Charing Cross Railway Station opened in London, England.
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East Pakistan renamed itself Bangladesh after seceding from Pakistan.
Samuel Morse sent the first telegraph message using Morse code across two miles of wire in New Jersey, USA.
Judge Simon Cowell left American Idol but continued working with FOX on X Factor US.
Wesley College was established in Melbourne, Australia.
The first successful administration of insulin to treat diabetes was given to 14-year-old Leonard Thompson.
