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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Cellular mobile phone service was made available to the American public for the first time.
James Wallace Black took the USA's first aerial photo in Boston from a hot air balloon.
The citizens of Texas accepted the new constitution and approved the annexation ordinance.
A painting called 'Abstraktes' by Gerhard Richter sold for a record $34 million.
The American drama film 'All About Eve,' by Joseph L. Mankiewicz starring Bette Davis, premiered in the US.