Tne crews of Harvard and Yale Colleges met for their annual contest, a series that had begun in 1852.  Racing on Lake Quinsigamond near Worcester, Massachusetts on a course up the lake and back over three miles, Harvard won for the second year running in a time of eighteen minutes and thirteen seconds, beating the Yale crew by more than a minute.  (By John Osborne) 

The ill-fated journey of the two and a quarter ton miniature schooner John T. Ford, which planned to reach the Paris International Exhibition, had begun with great ceremony at the Pratt Street Wharf in Baltimore Harbor two months before, on June 22, 1867.  With a crew of three seamen and a cabin boy, all from Baltimore, four days earlier, the small vessel had reached the Irish coast where it capsized in a storm when its ballast shifted.  The British ship Aerolite spotted the wreckage in the early hours of this day and rescued the single survivor.  (By John Osborne) 

The ill-fated journey of the two and a quarter ton miniature schooner John T. Ford, which planned to reach the Paris International Exhibition, had begun with great ceremony at the Pratt Street Wharf in Baltimore Harbor two months before, on June 22, 1867.  With a crew of three seamen and a cabin boy, all from Baltimore, the small vessel had reached the Irish coast where it capsized in a storm when its ballast shifted.  The British ship Aerolite spotted the wreckage four days later and rescued the single survivor.  (By John Osborne) 

The ill-fated journey of the two and a quarter ton miniature schooner John T. Ford, which planned to reach the Paris International Exhibition, began with great ceremony at the Pratt Street Wharf in Baltimore Harbor in the afternoon of this day. With a crew of three seamen and a cabin boy, all from Baltimore, the small vessel reached the Irish coast on August 19, 1867 where it capsized in a storm when its ballast shifted.  The British ship Aerolite spotted the wreckage four days later and rescued the single survivor.  (By John Osborne) 

George Childs' newspaper The Public Ledger had outgrown its Philadelphia offices at Third and Chestnut Streets in the city.  On this day was opened the impressive new Public Ledger Building on the south-west corner of Sixth and Chestnet Streets.  Childs hosted a large celebratory dinner at the Continental Hotal at which hundreds of leading citizens attended.  (By John Osborne)

In the afternoon, a massive storm broke over the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  The remarkable element of the storm was the massive downpour of hailstones, some reportedly measuring three inches in diameter.  The so-called "Great Hail-Storm" was said to have broken up to half a million panes of glass in the city.  (By John Osborne)

Just three months before, Robert Fox's New American Theater on Walnut Street in Philadelphia had been destroyed by fire during an evening performance.  Despite the blaze moving quickly, all those attending were able to scramble to safety through doors and windows.  Tragedy struck, though, when a section of the weakened front wall collapsed and killed ten men standing on Walnut Street around the still burning building.  The four year old theater was rebuilt remarkedly swiftly and reopened for a performance on this day.  (By John Osborne)

During a performance of the the risque "Demon Dance," at Robert Fox's New American Theater on Walnut Street in Philadelphia fire broke out.  Despite the blaze moving quickly, all those attending were able to scramble to safety through doors and windows.  Tragedy struck, though, when a section of the weakened front wall collapsed and killed ten men standing on Walnut Street around the still burning building.  The four year old theater was rebuilt in a remarkable swift interval and was hosting performances again in September 1867.  (By John Osborne)

After a delay of more than a year, George Ellar was brought to trial in a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania courtroom for the indecent assault on the twelve year old daughter of one Thomas Leis.  As the judge was beginning proceedings, Leis drew a pistol and fired at Ellar who died instantly.  Reportedly, Leis was tried a month later and acquited.  (By John Osborne)