Birthdays

James Dixon
Turns 46 on this date

Joseph Gordon Hamblen
Turns 16 on this date

James Bedell McKean
Turns 39 on this date

Carnot Posey
Turns 42 on this date

Duke Slavens
Turns 20 on this date

Thomas Weston Tipton
Turns 43 on this date

Erastus Wentworth
Turns 47 on this date
Events
US/the World | On his North American tour, the Prince of Wales visits Fredericton, capital of New Brunswick |
08/04/1860 to 08/07/1860 |
Science/Technology | The American Scientific Association meets in Newport, Rhode Island |
08/01/1860 to 08/05/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Herald, “Trouble Among the Republicans,” August 5, 1860 | 08/05/1860 |