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 |