Opera “Alexander’s Feast” by George Frideric Handel premiered in London.
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Captain William Smith discovered Williams Point at the far northeast of Livingston in the South Shetlands.
Thomas Edison received a patent for his new invention, the phonograph.
American poet Ezra Pound won the first annual Bollingen Prize for his poetry.
The website Tumblr was launched by its founder David Karp.
Frugal parents mailed their four-year-old child 73 miles from their home to the child's grandparents.
