Editing 1844 (section)

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[[File:Christian Schussele - Men of Progress - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|250px|[[May 24]]: A new era in telecommunications begins as the first telegraph message is sent.]]
[[File:Explosion aboard USS Princeton.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[February 28]]: An [[USS Princeton (1843)|explosion on the USS ''Princeton'']] kills the U.S. Secretary of State and the U.S. Secretary of War.]]
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[[File:Greatauk-london.jpg|thumb|200px|right| [[June 3]]: The [[great auk]] becomes extinct as the last pair of auks is killed on an island of [[Iceland]].]]
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In the [[Philippines]], 1844 had only 365 days, when Tuesday, [[December 31]] was skipped as Monday, [[December 30]] was immediately followed by Wednesday, [[January 1]], [[1845]], the next day after.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-1844-the-philippines-skipped-a-day-and-it-took-decades-for-the-rest-of-the-world-to-notice|first=Sarah|last=Laskow|title=In 1844, the Philippines Skipped a Day, And It Took Decades for the Rest of the World to Notice|publisher=Atlas Obscura|date=2015-12-30|language=EN|access-date=2023-04-19}}</ref> The change also applied to [[Caroline Islands]], [[Guam]], [[Marianas Islands]], [[Marshall Islands]] and [[Palau]] as part of the [[Captaincy General of the Philippines]]; these became the first places on Earth to redraw the [[International Date Line]].