1838-Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail demonstrate their telegraph machine in New Jersey
1907-Maria Montessori opens her first Montessori school, in Rome
1914-Stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch founded
1929-Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin her work amongst India's poorest
1941-U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt makes his "Four Freedoms" speech (freedom of speech and worship; freedom from want and fear) during his US State of Union address
1951-Ganghwa massacre: Hundreds of South Korean communist sympathisers are slaughtered
1980-Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India
1992-The U.S. government urges doctors to stop using silicone breast implants, outlining the health effects
1992-Zviad Gamskahurdia, the president of Georgia, flees the country because of the military coup
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