The first telephone call was made between New York and Chicago.
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Black citizens were given the right to vote in Canada.
Carolyn & Eugene Shoemaker and David Levy discovered the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet.
The Office, created by Ricky Gervais in the UK, aired its first US season on NBC.
Craig David was appointed as Goodwill Ambassador against tuberculosis (TB) by the World Health Organization.
The world's first international women's sporting event began in Monaco.
