Birthdays

Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen
Turns 44 on this date

William Leonard Helfenstein
Turns 56 on this date

Henry Washington Hilliard
Turns 53 on this date

George Proctor Kane
Turns 44 on this date

Abraham J. Labagh
Turns 56 on this date

William H. Mathews
Turns 12 on this date

Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton
Turns 38 on this date

Robert Purvis
Turns 51 on this date

Charles Roome
Turns 49 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | The 37th Congress is in session in Washington, DC, sitting from early July, 1861 till early August, 1861 |
07/05/1861 to 08/05/1861 |
Science/Technology | The Great Comet of 1861 visible to the naked eye over North America and Europe |
06/30/1861 to 08/15/1861 |