Inventor William Gray received a patent for creating the telephone that uses coins to operate it.
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Berlin's city became entirely divided in two, with all borders sealed between the east and west.
South Park premiered on Comedy Central, with the first episode titled 'Cartman Gets an Anal Probe.'
Saint John I became the Catholic Pope.
The Baltimore Afro-American newspaper was published for the first time.
Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani became the world’s first woman to win the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics.
