Letter collections started being collected from mailboxes in Boston, US.
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Andrew Hallidie introduced the cable car to San Francisco after witnessing a horse and carriage accident.
A bomb exploded at the railway station in Bologna, Italy.
The Space Race began between the two Cold War rivals, the USA and the USSR.
Britain took power over the Indian government.
English clockmaker Daniel Quare gained the patents for a portable barometer to measure air pressure.
