George Von L. Meyer, future Postmaster General (1907-1909), is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

Wilmington & Susquehanna railroad opens, carrying mail and passengers.

Mail clerks A.M. Smith, F.W. Brink, G.A. Smith, Jr., J.W. Salwaenter and W.S. Mills are killed when Wabash Railway train #6 strikes a trestle at Missouri City, Missouri, falling into the water below.

Philatelic dealer Eugene Klein is born.

John McLean is named Postmaster General under James Monroe.

President Taft signs the Postal Savings Bank Bill, allowing people to save money through their local post office.

Photographer Imogen Cunningham dies in San Francisco, California. She was commemorated on a stamp in 2002.

The last game is played at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio. The stadium is demolished two years later. Stamps honoring this field and nine other baseball fields are issued in 2001.

Inaugural airmail service begins between New York, New York and Southampton, England. The service is operated by Pan American Airways, Inc.