in Washington, DC
Legal/Political - The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States is in its eighteen day holiday recess
Legal/Political The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States returns from its holiday recess
Legal/Political - The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States is sitting in Washington, DC
Personal John McClintock dies in Madison, New Jersey
Legal/Political The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States comes to an end in Washington, DC
Personal Justice Robert Grier dies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Legal/Political The third session of the 41st Congress of the United States opens in Washington, DC
Legal/Political - The third session of the 41st Congress of the United States is sitting in Washington, DC