The movie “Jaws” by Steven Spielberg hit theaters.
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The Wikimedia Foundation Inc. was founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
West Virginia was admitted as the 35th US state during the height of the US Civil War.
Samuel Morse was granted the patents for his telegraph.
At the age of 18, Queen Victoria ascended the throne after her uncle, King William IV, passed away.
Caroline Willard Baldwin became the first woman in the USA to earn a PhD.
