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The very first electric arc light was used in a theater during a performance in California.
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In the United Kingdgom, Pennny Red replaced Penny Black postage stamps.
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The world-famous dwarfs named General Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren got married on a stage in New York City.
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Ink paste was manufactured for the first time by the Standard Ink Company.
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Singing telegrams were introduced to the United States by the Postal Telegraph Company based in New York City.
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The TV show, Tom & Jerry, was created by Hanna and Barbera debut by MGM.
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A hydroelectric project begins to produce power.
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American spy pilot, Francis Gary Powers, is released by the Soviets in exchange for one of their own.
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The cost of silver hit a world record for price increase in London at $4.81 an ounce.
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Voters in Maine repeal a gay rights law that was originally passed in 1977, becoming the first state in the United States to abandon that law.