Birthdays

John Decatur Barry
Turns 20 on this date

William Lewis Dewart
Turns 38 on this date

Henry Moses Judah
Turns 38 on this date

Horatio King
Turns 48 on this date

Robert Briggs Latham
Turns 41 on this date

Joseph Benson Perrie
Turns 28 on this date

James Lester Shipley
Turns 21 on this date
Events
Crime/Disasters | Weeks of dangerously high temperatures prevail in central California |
06/20/1859 to 07/01/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Times, “Serious Railroad Collision,” June 21, 1859 | 06/21/1859 |