The James Bond movie “Casino Royale,” with Daniel Craig as Bond, premiered in London.
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Ruby Bridges became the first African American girl to take classes at an all-white school in Louisiana.
Herman Melville's novel 'Moby Dick' was published by Harper & Brothers in New York.
The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) began its radio service in the United Kingdom.
German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovered the Great Comet of 1680, the first comet sighted using a telescope.
The discovery of an Earth-like planet 3.2 times bigger than our world was announced.