Birthdays

Joseph Dysart
Turns 40 on this date

Benjamin Henry Grierson
Turns 34 on this date

Alexander Hayes
Turns 41 on this date

William Kellogg
Turns 46 on this date

James Bennett McCreary
Turns 22 on this date

Frederick William Seward
Turns 30 on this date

Alfred Christopher Stone
Turns 29 on this date

David Battle Turpie
Turns 32 on this date
Events
Slavery/Abolition | In Alabama, the last Africa slaves transported and sold on United States soil landed on the Mobile River | 07/08/1860 |
Crime/Disasters | In Texas, devastating fires strike Dallas and other parts of Denton County | 07/08/1860 |
US/the World | Near Edinburgh, a Scottish railway locomotive crashes into the sea killing four of the five aboard | 07/08/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Herald, “A Curious Fourth of July Celebration,” July 8, 1860 | 07/08/1860 |