At around seven in the evening a fire broke out at the riverside freight depot of the Albany and Boston Railroad Company in East Albany, New York. Before the night was over two depots, offices, freight elevators, and five loaded canal boats moored nearby were destroyed. The value of the loss was estimated in the press at more than $500,000.  (By John Osborne)

At the Academy of Music in New York City, nineteen-year old English aerialist William Hanlon premiered his " Zampillaerostation."  This acrobatic display, assisted by Hanlon's three brothers, used a series of metal frames and wires that allowed him to somersault the length of the house on trapezes. The act played for three weeks at the Academy and cemented the Hanlon Brothers' growing reputation as aerialists.  (By John Osborne) 

The tense atmosphere in St. Louis, Missouri helped cause tragedy when a contingent of Union troops marching on Seventh Street, between Olive and Locust Streets in the city, thinking they had been fired upon, loosed a volley of musket fire.  Much of this struck the building housing the Recorder's Court, which was in session.  Six civilians were reported killed.  (By John Osborne)