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 |