James Wallace Black took the USA’s first aerial photo in Boston from a hot air balloon.
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115,000-year-old human bones found in Poland turned out to be from a Neanderthal child who was eaten by a giant bird.
Cellular mobile phone service was made available to the American public for the first time.
Margaret Symons became the first woman to speak in British Parliament.
The American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan posthumously won a Nobel prize in literature.
Charles Messier discovered the Whirlpool Galaxy.
