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Education/Culture Actor Edwin Booth's celebrated New York City run in the role of Hamlet is commemorated.
Science/Technology In New York City, mid-winter cold produces an ice bridge in the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Crime/Disasters In England, unemployed shipyard workers loot bakeries and food shops on south-east London's riverside.
Lawmaking/Litigating In Washington D.C., President Johnson vetoes the Colorado Statehood Bill
Personal Philip Johnson, sitting Pennsylvania Democratic congressman dies suddenly in Washington, D.C.
US/the World Emperor Komei dies in Japan
Education/Culture The famous four lions at the base of Nelson's Column are lifted into place on London's Trafalgar Square.
Lawmaking/Litigating Thaddeus Stevens introduces the First Reconstruction Bill of 1867 in the House of Representatives.
Lawmaking/Litigating With great ceremony, Queen Victoria opens the new session of the British Parliament in London.
Lawmaking/Litigating The Habeas Corpus Act of 1867 is passed radically adjusting the relationship between state and federal courts.
Crime/Disasters The breaking up of the ice dams on the Potomac carries away Washington, D.C.'s Long Bridge.
US/the World French commander Marshal Bazaine leads French troops out of Mexico City for evacuation from Vera Cruz.
Personal The celebrated children's writer Laura Ingalls Wilder is born in Pepin County, Wisconsin.
US/the World In England, 20,000 people march in London in support of electoral reform.
Lawmaking/Litigating In Washington, DC, the House of Representatives passes the Reconstruction Bill of 1867.
Crime/Disasters In North Carolina, a white, male mob viciously beats a young African-American woman named Phillis Ruffin.
Education/Culture Saint Valentine's Day
Lawmaking/Litigating In Washington, DC, the U.S. Senate passes an amended Reconstruction Bill of 1867.
Lawmaking/Litigating The compromise "Tenure of Office Act" passes the U.S. Senate by a vote of twenty-two to ten.
Lawmaking/Litigating The compromise "Tenure of Office Act" passes the House of Representatives by a vote of 112 to 41.
Crime/Disasters Accused Lincoln conspirator is returned to the United States under arrest for murder.
Lawmaking/Litigating In Washington, DC, the House agrees Senate changes to the Reconstruction Bill and the measure goes to President Johnson for signature.
Crime/Disasters In a Philadelphia courtroom, the father of a young sexual assault victim shoots her accused attacker dead.
Lawmaking/Litigating At the White House, President Johnson meets with a delegation representing Sioux tribes.
Crime/Disasters In northern England, a railway collision touches off four tons of gunpowder with fatal results.
Lawmaking/Litigating The U.S. Senate fails to override President Johnson's veto of the Colorado Statehood Bill.
Lawmaking/Litigating The 39th Congress restricts the ability of the White House to dismiss the commanding general of the army.
Lawmaking/Litigating President Johnson rejects the "Tenure of Office Bill" and the Congress over-rides his veto before the day is out.
Lawmaking/Litigating President Johnson rejects the amended Reconstruction Act and Congress easily over-rides his veto on the same day.
Crime/Disasters The New York steamship burns off Cape Hatteras and eleven aboard are killed.