Birthdays

William Aldrich
Turns 38 on this date

Hiram Parks Bell
Turns 31 on this date

John Martin Broomall
Turns 42 on this date

Alonzo Hereford Cushing
Turns 17 on this date

Henry Gray
Turns 42 on this date

John Trout Greble
Turns 24 on this date

Asahel Wheeler Hubbard
Turns 39 on this date

Robert Edward Lee
Turns 51 on this date

Metrah Makely
Turns 27 on this date
Events
Business/Industry | Philadelphia banks finally resume specie payments | 01/19/1858 |
Crime/Disasters | School building burns in Brooklyn and six small boys lose their lives | 01/19/1858 |
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 |
Foreign | The governor of Guanajuato recognizes Benito Juárez as the legitimate constitutional president of Mexico | 01/19/1858 |