Birthdays
Charles Ransford Jennison
Turns 26 on this date
John Baillie McIntosh
Turns 31 on this date
Isaac N. Urner
Turns 39 on this date
Events
| Education/Culture | America's best trotting horses race in a three heat series at the Union Course on Long Island | 06/06/1860 |
| Education/Culture | Baltimore Excelsiors defeat Washington Potomacs in first intercity baseball game outside New York City | 06/06/1860 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Divided Alabama Democratic Party holds two separate nominating conventions in Montgomery |
06/04/1860 to 06/06/1860 |
| US/the World | In Sicily, royal troops capitulate and leave the capital city of Palermo in the hands of Garibaldi |
06/06/1860 to 06/07/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | (Jackson) Mississippian, “Bell on Abolition Petitions,” June 6, 1860 | 06/06/1860 |
| Letter | John W. Jones to William Still, June 6, 1860 | 06/06/1860 |
| Newspaper | Raleigh (NC) Standard, “Untitled,” June 6, 1860 | 06/06/1860 |