The first radio message to go across the Atlantic Ocean was sent from Virginia to Paris.
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Leo Delibes' opera 'Le Roi l'a Dit' premiered in Paris at the Opéra-Comique.
Neon lighting was first demonstrated at the Paris Motor Show by Georges Claude.
Virginia became the 10th state to join the United States of America.
NASA's Explorer 9 satellite launched from the Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia.
The chandelier of the Palais Garnier Opera House broke, and its debris fell on a crowd.
