Samuel Morse sends his first telegraph message from Washington, DC to Baltimore, MD. The telegraph allowed instant communication over vast distances for the first time in human history.
World Population : 170,060,000
Key: 1,000,000 People 1,000,000 People (Annotated) Milestone
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