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Events on Wednesday 2 August 1865 1
1865Atlantic telegraph cable expedition failsGreat Eastern's cable breaks mid-oceanThe steamship Great Eastern attempted to lay a telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean, but the cable snapped and was lost on the seabed partway through the voyage. A successful cable connecting Europe and North America was finally completed the following year.