Birthdays

Thomas Morris Chester
Turns 29 on this date

Burton Chauncey Cook
Turns 44 on this date

Byron Mac Cutcheon
Turns 27 on this date

Clement Alexander Finley
Turns 66 on this date

Robert Smith Grier
Turns 73 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | Congressman Clement Vallandigham denied a writ of "Habeas Corpus" in a Cincinnati court | 05/11/1863 |
Crime/Disasters | Three thousand pounds of gunpowder explodes at a cartridge factory on New York City's East River | 05/11/1863 |