AT&T was founded by Alexander Graham Bell, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, and Thomas Sanders.
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California Governor Jerry Brown passed a bill to legalize assisted suicide for terminally ill persons.
The Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil was ratified.
The Great Cyclone of Calcutta hit India and destroyed over half the city.
Banksy's famous 'Girl With Balloon' was sold for £1 million at an auction, then the piece automatically self-destructed by running through a shredder fitted into the frame.
King Louis the Pious was crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope.
