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1788 – Connecticut becomes the fifth state to be admitted to the U.S. 1861 – Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War. 1894 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts. 1947 – Elizabeth “Betty” Short, known as the Black Dahlia, is last seen alive. 2007 – Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils the first iPhone.