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Science/Technology In Italy, Mount Vesuvius commences an extended period of eruption and lava flows.
Personal Mildred Conway, first daughter of Moncure Conway, is born in London, England
Business/Industry United States cotton production continues to recover during 1867.
Crime/Disasters Alabama U.S. Attorney shoots down Alabama U.S. District Judge in the streets of Mobile.
Crime/Disasters In southeast England, for the second time in nine months, a blast at a Kent gunpowder factory kills workers.
Personal Madam C.J. Walker, America's leading female entrepreneur of her time, is born to freed slaves in Louisiana.
Crime/Disasters Sitting Ohio congressman murdered by his deranged son on the family farm in Marysville.
Crime/Disasters Almost fifty people are killed in an horrific train wreck near Angola, New York.
Crime/Disasters In northeast England, an accidental explosion of nitroglycerin kills the Sheriff of Newcastle and six others.
Crime/Disasters In Santa Fe, New Mexico Chief Justice John P. Slough dies two days after his wounding by a political rival.
Crime/Disasters New Mexico Chief Justice John P. Slough is shot and fatally wounded, in Santa Fe.
Crime/Disasters In London, Irish nationalists blow up a prison wall in an attempt to rescue two comrades and kill four people.
Education/Culture Dickens enthusiasts queue overnight for live reading tickets for his second series of Boston live readings.
Campaigns/Elections In a massive Irish nationalist demonstration in Dublin, the "Manchester Martyrs" are buried in the city cemetery.
Lawmaking/Litigating The Fortieth Congress strongly rejects its Judiciary Committee's recommendation to President Johnson.
Crime/Disasters In London, Her Majesty's Theater, the largest opera house in England, is destroyed by fire.
Lawmaking/Litigating In Washington, the House Judiciary Committee reports and recommends the impeachment of President Johnson.
Lawmaking/Litigating - The Fortieth Congress is sitting in its first meeting of its second session in Washington DC
Education/Culture Charles Dickens begins his live reading tour of the United States at the Steinway Hall in Boston.
Campaigns/Elections Irish nationalist demonstrations in both England and Ireland march in honor of the "Manchester Martyrs."
Crime/Disasters In England, a Greek cargo ship is destroyed in a huge explosion as it prepares to sail from the port of Liverpool.
Education/Culture Edward Payson Weston reaches Chicago on his 1238 mile walk from Portland, Maine with a day to spare.
Battles/Soldiers At Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, George Custer is suspended from the Army for absence without leave.
Crime/Disasters In northern England, three Fenians convicted of murder are hanged in Manchester.
Crime/Disasters Fatal railroad disaster in Ohio when passenger trains collide near Lockland.
Lawmaking/Litigating - The Fortieth Congress is sitting and closing out its first session in Washington DC
Crime/Disasters An earthquake and accompanying tsunami causes massive damage throughout the Virgin Islands.
Personal In Querétaro, the embalmed body of former Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico is released to Austrian official for repatriation to Vienna.
Education/Culture Charles Dickens sails from Liverpool for his second visit to the United States.
Crime/Disasters In Wales, a massive explosion and fire underground kills 178 Rhondda Valley coal miners