Galileo may have unknowingly viewed undiscovered planet Neptune Johannes Hevelius dies Londons Pall Mall is 1st st lit by gaslight Bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua Paris surrenders to Germans 1st telephone exchange New Haven Connecticut George W Coy hired as 1st full-time telephone operator Yale Daily News published - 1st college daily newspaper US milt forces leave Cuba for 2nd time US Coast Guard established 1st US state unemployment insurance act enacted - Wisconsin 1st Ski Tow starts running (in Vermont) J Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins Today show Elvis Presleys 1st TV appearance (Dorsey Bros Stage Show) Construction began on 1st private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor 1st photograph bounced off moon Washington DC Rangers Don Murdoch failed on 4th penalty shot against Islanders 25th Space Shuttle - Challenger 10 explodes 73 sec after liftoff
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