Birthdays
Thomas Morris Chester
Turns 26 on this date
Burton Chauncey Cook
Turns 41 on this date
Byron Mac Cutcheon
Turns 24 on this date
Clement Alexander Finley
Turns 63 on this date
Robert Smith Grier
Turns 70 on this date
Events
| US/the World | Garibaldi and his thousand volunteers land at the Sicilian port town of Marsala | 05/11/1860 |
| Business/Industry | In Pennsylvania, thousands of logs travel down the Susquehanna on a flood when a log boom breaks | 05/11/1860 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Tenth National Women's Rights Convention held in New York City |
05/10/1860 to 05/11/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |