Birthdays
Jeremiah W. Asher
Turns 52 on this date
Lafayette Curry Baker
Turns 38 on this date
Henry Haywood Bell
Turns 56 on this date
George William Brown
Turns 52 on this date
James Cook Conkling
Turns 48 on this date
George Purnell Fisher
Turns 47 on this date
Edwin Lycurgus Griffith
Turns 26 on this date
John Rock
Turns 39 on this date
Events
| US/the World | In Quebec City, delegates from Canadian provinces are meeting to agree resolutions for a united Canada |
10/10/1864 to 10/26/1864 |
| Science/Technology | The largest warship built in Philadelphia yards up to then, the U.S.S. Chattanooga, is launched | 10/13/1864 |