Telegraph wires linked new York and Boston.
With this, communication became relatively possible over long distances.
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Illinois became the first US state to make it compulsory by law to wear a seatbelt.
Bill Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation.
Colombia's militant group FARC agreed to lay down their weapons after 52 years of guerilla warfare.
Cherokee warriors defeated British forces at the Battle of Echoee, during the Anglo-Cherokee War.
Stock markets crashed in New York because of a public panic, which was traced back to wheat crop failure in Argentina.
