Birthdays

James Isham Gilbert
Turns 36 on this date

Henry Grider
Turns 63 on this date

John Howard Kitching
Turns 21 on this date

Edward Joy Morris
Turns 44 on this date

Robert Brown Potter
Turns 30 on this date

Thomas R. Stewart
Turns 39 on this date

Beverly Roberts Waugh
Turns 35 on this date

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett
Turns -3 on this date

Jacob Zeilin
Turns 53 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | The convention charged with creating a Kansas State Constitution is meeting in Wyandotte, Kansas |
07/06/1859 to 07/28/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Times, “A Democratic Dove from Georgia,” July 16, 1859 | 07/16/1859 |