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[UNKNOWN]: Thank you very much.

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[SPEAKER_00]: On this day, August 16, 1858, Queen Victoria sent the first official message across the Transatlantic Telegraph cable to President James Buchanan.

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[SPEAKER_00]: The message traveled between Ireland and New Foundland, crossing the ocean in a way that once seemed impossible.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Although that first cable failed after only a few weeks, the achievement proved that near instant communication across the Atlantic could be done.

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[SPEAKER_00]: It was an early glimpse of a more connected world where news and messages no longer had to wait for ships to carry them across the sea.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Also on this day, August 16th, 1948.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Baseball legend, Babe Ruth, died in New York City at age 53, ending the life of one of the most famous athletes in American history.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Also on this day, August 16th, 1960.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Joseph Kiddinger jumped from a balloon high above New Mexico, setting records during a daring high-altitude test.