The first telephone call was made between New York and Chicago.
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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.
Elvis Presley enlisted in the US army.
A truck carrying margarine and flour caught fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel.
King James VI of Scotland was crowned King James I of England and Ireland.
