Event:
Congress appropriates $30,000 "to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs" by the US
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1995 Camilla Parker Bowles and her husband Andrew divorce
1974 World's worst air disaster, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris (346 die)
1933 Mount Rushmore dedicated
1882 New York Steam Corp begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings
1845 Florida becomes 27th state
