The first taxicab service started operating in Tokyo, Japan.
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The Ambato earthquake destroyed fifty towns in Ecuador and killed over 6,000 people.
The world's first lab-grown bovine stem cell burger was consumed in London.
Volkswagen launched the Flying Tiger, its first working prototype flying car.
Italian astronomer Giovanni Donati became the first person to observe the spectrum of a comet.
The Battle of Tettenhall occurred, where the final major Viking army battled against England and was defeated by a landslide.
