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 |