The first telephone call was made between New York and Chicago.
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The Rapid Transit Railroad broke ground on a new underground subway to link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Elvis Presley enlisted in the US army.
Craig David was appointed as Goodwill Ambassador against tuberculosis (TB) by the World Health Organization.
The Office, created by Ricky Gervais in the UK, aired its first US season on NBC.
Five hundred and sixty people dressed as ghosts, to get a world record for the largest gathering of people dressed as ghosts.
