Secretary of War John B. Floyd ordered the Department of New Mexico to commence operations against the Navajo Indians as soon as possible.  The Navajo had attacked Fort Defiance in strength in late April, 1860 but had been driven off.  The offensive began in November, 1860 with 600 men under Colonel Edward Canby.  After a fruitless month of hit, run, and chase in drought stricken New Mexico the operation was called off.  (By John Osborne)  

In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company made its first ever real estate loan of $600 to Charles Horning at 10% interest.  The company had been founded in Janesville in 1857 but was reorganized and moved to Milwaukee in March 1859.  It had been selling life insurance since its inception but on June 16, 1860 a board meeting had released $3000 for real estate loans.  The Company is still in operation in Milwaukee.  (By John Osborne)

A massive Democratic meeting was held in the evening outside city hall in Washington, D.C. in support of the Breckinridge and Lane ticket.  Several senators addressed the crowd, including Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, and then the gathering moved to the White House where President Buchanan appeared and spoke.  Noting the split in the Democratic Party, he gave the reasons why he preferred Breckinridge over Douglas even though he was not the official nominee of the party and party members were not bound to vote for him.  (By John Osborne)