Birthdays
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry
Turns 34 on this date
Marcellus Ephraim Jones
Turns 29 on this date
James Knox
Turns 52 on this date
Beverly Holcombe Robertson
Turns 32 on this date
Marcus Joseph Wright
Turns 28 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | An unprecedented late spring frost causes massive crop damage across the northern United States |
06/04/1859 to 06/05/1859 |
| Crime/Disasters | Steamship bound for Glasgow from New York strikes an iceberg off of Newfoundland | 06/05/1859 |
| Crime/Disasters | Weeks of heavy rainfall bring serious flooding to the upper Mississippi |
06/03/1859 to 06/05/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Memphis (TN) Appeal, “Land Speculations at the West,” June 5, 1859 | 06/05/1859 |