A painting called “Abstraktes” by Gerhard Richter sold for a record $34 million.
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The cornerstone of the White House was laid, marking the first day of construction.
Cellular mobile phone service was made available to the American public for the first time.
The American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan posthumously won a Nobel prize in literature.
115,000-year-old human bones found in Poland turned out to be from a Neanderthal child who was eaten by a giant bird.
Margaret Symons became the first woman to speak in British Parliament.