The James Bond movie “Casino Royale,” with Daniel Craig as Bond, premiered in London.
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Nellie Bly, a pioneering female journalist, embarked on a trip to travel around the world in less than 80 days.
Dr. Fritz Derom performed a successful single-lung transplantation on patient Aloïs Vereecken at the University Hospital in Ghent, Belgium.
The musical 'Chicago' opened at Richard Rodgers Theater in New York City.
German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovered the Great Comet of 1680, the first comet sighted using a telescope.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Kaikōura, New Zealand.
