Birthdays

Richard Heron Anderson
Turns 38 on this date

William Brimage Bate
Turns 33 on this date

Watson Brown
Turns 24 on this date

James McHenry Caldwell
Turns 32 on this date

James Andrew McCauley
Turns 37 on this date

William Still
Turns 38 on this date

James Henry Thomas
Turns 32 on this date

John Armstrong Wright
Turns 39 on this date
Events
Business/Industry | Michigan State Fair in session in Detroit |
10/04/1859 to 10/07/1859 |
Crime/Disasters | Passenger steamer bound for Havana disabled off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina | 10/07/1859 |
Crime/Disasters | William Walker's latest filibustering attempt ends before it begins with arrest by U.S. Marshals | 10/07/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Electric Weaving,” October 7, 1859 | 10/07/1859 |