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Saturday, August 06, 1859
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Birthdays

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Judah Philip Benjamin

Turns 48 on this date
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Francis Bicknell Carpenter

Turns 29 on this date
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Samuel Powhatan Carter

Turns 40 on this date
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Lewis William Foulke

Turns 50 on this date
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John Perdue Gray

Turns 34 on this date
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Thomas Charles Murphey

Turns 38 on this date
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Susie King Taylor

Turns 11 on this date

Events

Crime/Disasters Explosions at an Irish gunpowder mill kill five and cause widespread damage 08/06/1859
Foreign Representatives of Austria, France, and Piedmont-Sardinia meet in Zurich to negotiate a permanent end to the war in Italy 08/06/1859

Documents

Newspaper Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The British West India (Black) Regiments,” August 6, 1859 08/06/1859