James Wallace Black took the USA’s first aerial photo in Boston from a hot air balloon.
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A painting called 'Abstraktes' by Gerhard Richter sold for a record $34 million.
All 33 miners trapped after a mining accident in Chile were rescued after being stuck underground for 69 days.
Microsoft purchased Activision Blizzard in a record-breaking $69 billion takeover.
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.
