Birthdays
Varina Howell Davis
Turns 34 on this date
Washington Lee
Turns 39 on this date
Moses Williamson
Turns 58 on this date
Events
| US/the World | Garibaldi and his volunteers organize on the Tuscan coast for their invasion of Sicily |
05/07/1860 to 05/08/1860 |
| Crime/Disasters | Heavy damage caused in storm that strikes Bucks County, Pennsylvania | 05/07/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
| Slavery/Abolition | Two South Carolina slaves stow away aboard Boston bound steamer; one escapes, one does not |
05/06/1860 to 05/07/1860 |