Swiss immigrant restaurateurs John and Peter Delmonico opened their third dining rooms in New York City on Fifth Avenue at East 14th Street. The brothers had opened their first sucessful establishment on South William Street in 1837 and another at Chambers Street and Broadway in 1856. This branch moved up Fifth Avenue to 24th Street in September 1876. The brothers sold their last family owned restaurant in 1919. (By John Osborne)
Before a packed house at Irving Hall in New York City, the much anticipated return billiards match between between two of the country's leading players, Dudley Kavanaugh of New York and Michael Foley of Cleveland, Ohio, resulted in a victory in the early hours of the morning for the visiting Foley. The two had met in March 1862 in Cleveland for a previous $500 a side match which Kavenaugh had won. (By John Osborne)
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia that the Senate had voted through a few days before. The 92-38 vote, with another thirty-seven representatives not voting, was again highly partisan. All the votes against the bill came from Democrats and only three Democrats, George Cobb of New Jersey and Moses Odell and Edward Haight of New York, voted in favor. John J. Crittenden of Kentucky led the opposition with an impassioned speech. President Lincoln signed the bill five days later. (By John Osborne)