Apple became the first company to achieve worth more than $800 billion.
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The parliament of Great Britain passed the Tea Act, a piece of legislation that ultimately led to the Boston Tea Party.
An atomic submarine circumnavigated the globe.
Christopher Columbus spotted the Cayman Islands.
The first telephone was installed in the telegraph room in the White House, thanks to President Rutherford B. Hayes.
Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first black president.
