Birthdays
Edward Young Buchanan
Turns 49 on this date
Edward Winslow Hinks
Turns 30 on this date
George Doherty Johnston
Turns 28 on this date
Francis William Kellogg
Turns 50 on this date
John Alexander McClernand
Turns 48 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | In London, a runaway train leaves the station at Kings Cross and crosses the road outside | 05/30/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
| Crime/Disasters | Tornadoes in the northwestern Pennsylvania highlands devastate kill seven and injure thirty | 05/30/1860 |
Documents
| Letter | Abraham Lincoln to Leonard Swett, May 30, 1860 | 05/30/1860 |
| Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Lincoln’s Hold on the Working-Men,” May 30, 1860 | 05/30/1860 |
| Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Stop Quarreling,” May 30, 1860 | 05/30/1860 |
| Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “What Lincoln Did Not Do,” May 30, 1860 | 05/30/1860 |
| Letter | Schuyler Colfax to Abraham Lincoln, May 30, 1860 | 05/30/1860 |