The Right Honourable John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute, dies -

Lincoln signs Ulysses S. Grant?s commission to command the U.S. Army -

Montana vigilantes hang Jack Slade -

William H. C. Whiting dies -

Speech transmitted by telephone -

Mine explosion kills 1,060 in France -

Turkish troops begin evacuation of Baghdad -

First Book-of-the-Month Club selection is published -