Birthdays

Hiram Pitt Bennet
Turns 33 on this date

Thomas Holliday Hicks
Turns 61 on this date

Charles Truman Hotchkiss
Turns 26 on this date

Henry Hotze
Turns 26 on this date

Henry Miles Moore
Turns 33 on this date

James Harrison Wilson
Turns 22 on this date
Events
Science/Technology | A massive geomagnetic storm disrupts navigation and telegraphy around the globe |
09/01/1859 to 09/02/1859 |
Science/Technology | Gas lighting introduced in Hawaii | 09/02/1859 |
Documents
Letter | Peter Zinn to Abraham Lincoln, September 2, 1859 | 09/02/1859 |