Daily Report

Birthdays

1817—1862

Turns 42 on this date

available information

1815—1877

Turns 44 on this date

available information

1840—1916

Turns 19 on this date

1837—1919

Turns 22 on this date

Crime/Disasters	Spring tides and high winds cause flooding and subsidence along the Hudson River in New York	03/18/1859—03/20/1859
Crime/Disasters	Fatal railroad accident in Canada when a Great Western Railway express train plunges into a ravine	03/19/1859
Education/Culture	Charles Gounod's opera "Faust" premieres in Paris to luke-warm critical acclaim	03/19/1859


Newspaper	New York Times, “Democratic State Convention at Harrisburg,” March 19, 1859	03/19/1859
Newspaper	Ripley (OH) Bee, “Untitled,” March 19, 1859	03/19/1859