Birthdays
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
Turns 53 on this date
Alpheus Baker
Turns 32 on this date
Charles Joseph Baker
Turns 39 on this date
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
Turns 42 on this date
William Birney
Turns 41 on this date
Sempronius Hamilton Boyd
Turns 32 on this date
William Alfred Buckingham
Turns 56 on this date
Basil Wilson Duke
Turns 22 on this date
Ephraim Thomas Carroll Richmond
Turns 17 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | British gales wreck one hundred and forty-three ships in one day | 05/28/1860 |
| US/the World | Garibaldi and his volunteers engage in days of heavy street fighting in Sicily's capital city of Palermo |
05/27/1860 to 05/29/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Mr. Lincoln's Committals,” May 28, 1860 | 05/28/1860 |
| Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The New York Sun on Lincoln,” May 28, 1860 | 05/28/1860 |