115,000-year-old human bones found in Poland turned out to be from a Neanderthal child who was eaten by a giant bird.
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The Safety Hood, which would later become the gas mask, was patented by Garrett Morgan.
Cellular mobile phone service was made available to the American public for the first time.
The American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan posthumously won a Nobel prize in literature.
Margaret Symons became the first woman to speak in British Parliament.
Charles Messier discovered the Whirlpool Galaxy.
