The fourth annivesary of the emancipation in the District of Columbia saw African-American parades and a short speech from President Johnson outside the White House.  Up to 5000 men marched in parade, including U.S. Colored Troops regiments, and tens of thousands of people of color lined the streets. Prominent figures gave speeches and banners demanded the next step of black manhood suffrage.  (By John Osborne) 

Aspinwall, now Colón, Panama was the western terminus of the short journey across the Isthmus to the Pacific.  At around 7 a.m., the cargo of seventy cases of nitro-glycerine, together with percussion caps, exploded aboard the British freighter European as it was moored at the docks.  The ship was a total loss and extensive damage was also done to port installations. More than fifty people were killed.  (By John Osborne)