1832

Gustave Eiffel (Civil Engineer)

Mary Edwards Walker (Physician, Women’s Rights Leader)

Maximillian I (First and only monarch of the second Mexican Empire)

Lewis Carroll (Author, “Alice in Wonderland”)

Haratio Alger (Author)

John G. Calhoun became the first U.S. vice president to resign, stepping down over differences with President Andrew Jackson.

Public street car service began in New York City. The fare: 12½ cents. (The streetcar was the horse drawn “John Mason,” unveiled 12 days earlier.

The first streetcar – a horse-drawn vehicle called the “John Mason” – made its debut in New York City.

The first Democratic national Convention got under way in Baltimore. The delegates would nominate President Andrew Jackson for a second term.

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