1848 US President James K. Polk triggers gold rush of 1849 by confirming a gold discovery in California.
1872 Ship the Mary Celeste is discovered mysteriously abandoned by her crew in the Atlantic Ocean.
1941 US aircraft carrier Lexington and 5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbour.
1945 Flight 19 the "Lost Squadron" of 5 torpedo bombers and 14 airmen is lost east of Florida in the supposed Bermuda Triangle.
1958 Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the UK by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.
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