Birthdays

William Nelson Rector Beall
Turns 35 on this date

Jesse Spinner Burks
Turns 37 on this date

Eugene Asa Carr
Turns 30 on this date

Marvin Emory Clark
Turns 27 on this date

George Bibb Crittenden
Turns 48 on this date

Neal S. Dow
Turns 56 on this date

John Echols
Turns 37 on this date

Thomas Dawes Eliot
Turns 52 on this date

Samuel Galloway
Turns 49 on this date
Events
Science/Technology | First day of Spring | 03/20/1860 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | Lieutenant-Governor Wood sworn in as Governor of Illinois after the death of William Bissell | 03/20/1860 |
Foreign | Miramón forces besieging Vera Cruz subject the port to a sustained bombardment |
03/15/1860 to 03/20/1860 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |