Video: '25th January 1890: Nellie Bly circumnavigates the world in 72 days'

(Saturday, January 25, 1890, 3:51 p.m. local time) — Elizabeth Cochran Seaman, better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, a reporter for the New York World, arrived today in Jersey City, New Jersey, completing a record-breaking round-the-world journey in 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes.