Birthdays

James Cameron Allen
Turns 38 on this date

Samuel Penniman Bates
Turns 33 on this date

Franklin Gardner
Turns 37 on this date

William McKinley Jr.
Turns 17 on this date

John Richard Pattison
Turns 38 on this date
Events
Cultural | Anton Chekhov is born in southern Russia | 01/29/1860 |
US/the World | Napoleon III closes down France's leading Catholic newspaper | 01/29/1860 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
Religion/Philosophy | The American College is established in Rome under the auspices of Pope Pius IX | 01/29/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Herald, “Sixty Indians Killed in Mendocino County,” January 29, 1860 | 01/29/1860 |