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Alexander Graham Bell was granted U.S. Patent No. 174,465 for "the method of, and apparatus for, transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically." This patent is recognized as the most valuable ever issued and marked the birth of the telephone.
Civil rights marchers, led by John Lewis and Hosea Williams, were brutally attacked by state troopers while attempting to march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. The televised violence galvanized public support and led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
In violation of the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties, German troops marched into the demilitarized Rhineland. This aggressive act by Adolf Hitler was a major step toward World War II and met with no military opposition from France or Britain.
Georges Bizet's opera 'Carmen' premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. Initially controversial for its realism and tragic ending, it has since become one of the most popular and frequently performed operas in the world.
NASA released the first image from the Hubble Space Telescope's groundbreaking Deep Field observation, revealing thousands of previously unseen galaxies in a tiny, seemingly empty patch of sky. This transformed our understanding of the universe's scale and history.