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The Louisina Purchase acquired U.S. territory beyond the Mississippi River, ultimately resulting in westward expansion to the Pacific Ocean.

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A victory over the French at the battle of Trafalgar established British naval supremacy.

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The British occupied Cape Colony in South Africa, thus preparing the way for the arrival in 1820 of a large number of British settlers.

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Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language was published.

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In New Zealand, by the Treaty of Waitangi, native Maori ceded sovereignty to the British crown.

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A proposal at the Philological Society of London led to work that resulted in the New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1928), reissued as the Oxfor English Dictionary (1933), 2nd edition 1989, now revised online.

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The Government of India Act transferred power from the East India Company to the crown, thus creating the British Raj in India.

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The American Civil War established the indissolubility of the Union and abolished slavery in America.

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The four-month Spanish-american War made the Uited States a world power with overseas possessions and thus a major participant in international politics.

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The first public radio broadcast was aired, leading in 1920 to the first American commmercial radio station in Pittsburgh.

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World War I created an alliance between the United States and the United Kingdom.

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The British Boradcasating Companay (after 1927, corporation) was established and became a major conveyor of information in English around the world.

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The first motion picture with spoken dialog, The Jazz Singer, was released.

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The first high-definition television service was established by the BBC, to be followed by cable service in the early 1950s and satellite service in the early 1960s.

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The charter of the United Nations was produced at San Francisco, leading to the establishment of UN headquarters in New York City.

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British India was divided into India and Pakistan, and both were given independence.

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Merrian Webster's Third New International Dictionary was published.

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The internet was created.

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The first Web browser for the World Wide Web was released.

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An estimated 363 billion text messages were sent in the United States,429 billion in China, and 2.3 trillion world wide.