The high-end fashion label Givenchy was presented for the first time in Paris, with the first model being Bettina Graziani.
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Captain William Dampier rescued British Sailor Alexander Selkirk after 52 months of being left on an island.
'The Way We Were' by Barbra Streisand reached number one on the Billboard 100 charts.
London opened the world's first public flushing toilets.
A polygraph test was conducted by its inventor, Leonarde Keeler, for the first time.
Queen Victoria's funeral took place at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England.