Birthdays
Lydia Maria Francis Child
Turns 56 on this date
George Washington Corner
Turns 37 on this date
William Henry Eckels
Turns 27 on this date
Thomas Alva Edison
Turns 11 on this date
Diego John Miller Loop
Turns 35 on this date
Alexander Hamilton Stephens
Turns 46 on this date
John Horace Stevens
Turns 34 on this date
Events
| Religion/Philosophy | A fourteen-year old girl gathering wood near Lourdes in rural France encounters the first of her visions of "a Lady." | 02/11/1858 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 35th Congress is in session in Washington, DC. from early January to mid-June, 1858 |
01/06/1858 to 06/13/1858 |