The Grand Canyon National Monument was created.
It was the fifteenth site in the US to be named a national park.
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Samuel Morse sent the first telegraph message using Morse code across two miles of wire in New Jersey, USA.
The British-American band, The Pretenders, released their debut album called 'Pretenders.'
The first successful administration of insulin to treat diabetes was given to 14-year-old Leonard Thompson.
Los Angeles was covered in snow for the first time in recorded history.
England drew it's very first lottery outside St Paul's Cathedral.
