Samuel Morse was granted the patents for his telegraph.
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NBC started ''Toast Of The Town" on the Ed Sullivan Show.
The Wikimedia Foundation Inc. was founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
The asteroid Eureka was discovered by David H. Levy.
At the age of 18, Queen Victoria ascended the throne after her uncle, King William IV, passed away.
The University of Oxford, England, received its first charter from the Archbishop of Canterbury.
