A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time.
Happend on 20. August 1804
Lewis and Clark Expedition: The "Corps of Discovery", exploring the Louisiana Purchase, suffers its only death when Sergeant Charles Floyd dies, apparently from acute appendicitis.
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