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The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.
American Civil War: USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (rebuilt from the engines and lower hull of the USS Merrimack) fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London, United Kingdom.
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