The world’s first lab-grown bovine stem cell burger was consumed in London.
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Foundations were placed on Bedloe's Island, New York City, to become home of the Statue of Liberty.
The Battle of Tettenhall occurred, where the final major Viking army battled against England and was defeated by a landslide.
Volkswagen launched the Flying Tiger, its first working prototype flying car.
Nelson Mandela returned to South Africa and was arrested for illegally leaving the country.
Italian astronomer Giovanni Donati became the first person to observe the spectrum of a comet.