1844 – Samuel Morse, in a committee room within the United States Capitol, sent the message “What hath God wrought” (Numbers 23:23) to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland. This message marked the inauguration of a commercial telegraph line connecting Baltimore and Washington D.C.
1935 – The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 at Crosley Field.
1962 – Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
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