The City of Baghdad is founded today.
The City of Baltimore, Maryland (US) – is founded today.
The New Orleans Riots happened today in New Orleans, Louisiana. Radical Republicans in Convention for the first time since the start of the previously ended Civil War, meet to argue the The Black Codes (which gave local ex-Slave the right to vote). 200 Free Blackmen marched outside the Meeting Hall in protest. The Radicals armed and attacked them. 48 were killed and 100 were wounded. Although investigated, no charges were filed by Federal Authorities.
"In God We Trust" becomes the officially Motto of The United States of America - today. Although the phrase was coined on US Currency during The Civil War of the 1860s, it was never officially adopted.