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June 20 in history: Patent for telegraph, world's first telephone and much more!

1756
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1756

Bengal's Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah captures 146 British soldiers.

1840
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1840

Samuel Morse receives patent for telegraph.

1877
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1877

Alexander Graham Bell sets up world's first telephone service in Canada.

1985
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1985

US awards Mother Teresa with Presidential Medal of Freedom.

1991
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1991

The German parliament moves from Bonn to Berlin.