Birthdays

James McNair Baker
Turns 40 on this date

George Griffin George
Turns 39 on this date

Arminius Summerfield Hank
Turns 30 on this date

James Ross Irvine
Turns 48 on this date

John Marshall Jones
Turns 41 on this date

John Linn McKim
Turns 48 on this date

Omsby MacKnight Mitchel
Turns 56 on this date

Nicholas Bartlett Pearce
Turns 33 on this date

James Alexander Ventress Pue
Turns 20 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | The 37th Congress is in session in Washington, DC, sitting from early July, 1861 till early August, 1861 |
07/05/1861 to 08/05/1861 |
Science/Technology | The Great Comet of 1861 visible to the naked eye over North America and Europe |
06/30/1861 to 08/15/1861 |
Documents
Newspaper | Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “Disgraced,” July 20, 1861 | 07/20/1861 |