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 |