Birthdays
Warren Akin
Turns 50 on this date
Lewis Cass
Turns 79 on this date
William McKendree Gwin
Turns 56 on this date
John Jones Pettus
Turns 48 on this date
Mary Ann Shadd
Turns 38 on this date
George Sykes
Turns 39 on this date
Events
| US/the World | In Russia, rioting students close down the University of St. Petersburg |
10/06/1861 to 10/09/1861 |
| Battles/Soldiers | The Union garrison on Santa Rosa Island in Florida beats off a Confederate attack on Fort Pickens | 10/09/1861 |