Inventor William Gray received a patent for creating the telephone that uses coins to operate it.
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Black soldiers were blamed for raiding a bar in Brownsville, Texas, US.
Berlin's city became entirely divided in two, with all borders sealed between the east and west.
John Smith, famous for setting up the first permanent English colony in the New World, told the first stories about Jamestown.
Saint John I became the Catholic Pope.
South Park premiered on Comedy Central, with the first episode titled 'Cartman Gets an Anal Probe.'
