ON THIS DAY

1844:

Samuel Morse transmits the message, “What hath God wrought!” from Washington DC to Baltimore as he formally opens America’s first telegraph line.

The Brooklyn Bridge is opened, linking Manhattan to Brooklyn, New York.

Private Errol Wayne Noack is the first Australian conscript killed in Vietnam.

Britain and France open trans-Atlantic Concorde service to Washington DC.

The remains of 11 bodies decomposing in an old bank vault in Snowtown and a backyard near Adelaide are recovered by police.

US rapper Kanye West and celebrity Kim Kardashian marry in Florence.

Bob Dylan, US singer (1941-); Priscilla Presley, US actress (1945-); Eric Cantona, French footballer (1966-); Poppy King, Australian businesswoman (1972-).

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