Birthdays

Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen
Turns 43 on this date

William Leonard Helfenstein
Turns 55 on this date

Henry Washington Hilliard
Turns 52 on this date

George Proctor Kane
Turns 43 on this date

Abraham J. Labagh
Turns 55 on this date

William H. Mathews
Turns 11 on this date

Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton
Turns 37 on this date

Robert Purvis
Turns 50 on this date

Charles Roome
Turns 48 on this date
Events
Personal | Obed Hussey, inventor of the reaping machine, dies in freak railroad accident | 08/04/1860 |
US/the World | On his North American tour, the Prince of Wales visits Fredericton, capital of New Brunswick |
08/04/1860 to 08/07/1860 |
Science/Technology | The American Scientific Association meets in Newport, Rhode Island |
08/01/1860 to 08/05/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Herald, “The Election in North Carolina,” August 4, 1860 | 08/04/1860 |