Birthdays
Luke Pryor Blackburn
Turns 42 on this date
Marcus Lafayette Gordon
Turns 21 on this date
David Edgar Herold
Turns 16 on this date
Eli Long
Turns 21 on this date
Wesley Merritt
Turns 24 on this date
Robert Franklin Thompson
Turns 27 on this date
Israel Washburn Jr.
Turns 45 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln delivers his famous House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois | 06/16/1858 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Senate of the United States is sitting in a two day special session in Washington, DC |
06/15/1858 to 06/16/1858 |
Documents
| Newspaper | (Jackson) Mississippian State Gazette, "The Duty of Our Government," June 16, 1858 | 06/16/1858 |
| Speech | Abraham Lincoln, "A House Divided'': Speech, Springfield, Illinois, June 16, 1858 | 06/16/1858 |
| Newspaper | Boston (MA) Herald, “Illness of President Buchanan,” June 16, 1858 | 06/16/1858 |
| Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, "Emancipation of Slaves in Virginia," June 16, 1858 | 06/16/1858 |
| Letter | Lyman Trumbull to Abraham Lincoln, June 16, 1858 | 06/16/1858 |
| Newspaper | Omaha (NE) Nebraskian, "Stealing Cattle," June 16, 1858 | 06/16/1858 |
| Book | Recollection by Henry Villard, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, June 16-November 2, 1858 | 06/16/1858 |
| Book | Recollection by Julian M. Sturtevant, House Divided Speech, June 16, 1858 | 06/16/1858 |