Birthdays

Henry "Box" Brown
Turns 44 on this date

Horace Gray
Turns 31 on this date

John Henry Hubbard
Turns 55 on this date

William Henry Longsdorff
Turns 25 on this date

William Boyer Lupton
Turns 26 on this date

Lambdin Purdy Milligan
Turns 47 on this date

Charles Henry Mytinger
Turns 26 on this date

Richard Alexander Fullerton Penrose
Turns 32 on this date

John Wesley Powell
Turns 25 on this date
Events
Crime/Disasters | Congressman Daniel Sickles is indicted for murder in Washington D.C. in the shooting of Philip Barton Key | 03/24/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | Charleston (SC) Courier, “Mysterious Disappearance,” March 24, 1859 | 03/24/1859 |