Birthdays

Phineas Taylor Barnum
Turns 55 on this date

David Glasgow Farragut
Turns 64 on this date

John Henry Lease
Turns 33 on this date

Lemuel Gregory Olmsted
Turns 57 on this date

Jesse Bowman Young
Turns 21 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | In London, Parliament passes the world's first speed limits on public roads | 07/05/1865 |
Crime/Disasters | In Washington, President Andrew Johnson approves the sentences passed down to the Lincoln conspirators | 07/05/1865 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The new United States Secret Service goes into operation for the Treasury Department | 07/05/1865 |