Birthdays
Isaac Davis Clark
Turns 25 on this date
Charles Anderson Dana
Turns 41 on this date
John Wesley Duvall
Turns 24 on this date
Winfield Scott Featherston
Turns 40 on this date
Nelson Appleton Miles
Turns 21 on this date
Lewis Griffith Sparrow
Turns 32 on this date
Walter Chiles Whitaker
Turns 37 on this date
Events
| Education/Culture | American Normal School Association meets in Buffalo, New York |
08/07/1860 to 08/08/1860 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Giant Republican rally in Springfield, Illinois | 08/08/1860 |
| Education/Culture | In Brooklyn baseball, a massive crowd watches the Atlantics beat the Excelsiors | 08/08/1860 |
| Crime/Disasters | In Maryland, fire devastates the entire town of Salisbury | 08/08/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “McKinney and Blunt,” August 8, 1860 | 08/08/1860 |
| Newspaper | Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, "Who Are For Disunion?," August 8, 1860 | 08/08/1860 |