The Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil was ratified.
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AT&T was founded by Alexander Graham Bell, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, and Thomas Sanders.
Research into fossil footprints at White Sands National Park in New Mexico confirmed humans were in the Americas at least 21,000 years ago.
The Great Cyclone of Calcutta hit India and destroyed over half the city.
Britain's R101 airship crashed in France on its maiden voyage.
Notorious American outlaws, The Dalton Brothers, set out to rob two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas.