Birthdays

Charles Heydrick
Turns 27 on this date
James Philemon Holcombe
Turns 39 on this date

Elizabeth Smith Miller
Turns 37 on this date

Edward Asbury O'Neal
Turns 41 on this date

Samuel Richard Peale
Turns 29 on this date

Sterling Price
Turns 50 on this date

John Fulton Reynolds
Turns 39 on this date

Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh
Turns 38 on this date

Charles Bedford Young
Turns 30 on this date
Events
Legal/Political | General Winfield Scott sails for the Pacific NorthWest to head off the "Pig War" | 09/20/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “A Burning Speech,” September 20, 1859 | 09/20/1859 |