Birthdays

Warren Akin
Turns 49 on this date

Lewis Cass
Turns 78 on this date

William McKendree Gwin
Turns 55 on this date

John Jones Pettus
Turns 47 on this date

Mary Ann Shadd
Turns 37 on this date

George Sykes
Turns 38 on this date
Events
Personal | Leonard Wood is born in Pocasset, Massachusetts | 10/09/1860 |
Crime/Disasters | On Lake Erie, a Detroit grain ship explodes its boiler and sinks in Lake Erie, killing two crewman | 10/09/1860 |
US/the World | Prince Albert visits Philadelphia and attends the opera |
10/09/1860 to 10/10/1860 |
Campaigns/Elections | Republicans sweep to victory in state-wide elections in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, and Minnesota | 10/09/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The Execution of Walker,” October 9, 1860 | 10/09/1860 |
Newspaper | Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, "Judge Taney vs. Douglas," October 9, 1860 | 10/09/1860 |