The first telephone was installed in the telegraph room in the White House, thanks to President Rutherford B. Hayes.
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Jeffrey Dahmer got baptized while in prison at Columbia Correctional Institution in Wisconsin.
An assassination attempt was made on President George W. Bush.
The USSR attempted to launch an uncrewed spacecraft to Mars.
Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first black president.
US Geological Survey issued a statement revealing that 39 Montana glaciers have reduced in size from 39 to 85 percent in the last 50 years.
