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- 1844
Samuel Morse sends the first telegraph message, What hath God wrought, from Washington to Baltimore. View Post →
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- 1626
Dutch explorer Peter Minuit purchases Manhattan Island from Native American Lenape people for 60 guilders in trade goods. View Post →
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- 1976
The Concorde supersonic transport takes its first commercial flight from London to Bahrain.
- 1822
Simón Bolívar leads the Battle of Pichincha, securing Ecuador's independence from Spain.
- 1988
A power outage occurs in Boston Garden during NHL's Stanley Cup finals.
- 1881
Canadian river ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London, Ontario, killing 180 people.
- 2001
Animated film Shrek premieres in the US, becoming a box-office hit and spawning a successful franchise.
- 1883
The Brooklyn Bridge opens, connecting Brooklyn and Manhattan in New York City after 14 years of construction.
- 2004
North Korea bans mobile phones.
- 1915
Thomas Edison invents the telescribe for recording telephone conversations.
- 1964
Panic at a soccer stadium in Lima, Peru results in the deaths of 300 people.
- 1931
B&O Railroad installs the first air-conditioned train.
- 2018
Record US fentanyl seizure in Nebraska, one of the largest drug busts in US history.
- 2003
Paul McCartney performs his first-ever concert in Russia, drawing over 100,000 people in Moscow's Red Square.
- 1830
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line's first regular passenger rail service begins with horse-drawn rail cars connecting Baltimore to Ellicott's Mills.
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