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1840 the Penny Post was introduced.

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1862 Samuel Colt, firearms manufacturer, died as one of America’s wealthiest men.

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1863 the Metropolitan Railway — ancestor of the London Underground — opened between Paddington and Farringdon Street.

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1870 the Standard Oil Company, which was to be vastly enriched by the advent of the motor car, founded by William and John D Rockefeller.

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1917 William Cody (Buffalo Bill), US army scout, and later showman who killed 4,280 buffalo in eight months to feed railroad workers, died.

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1946 the inaugural session of the UN general assembly opened in London.

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1985 Clive Sinclair launched the C5 electric car at £399.