Birthdays

Blanche Kelso Bruce
Turns 17 on this date

Robert Christie Buchanan
Turns 47 on this date

Lewis Garrard Clarke
Turns 43 on this date

David Radnor Coover
Turns 26 on this date

James Fleming Fagan
Turns 30 on this date

Hiram Bronson Granbury
Turns 27 on this date

William Dean Howells
Turns 21 on this date

John Moore Leonard
Turns 25 on this date

Albin Francisco Schoepf
Turns 36 on this date
Events
Foreign | Jose Desiderio Valverde becomes the new President of the Dominican Republic | 03/01/1858 |
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 |