U.S. President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Buchanan" id="mwgA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="James Buchanan">James Buchanan</a> inaugurates the new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_telegraph_cable" id="mwgQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Transatlantic telegraph cable">transatlantic telegraph cable</a> by exchanging greetings with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria" id="mwgg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a> of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.