Richard Wagner's famously difficult opera Tristan and Isolde finally had its premiere at the Munich Opera House in Bavaria after several lengthy delays and eight years after Wagner had embarked on the work.  The conductor was Hans Von Bulow, with whose wife, Cosima, Wagner was currently having an affair. Husband and wife singers, Ludwig and Malvina von Carolsfeld, performed the title roles. At the time, the opera received mixed reviews. (By John Osborne)  

Captain William Clarke Quantrill, the ruthless Confederate guerrilla leader responsible for many alleged atrocities, including the murderous raid on Lawrence, Kansas, was ambushed with his men in Spencer County, Kentucky, severely wounded, and captured. He was taken to a military prison hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, where he died in the afternoon of June 6, 1865 and was buried in an unmarked grave in a Catholic cemetery. He was twenty-seven years old. (By John Osborne)  

Captain William Clarke Quantrill, the ruthless Confederate guerrilla leader responsible for many alleged atrocities, including the murderous raid on Lawrence, Kansas, died in a military prison hospital in Louisville, Kentucky of paralyzing wounds sustained during his capture on May 10, 1865. He converted to the Catholic faith in his last days and was buried in an unmarked grave in St. John's Cemetery, Louisville.  He was twenty-seven years old. (By John Osborne)  

Charles Horace Mayo, together with his fellow surgeon and older brother William, were the leading founders of the famous Mayo Clinic, instituted in Rochester, Minnesota in 1919. Charles was born in Rochester the son of Doctor William Mayo, an immigrant from England. Educated at Northwestern University, the non-profit clinic made his family the most famous physicians in American history.  He died of pneumonia in May 1939, aged seventy-three. (By John Osborne) 

Soon after the 1696-ton steamer Glasgow left New York on a journey to its home port of Liverpool, a fire broke out in the cotton stored in the hold.  Several hours of firefighting were fruitless and the vessel was abandoned.  All the 69-man crew and 225 passengers were safely evacuated to the bark Rosamund which was nearby and only firefighting injuries were reported.  The Glasgow burned to the waterline and sank.  (By John Osborne). 

The original Blackfriars Bridge, the third bridge over the Thames in London, had been built in 1769 and was sadly outdated and in need of repair.  The cornerstone for a new bridge was laid in a ceremony with the Lord Mayor in attendance.  The new bridge, 923 feet long and designed by Joseph Cubitt, was completed in 1869 and opened by Queen Victoria.  (By John Osborne) 

The Matterhorn, a 14,705 foot mountain in the Swiss-Italian Alps, had never been sucessfully climbed until a party of British climbers, along with Swiss guides, reached the summit after a twenty-four hour ascent. The leader was E. H. Whymper, who had made at least eight previous attempts.  Disaster struck the group on the descent, when four of the party - three British and a Swiss guide fell around 4000 feet to their deaths. Whymper survived.  (By John Osborne)