Telegraph wires linked new York and Boston.
With this, communication became relatively possible over long distances.
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NASA launched the Columbia Space Shuttle for its final test flight, STS-4.
Bill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.
The world's first operating ATM opened in Enfield, London.
The founder of the Mormons, Joseph Smith Jr., was murdered by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
Colombia's militant group FARC agreed to lay down their weapons after 52 years of guerilla warfare.
