Birthdays
Theodore Freylinghuysen
Turns 72 on this date
Theodore Gallaudet
Turns 54 on this date
Nathan Kelsey Hall
Turns 49 on this date
William Luther Haller
Turns 33 on this date
Wade Hampton
Turns 41 on this date
Benjamin Markley Nyce
Turns 50 on this date
John Benedict Steele
Turns 45 on this date
Henry Dana Washburn
Turns 27 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | A referendum in Kansas confirms the legislature's call for a constitutional convention | 03/28/1859 |
| Education/Culture | Brahms' First Serenade for Orchestra premieres at Hamburg in northern Germany | 03/28/1859 |
| Crime/Disasters | Steamboat collision on the Ohio River kills forty-two people | 03/28/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Times, "The Underground Railroad," March 28, 1859 | 03/28/1859 |