Birthdays
Oran Milo Roberts
Turns 45 on this date
Wilbur Fisk Watkins
Turns 24 on this date
William Ryland Woodward
Turns 41 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | Albert Hicks, facing execution as the United States' last pirate, confesses to a spectacular life of crime | 07/09/1860 |
| US/the World | Druse militants massacre thousands of Christians in Damascus |
07/09/1860 to 07/11/1860 |
| Business/Industry | In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Northwestern Mutual Life makes its first real estate loan | 07/09/1860 |
| Business/Industry | In New York, the giant steamship "Great Eastern" halves the price for a visit aboard to fifty cents | 07/09/1860 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Outside the White House, thousands of Democrats hear President Buchanan speak in favor of Breckinridge | 07/09/1860 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Secretary of War Floyd orders operations against the Navajo | 07/09/1860 |
| US/the World | The Prince of Wales prepares to sail on his tour of Canada and the United States | 07/09/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “A New Picture of Lincoln,” July 9, 1860 | 07/09/1860 |