Birthdays
John Wesley Allen
Turns 22 on this date
Stephen Baker
Turns 41 on this date
Daniel Davidson Bidwell
Turns 41 on this date
John Horace Forney
Turns 31 on this date
Samuel Stehman Halderman
Turns 48 on this date
Conway Wing Hillman
Turns 4 on this date
John Rodgers
Turns 48 on this date
William Price Sanders
Turns 27 on this date
Events
| Science/Technology | British fire the world's first breech-loading rifled cannon in anger for the first time in China | 08/12/1860 |
| Crime/Disasters | Hurricane kills forty-seven people in Louisiana |
08/11/1860 to 08/12/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “A Crowd of Douglasites in the Mud,” August 12, 1860 | 08/12/1860 |