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Pony Express begins, mail relay by horse from Missouri to California.
Jesse James killed by Robert Ford in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Wood block alarm invented, dropping 20 blocks when alarmed.
Mt McKinley, highest in North America, claimed first climbed.
Truman signs Marshall Plan, $5 billion aid for war-torn Europe.
Train derails in Guadalajara, Mexico, 300 killed.
Super Outbreak: 148 tornadoes in 13 US states, 315 dead. /events/tornado-super-outbreakLink Preview
French TGV sets train speed record at 574.8 km/h.
Unabomber Ted Kaczynski arrested, ending his bombing campaign.
Charlie Chaplin returns to the U.S. after a twenty-year absence.
U.S. national debt reaches $2 trillion.
First Apple iPad released.