Foundations were placed on Bedloe’s Island, New York City, to become home of the Statue of Liberty.
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British graffiti artist Banksy created the first in a series of animal artworks in London.
English explorer Humphrey Gilbert claimed Newfoundland for the British crown.
The Ambato earthquake destroyed fifty towns in Ecuador and killed over 6,000 people.
Volkswagen launched the Flying Tiger, its first working prototype flying car.
The world's first lab-grown bovine stem cell burger was consumed in London.
