The first yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean began.
French inventor Pierre Lallement was awarded his patent for a pedal bicycle.
President Andrew Johnson declared that the American civil war was over.
The world's first roller skating rink opened in Rhode Island.
Tennessee became the first Confederate state to be readmitted into the United States.
The US Congress approved the 5 cent nickel.
Jesse James performed his first daylight armed robbery in the US.
American religious leader Mary Baker Eddy was allegedly cured of her spinal injury by reading The Bible.
Wesley College was established in Melbourne, Australia.
