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Congress moved to Philadelphia from New York.

The 13th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, abolishing slavery, was ratified as Georgia became the 27th state to endorse it.

The Washington Post published its first edition.

Army engineers completed construction of the Washington Monument, 36 years after the cornerstone was laid. (The monument was dedicated the following February, but wasn’t opened to the public until October, 1888.)

The worst mining disaster in United States history occurred; 362 men and boys died in a coal mine explosion in Monongah, West Virginia.

Finland declared its full independence from Russia.

An Anglo-Irish treaty was signed in London, providing for the creation of the Irish Free State.

A presidential address was broadcast on radio for the first time as President Calvin Coolidge spoke to a joint session of Congress.

America’s first attempt at putting a satellite into orbit failed as Vanguard TV3 rose about 4 feet off a Cape Canaveral launch pad before crashing down and exploding.

A concert by “The Rolling Stones” at the Altamont Speedway in Livermore, California, was marred by the deaths of four people, including one who was stabbed by a Hell’s Angel.

The U.S. Senate voted 92-3 to confirm House minority leader Gerald R. Ford as vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew. Gerald Ford then was sworn in as vice president.