The Office, created by Ricky Gervais in the UK, aired its first US season on NBC.
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Dr. Robert Koch discovered Mycobacterium Tuberculosis which is bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB).
A truck carrying margarine and flour caught fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel.
Five hundred and sixty people dressed as ghosts, to get a world record for the largest gathering of people dressed as ghosts.
The first telephone call was made between New York and Chicago.
The Provincial Freeman Anti-slavery newspaper was first published in Ontario, Canada.
