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On this day in 1980, CNN (Cable News Network), the world’s first 24-hour television news network, makes its debut.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cnn-launches

The famous tower clock known as Big Ben, located at the top of the 320-foot-high St. Stephen’s Tower, rings out over the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, for the first time on this day in 1859.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/big-ben-goes-into-operation-in-london

In one of the worst ship disasters in history, the British liner Empress of Ireland, carrying 1,477 passengers and crew, collides with the Norwegian freighter Storstad in the gulf of Canada’s St. Lawrence River. The Storstad penetrated 15 feet into the Empress of Ireland‘s starboard side, and the vessel sunk within 14 minutes, drowning 1,012 of its passengers and crew.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-sinking-of-the-empress-of-ireland