Birthdays
Henry Clay Cheston
Turns 25 on this date
George Reeder Garner
Turns 16 on this date
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Turns 34 on this date
Eppa Hunton
Turns 37 on this date
John Wesley Landis
Turns 22 on this date
Robert McCachren
Turns 61 on this date
Truman Seymour
Turns 35 on this date
Henry Warner Slocum
Turns 32 on this date
William Nathan Harrell Smith
Turns 47 on this date
Events
| Education/Culture | Much anticipated tour of English cricket's finest players begins in Montreal | 09/24/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “Air Navigation over the Atlantic,” September 24, 1859 | 09/24/1859 |