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1838
January 6 - The telegraph is publicly tested for the first time.
February 16 - A law is passed in Kentucky permitting women to attend school under certain
conditions.
May 14 - The speaker of the Arkansas House of Assembly is tried and found guilty of killing a
member of the House with a bowie knife on the House floor while in session.
June 12 - Land in the western part of the Wisconsin Territory is used to form the Iowa Territory.
July 7 - Congress designates the railroad system as postal routes.