Heavy rain in the MidAtlantic region caused damaging flash flooding in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.  The Ruritan River around Somerville and Brunswick in New Jersey and the Schuylkill River through Philadelphia were particularly effected. Railroad beds, canals, trestles, bridges, including the Chestnut Street Bridge in Philadelphia, suffered costly damage.  Along the Schuylkill, small houses were even carried away.  There were no reports of serious injuries, however.  (By John Osborne)

General Grant and his party, continuing his tour around the eastern United States, arrived in the early evening at the popular New York resort of Saratoga Springs to the usual enthusiastic welcome and acclaim. The temperatures during the day had reached into the nineties, and the resort was in full swing with all manners of boat races, shooting competitions, and summer banquets.  Grant's next stop was Boston and he would leave Saratoga after a short two day visit.  (By John Osborne)   

The steamship Quinnebaug departed Morehead City, North Carolina in the dawn hours bound for Fort Monroe, Virginia with three hundred soldiers aboard, including three companies of the 76th Pennsylvania and a small group from the 9th Maine.  Engine trouble and heavy weather eventually sent her to the bottom but other ships came to her aid and evacuated most of the troops safely.  Seventeen men were drowned.  (By John Osborne) 

Continuing his victory tour of leading cities, General U.S. Grant together with his wife, four children, two servants, and his staff of four Army colonels, arrived in the evening by special train at the Worcester Depot in Boston, Massachusetts.  He stayed in the city until the following Tuesday, lodging at the Revere House. As with other stops, he was met with massive crowds and extensive cheering.  (By John Osborne)   

In New York City, a long-running work dispute between two New York "weighers and guagers," responsible for inspecting standards of freight, turned deadly and resulting in the death of Joseph Van Doren.  James F. Oram had previously worked for the victim and the two were on poor enough terms for them to start fighting on the street.  The smaller Oram drew one of his two pistols and fired two shots, killing Van Doren instantly.  He was arrested but plead self-defense.  (By John Osborne)  

A short-lived but violent rainstorm in the national capital caused quite severe damage to the White House when blocked gutters brought rainwater into several rooms in the West Wing, reportedly to the depth of two feet in some.  One ceiling also came down but swift efforts from staff closed off the East Room and the damage was limited.  President Johnson left the next morning on a pleasure day trip down the Potomac.  (By John Osborne)   

In the July elections for the new Parliament in the United Kingdom, prominent and rising Liberal Party star, William Ewart Gladstone, lost his seat at Oxford University.  Gladstone, earlier a Conservative had angered his ultra-conservative constituency with his move to the left.  The nature of British elections enabled him to run immediately for a seat in more radical Lancashire where he was elected two days later, freeing him to become one of the most famous liberals in European history.  (By John Osborne)  

Around six in the evening, two prominent Nashville citizens from two of the area's oldest families met on South College Street in the city.  One, H.B. Payne, drew a pistol and carried out his threat to kill Captain M.S. Allen, made months earlier when it became clear that Allen had seduced Payne's wife.  Allen was hit three times, the third time in the heart. A bystander was also injured. Payne was arrested for murder. (By John Osborne)