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 |