Claudius Amyand performed the first recorded appendectomy at St George’s Hospital in London.
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A first edition of 'The Birds of America' by John James Audubon was auctioned at Sotheby's, London, England, for £7,321,250 ($10 million) – which took the record for any book at auction.
Adaptation directed by Spike Jonze, starring Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep, premiered.
Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery.
Béla I was crowned king of Hungary.
James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of the Water premiered in London.
