Elvis Presley enlisted in the US army.
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Carolyn & Eugene Shoemaker and David Levy discovered the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet.
The Rapid Transit Railroad broke ground on a new underground subway to link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
The first telephone call was made between New York and Chicago.
Craig David was appointed as Goodwill Ambassador against tuberculosis (TB) by the World Health Organization.
Dr. Robert Koch discovered Mycobacterium Tuberculosis which is bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB).
