On This Day
By TheBoldage. Published 2021-01-06
BOLD-LivingTheBoldAge looks back at events that have impacted our lives
In 1066 king Harold I was crowned King of England.The first demonstration of Samuel Morse’s telegraph system, which used electric impulses to transmit electric impulses over a wire, took place in 1838. This revolutionised long distance communication.Mother Teresa arrived in Calcutta in 1929 to begin her work with the poorest people.In a State of the Union address in 1941 United States President Franklin D Roosevelt delivered his Four Freedoms speech - freedom of speech and worship and freedom from want and fear.
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