Birthdays
Antoinette Louisa Brown
Turns 35 on this date
John Brown
Turns 67 on this date
John Harris
Turns 70 on this date
Henry Bry Holmes
Turns 22 on this date
William Brown Norris
Turns 57 on this date
Thomas Dartmouth Rice
Turns 52 on this date
Events
| Personal | Eduard Buchner, chemist and Nobel laureate, born in Munich, Germany | 05/20/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “Another Boiler Explosion,” May 20, 1860 | 05/20/1860 |