Samuel Morse was granted the patents for his telegraph.
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Pope John Paul II was sent to hospital for 55 days after contracting an infection.
NBC started ''Toast Of The Town" on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Haitian coup d'état started, and President Henri Namphy overthrew President Leslie Manigat.
The Wikimedia Foundation Inc. was founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
At the age of 18, Queen Victoria ascended the throne after her uncle, King William IV, passed away.
