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1833

Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.

Jun06

U.S. Presidents

President Jackson rides the Iron Horse

In Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, President Andrew Jackson boards a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad train for a pleasure trip to Baltimore. Jackson, who had never been on a train before, was the first president to take a ride on the "Iron Horse," as locomotives were known then.

Aug20

U.S. Presidents

Benjamin Harrison is born

Future President Benjamin Harrison is born in North Bend, Ohio on August 20, 1833.

Portrait of Benjamin Harris (1833-1901), the twentieth President of the United STates. Undated photograph. BPA2#3845.

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