Birthdays
John Holmes Agnew
Turns 56 on this date
Isabelle Boyd
Turns 17 on this date
William Rufus Creery
Turns 36 on this date
William George Mackey Davis
Turns 48 on this date
William Hays
Turns 41 on this date
Harriet Lane Johnston
Turns 30 on this date
William Edmondson Jones
Turns 36 on this date
Edwin H. Nevin
Turns 46 on this date
Events
| US/the World | Garibaldi and his thousand volunteers embark from the Tuscan coast for Sicily | 05/09/1860 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Illinois Republicans hold their state convention in Decatur and nominate Richard Yates for governor |
05/09/1860 to 05/10/1860 |
| Education/Culture | J.M. Barrie, author of "Peter Pan," born in Scotland | 05/09/1860 |
| Personal | S.G. Goodrich, the famous "Peter Parley," author of hundreds of books for young adults dies in New York City | 05/09/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
| Campaigns/Elections | The Constitutional Union Party meets in its national convention in Baltimore, Maryland | 05/09/1860 |
| Slavery/Abolition | U.S. Navy captures Baltimore owned slave ship off Cuban coast with five hundred slaves aboard | 05/09/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, “The Coming Conventions,” May 9, 1860 | 05/09/1860 |