Birthdays
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
Turns 52 on this date
Alpheus Baker
Turns 31 on this date
Charles Joseph Baker
Turns 38 on this date
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
Turns 41 on this date
William Birney
Turns 40 on this date
Sempronius Hamilton Boyd
Turns 31 on this date
William Alfred Buckingham
Turns 55 on this date
Basil Wilson Duke
Turns 21 on this date
Ephraim Thomas Carroll Richmond
Turns 16 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Governor Wickliffe of Louisiana orders the disbanding of civilian Vigilance Committees in the state. | 05/28/1859 |
| Science/Technology | Underwater telegraph line down the Red Sea from Suez to Aden is completed | 05/28/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | (Concord) New Hampshire Statesman, “Expenses of the White House,” May 28, 1859 | 05/28/1859 |
| Newspaper | Richmond (VA) Dispatch, "The Slave Trade and Slave Stealing," May 28, 1859 | 05/28/1859 |