Charing Cross Railway Station opened in London, England.
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Samuel Morse sent the first telegraph message using Morse code across two miles of wire in New Jersey, USA.
The ruins of an ancient lost city were discovered in eastern Ecuador.
The first Jewish person was elected in the US.
The first successful administration of insulin to treat diabetes was given to 14-year-old Leonard Thompson.
Los Angeles was covered in snow for the first time in recorded history.
