Birthdays
Henry Whitney Bellows
Turns 44 on this date
Augustus Hill Garland
Turns 26 on this date
James Lawson Kemper
Turns 35 on this date
Robert Huston Milroy
Turns 42 on this date
Samuel Davis Sturgis
Turns 36 on this date
Eli Thayer
Turns 39 on this date
John Weller
Turns 28 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | Abundant rains deluge many northern states |
06/09/1858 to 06/12/1858 |
| Foreign | The "Welcome Nugget," weighing 126.25 pounds, found in the Australian goldfields | 06/11/1858 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 35th Congress is in session in Washington, DC. from early January to mid-June, 1858 |
01/06/1858 to 06/13/1858 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Times, "The Blasting Disaster in Thirty-Seventh-Street," June 11, 1858 | 06/11/1858 |