Telegraph wires linked new York and Boston.
With this, communication became relatively possible over long distances.
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The world's first operating ATM opened in Enfield, London.
Colombia's militant group FARC agreed to lay down their weapons after 52 years of guerilla warfare.
James Bond's eighth movie, 'Live and Let Die,' was released in the US.
Stock markets crashed in New York because of a public panic, which was traced back to wheat crop failure in Argentina.
Iraqi warplanes bombed the town of Sardasht in Iran with a chemical attack.
