Birthdays
David Bell Birney
Turns 37 on this date
Joseph Lane
Turns 17 on this date
Solomon Meredith
Turns 52 on this date
Thomas Franses Pendel
Turns 38 on this date
Trusten Polk
Turns 51 on this date
Reuben Lindsay Walker
Turns 35 on this date
Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox
Turns 38 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | Fire in a fireworks factory in Utica, New York kills a worker | 05/29/1862 |
| Crime/Disasters | Fire in Rochester, New York destroys a huge grain elevator and 50,000 bushels of grain | 05/29/1862 |
| Crime/Disasters | Large and fatal fire sweeps through the kerosene storage warehouses on the Brooklyn waterfront | 05/29/1862 |
| Education/Culture | The harness racing season opens in New York City with a $800 match race on Long Island | 05/29/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862 |